June/July 2020 Books

June/July 2020 Books

The Kendal Sparrow: A Novel of Elizabeth Fletcher

By Barbara Schell Luetke. QuakerPress of Friends General Conference, 2019. 330 pages. $16/paperback; $10/eBook.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Rausie Hobson

June/July 2020 Books

Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons

By Mary Watkins. Yale University Press, 2019. 376 pages. $30/hardcover or eBook.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Pamela Haines

June/July 2020 Books

The Following of Jesus: A Reply to The Imitation of Christ

By Leonardo Boff, translated by Dinah Livingstone. Orbis Books, 2019. 144 pages. $25/paperback; $20.50/eBook.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Isaac Barnes May

June/July 2020 Books

Faces of Addiction

By Eric K. Hatch. Barclay Press, 2019. 113 pages. $24.95/paperback. Order at facesofaddiction.net.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

June/July 2020 Books

The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct

By Ruth Everhart. IVP Books, 2020. 264 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Windy Cooler

June/July 2020 Books

Untangled: A Go-To Guide for Caregivers of Traumatized Children, Families, and Communities

By Omar Reda. Chehalem Press, 2019. 122 pages. $14/paperback.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Diane Reynolds

June/July 2020 Books

Bright Morning Stars

By Mary Rose O’Reilley. Brighthorse Books, 2018. 286 pages. $16.95/paperback.

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

June/July 2020 Books

Barbara and Elizabeth: Late-Life Lovers

By Elizabeth F. Boardman. Self-published, 2019. 185 pages. $10/paperback; $3.49/eBook.

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

June/July 2020 Books

Reflections on the Art of Therapeutic Touch

By Maria Arrington, with poetry by Tama Recker. BookLocker, 2019. 278 pages. $18.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook.

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

June/July 2020 Books

Animating Freedom: Accompanying Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination

By Jason MacLeod. James Backhouse Lecture, 2019. 72 pages. $15/paperback; $8/eBook.

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

June/July 2020 Books

Faithful Witness in a Fractured World: Models for an Authentic Christian Life

By Nicole L. Johnson and Michael T. Snarr. Cascade Books, 2019. 132 pages. $18/paperback or eBook.

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

June/July 2020 Books

The Seeker’s Field Guide to Exploring Spirituality

By Dana Kester-McCabe. Moonshell Productions, 2019. 292 pages. $16/paperback; $8.99/eBook.

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

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The Kendal Sparrow: A Novel of Elizabeth Fletcher

June 1, 2020

Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons

June 1, 2020

The Following of Jesus: A Reply to The Imitation of Christ

June 1, 2020