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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books

• Dave Harrity – Making Manifest [Feature Review]
  Slowly Creating Well A Feature Review of Making Manifest: On Faith Creativity and the Kingdom at Hand Dave Harrity Paperback: Seedbed Publishing, 2013 Buy now:  [ Seedbed ] Reviewed by Sam Edgin Dave Harrity’s Making Manifest had two strikes against it by the time I had finished the introduction (“to begin” on pp. xi-xv). First, it is arranged as a combined group study and personal devotional.   [...]

 

• Paul’s Missionary Methods – Plummer / Terry, Eds. [Feature Review]
  Reexamining Paul’s Missiology in the 21st Century A Feature Review of Paul’s Missionary Methods: In His Time and Ours Robert L. Plummer & John Mark Terry, editors IVP Academic, 2012 Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Chris Schoon There are two temptations when engaging works from a previous generation. The first is a persnickety tendency to elevate the perspectives of those with whom we resonate in a way that prevents us from seeing where their contributions leave room for further development.  [...]

 

• Amazon’s Big Deal Kindle Ebook Sale – 10 Important Books!
  Through Monday May 27, Amazon is running a huge sale on ebooks. Over 500 ebooks have been marked down, with savings of up to 88%!!! You can browse the full list here: We have picked 10 essential ebooks that you should own and read:  [...]

 

• John McKnight / Peter Block – The Abundant Community [Classic Book Excerpt]
  One of the best books out there on neighborhoods and caring for our neighbors… The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and NeighborhoodsJohn McKnight and Peter Block [...]

 

• Robert Owen – Pioneer of Social Reforms [Free eBook]
  Today is the birthday of Robert Owen, whose utopian vision has long been intriguing to me… The following book is a good intro to Robert Owen’s life and is available as a free ebook download through Google Books. Robert Owen: Pioneer of Social Reforms Joseph Clayton London, 1908. CLICK HERE to download ebook (links for [...]

 

• New Book Releases – Week of 13 May 2013
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…) > > > > Next Book By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Watch for our review in our next print issue!) Listen to an NPR interview with the [...]

 

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• Dorothy Sayers – Where to Start with her Mystery Novels?
  We recently posed the question of where to start with her mystery novels to David Neuhouser, who is Scholar in Residence at Taylor University’s Center for the Study of C.S. Lewis and Friends (and Professor Emeritus at TU). Neuhouser has taught courses on Sayers, Lewis, Wendell Berry and perhaps his favorite, George Macdonald. [...]

 

• Book Giveaway: One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
  Our Latest Book Giveaway… As a Mother’s Day treat, We’re giving away 2 copies of  Ann Voskamp’s important book One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are From our review: Ann’s writing reads like letters from a poet or a priest.  She is caught up in the world where God is expressing love through the gifts which show her he can be counted upon.  [...]

 

• Dallas Willard – The Value of Work [Video]
  One final tribute to Dallas Willard, who died on Wednesday. Willard, who grew up on a farm in Missouri, undoubtedly had his theology of work shaped by those early experiences. This particular video caught my interest because work is one of the key virtues of the Slow Church project that John Pattison and I are working on…  [...]

 

• Karl Barth – Epistle to the Romans [Classic Book Excerpt]
  Today is the birthday of theologian Karl Barth, born 1886. [...]

 

• Dallas Willard – Seven Essential Books
  Yesterday, Dallas Willard passed into eternal glory.  I hadn’t read his books much over the last decade, but prior to that they played very important role in my own formation.  As an aspiring philosopher myself at the time I was really digging into his work, I appreciated that he thought seriously and rigorously about following [...]

 

• Ragan Sutterfield – Cultivating Reality [Excerpt]
  An excerpt from Ragan Sutterfield’s new book: Cultivating Reality: How the Soil Might Save Us Paperback: Cascade Books, 2013. Buy now: [ Cascade Books - 20% Discount ] [  ] Watch for our review in our next print issue…  (Subscribe now!) We’ll be giving away 3 copies of this book (and Ragan’s earlier book Farming [...]

