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News, October 2016

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

Reviewed by <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…
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