Crossing Cultures

October 2016: Crossing Cultures

We Think We’re Separate
Robin Mohr
What Unites Us
Gretchen Castle
Quaker Indian Boarding Schools
Paula Palmer
Reaching Out and Across
Jane Fremon
FJ Book Reviews

October 2016 Books

The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement

By William J. Barber II, with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Beacon Press, 2016. 138 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $16/paperback; $23.99/eBook. Many of us still… Reviewed by Pamela Haines
October 2016 Books

Grounded: Finding God in the World—A Spiritual Revolution

By Diana Butler Bass. HarperOne, 2015. 336 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $14.99/paperback; $10.99/eBook. “Where is God?” Answer: “In the neighborhood.” This question-and-answer… Reviewed by Tom Paxson
October 2016 Books

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

By Jane Mayer. Doubleday, 2016. 425 pages. $29.95/hardcover; $17/paperback; $14.99/eBook. Recently I went to a celebration of one of the… Reviewed by J.E. McNeil
October 2016 Books

The Listening Life: Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction

By Adam S. McHugh. IVP Books, 2015. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. For McHugh the act of listening, in its broadest sense of… Reviewed by William Shetter
October 2016 Books

Practicing Compassion

By Frank Rogers Jr. Fresh Air Books, 2015. 144 pages. $14.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. “Love—even for myself is hard,” wrote Kim in Viewpoint… Reviewed by Judith Favor
October 2016 Books

The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Women, Sexuality, and Nazi Germany

By Diane Reynolds. Cascade Books, 2016. 449 pages. $53/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and… Reviewed by Beth Taylor
October 2016 Books

And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality

By Mark Segal. Open Lens, an imprint of Akashic Books, 2015. 320 pages. $29.95/hardcover; $16.95/paperback; $16.99/eBook. Just how bad was… <h4><b>Reviewed by Mitchell Santine Gould</b></h4>

Richard William Banks

Banks—Richard William Banks, 92, of Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa., on February 29, 2016. Bill was born on April 9,…

Sonja Biorn-Hansen

Biorn-Hansen—Sonja Biorn-Hansen, 58, on February 6, 2016, in Portland, Ore. Sonja was born on October 21, 1957, in Boston, Mass.…

Joan Ely Gildemeister

Gildemeister—Joan Ely Gildemeister, 88, on November 17, 2015, in Mitchellville, Md. Joan was born in San Antonio, Tex., and grew…

Roland Deeds Kreager

Kreager—Roland Deeds Kreager, 65, on May 28, 2016, at home in Richmond, Ind., surrounded by love of family and friends.…

Maria Elena Vidana

Vidana—Maria Elena Vidana, 76, on June 1, 2016, in San Diego, Calif. Maria Elena was born on February 9, 1940,…
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