 

• New Book Releases – Week of 6 May 2013
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…) [ > > > > Next Book By Bill Cheng Listen to an NPR interview with the author…

 

• Rod Dreher – The Little Way of Ruthie Leming [Feature Review]
  Closer to Home. A Feature Review of The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life Rod Dreher Hardback: Grand Central, 2013. Buy now:  [  ]  [  ] Reviewed by Ellen Painter Dollar. In November 1995, my then-boyfriend’s, now-husband’s brother died suddenly. A few weeks [...]

 

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• Rod Dreher – The Little Way of Ruthie Leming [Feature Review]
  Closer to Home. A Feature Review of The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life Rod Dreher Hardback: Grand Central, 2013. Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Ellen Painter Dollar. In November 1995, my then-boyfriend’s, now-husband’s brother died suddenly. A few weeks later, I preached a sermon at my little coffee-house church about how Jimmy’s death made me impatient  [...]

 

• David Gushee – The Sacredness of Human Life [Feature Review]
  A Biblically Rooted Ethic of Life A Feature Review of The Sacredness of Human Life: Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World’s Future. David Gushee. Hardback: Eerdmans, 2013. Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Bob Cornwall. (This review originally appeared on the reviewer’s blog, and is re-published here with permission.) What does it mean to call human life sacred?  Is it just a word or does it have implications?  [...]

 

• Michael Pollan Talks about his new book COOKED [Video]
  Michael Pollan talks about his new book COOKED… Three short-ish video segments. Watch for our review in our next print issue, which should be out later this month!!! [...]

 

• Gary Holthaus – Learning Native Wisdom [Review]
  The Deep, Intensive Surgery Required Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditonal Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality Gary Holthaus Culture of the Land Series.Paperback: University Press of KY, 2013 (New Paperback Edition) Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Scot Martin The pharmaceutical industry has made us good at treating symptoms, and once the pain has been ameliorated we tend to move on, ignoring the sickly roots that first caused the symptoms.  [...]

 

• Robert Frost – A Time to Talk [Poem]
  When a friend calls to me from the road/And slows his horse to a meaning walk,[...]

 

• Kindle Ebooks – 10 Recommended Bargains for May 2013!
  10 Recommended Kindle ebooks for $3.99 or Less!   Amazon.com Widgets   Prices on these ebooks should not change before May 31, 2013. But to be on the safe side, please refresh the Amazon page before ordering…   (NOTE: Prices listed may or may be not be valid outside the United States… Sorry!)   If [...]

 

• National Poetry Month Recap 2013 – Poets Reading their work
  On this final day of National Poetry Month, we offer the following recap of posts in this month’s series of poets reading their work… ALSO be sure to check out our list of 15 poetry classics that are available as FREE ebooks for Kindle/Nook… Allen Ginsberg Reading his Poem “A Supermarket in California” Mary Oliver [...]

 

• New Book Releases – Week of 29 April 2013
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…) > > > > Next Book By Eduardo Galeano Read the Kirkus review…

 

• Kindle Ebook Bargains – Huge Religion Sale!
  Amazon currently has 100 Kindle ebook bargains in their Religion/Spirituality section. We’ve highlighted some of the books that will be of the most interest to ERB readers below, but you may also want to BROWSE THE FULL SALE CATALOG.    Check out these bargains for $3.99 or less! : Henri Nouwen $1.99   James K. [...]

 

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• Maria Semple – Where’d You Go, Bernadette [Feature Review]
  Something Bigger than You. A Feature Review of Where’d You Go, Bernadette: A Novel Maria Semple Paperback: Back Bay Books, 2013 Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by D.L. Mayfield I recently moved from the Pacific northwest to the midwest, so forgive me if this seems a bit sentimental. But there is something to be said about the supreme silliness of the sister cities of Portland and Seattle, the expectation for every one of its citizens to embrace nerdery of the relatively unimportant: coffee, visually appealing technology, recumbent bikes, etc. [...]

 

• Kindle Ebook Bargains – Huge Religion Sale!
  Amazon currently has 100 Kindle ebook bargains in their Religion/Spirituality section. We’ve highlighted some of the books that will be of the most interest to ERB readers below, but you may also want to BROWSE THE FULL SALE CATALOG. Check out these bargains for $3.99 or less! :Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith Henri Nouwen $1.99 [...]

 

• Tania Runyan – Writers on the Classics #15
  Tania Runyan is the author of Second Sky (forthcoming from Antler in 2014), A Thousand Vessels (WordFarm), Simple Weight (FutureCycle Press) and Delicious Air (Finishing Line Press), which was awarded Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature in 2007. Her poems have appeared in many publications, including Poetry, Image, Mid-American Review, Atlanta Review, Indiana Review, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, The Christian Century, Willow Springs, Nimrod, and  [...]

 

• Margaret Feinberg – Wonderstruck [Review]
  Learning to Find Joy in Each Day A Review of Wonderstruck: Awaken to the Nearness of God Margaret Feinberg Paperback: Worthy Publishing, 2013 Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Kimberly Roth Margaret Feinberg is one of those authors who walk with one foot in the evangelical world and one foot in the mystical. Or, perhaps a better way to say it is this: she walks the evangelical path in a mystic’s shoes.  [...]

 

• Margie Haack – The Exact Place [ Review ]
  A God who Loves and Treasures A Review of The Exact Place: A Memoir Margie Haack Paperback: Kalos Press, 2012.Buy now:  [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by MaryAnn McKibben Dana Margie Haack’s memoir is aptly named. Her descriptions of the rural Minnesota in which she grew up is so painstakingly rendered that one might consider the landscape a character in itself. It is a place that entertains and nurtures; it is also a place that startles and admonishes. [...]

 

• Ted Kooser reading his poetry [National Poetry Month]
  For National Poetry Month, Former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser reading from his work… ***

 

• Book Giveaway: Richard Rohr – IMMORTAL DIAMOND
  Our Latest Book Giveaway…   We’re giving away 4 copies of  Richard Rohr’s new book Immortal Diamond: The Search for our True Self [ Read our review... ] ************   Four lucky winners will get a copy of this book! Enter now to win (It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!) :   1) Receive [...]

 

• Louise Glück reading her poem Crossroads [National Poetry Month]
  The latest in our series of poets reading their own work, former US Poet Laureate Louise Glück in honor of her 70th birthday today. Crossroads from the collection A Village Life: Poems Louise Glück Paperback: FSG Books, 2010. Buy now:  [  ]

 

• New Book Releases – Week of 22 April 2013
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…) > > > > Next Book By Michael Pollan Listen to an interview from NPR…

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• A. Fiona Mackenzie – Places of Possibility [Feature Review]
  A Land of Possibility and Community A Feature review of Places of Possibility: Property, Nature, and Community Land Ownership A. Fiona Mackenzie Paperback: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Sam Edgin Generally we speak of ownership – especially property ownership – in binary terms. A house, a hillside, or a stretch of farmland is owned either privately or publicly. [...]

 

• David Gushee, Editor – A New Evangelical Manifesto [Feature Review]
  A Challenge to the American Christian Public System. A Feature Review of A New Evangelical Manifesto:  A Kingdom Vision for the Common Good David Gushee Paperback: Chalice Press, 2012. Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Alex Dye No matter how many times I read about evangelicals, their history, their theology and their current work, I find myself struggling to piece it all together, to explain who they are and how they came to be.  [...]

 

• Wendell Berry Reading an Untitled Poem [Video]
  Continuing our National Poetry Month Series of poets reading their work… Wendell Berry reading a poem that I am not familiar with.  Anyone know the title of this poem, and if it has been published anywhere?Also of interest:    Wendell Berry reading poems from his collection LEAVINGS    Seven poems read by Wendell Berry that are available as MP3′s *** Books by Wendell Berry [...]

 

• William Kent Krueger – Ordinary Grace: A Novel [Review]
  Beautiful and Terrible Things A Review of Ordinary Grace: A Novel William Kent Krueger Hardback: Atria Books, 2013 Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Timothy Stege Editor’s note: I’ve had this review sitting on my desk for over a week now, but as I picked it up this morning, I was struck by how relevant this novel is in the wake of a tragedy like yesterday’s Boston Marathon bombing.  Thanks to Tim Stege for this poignant review! [...]

 

• New Book Releases – Week of 15 April 2013 [Slideshow]
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…)  [...]

 

• Seamus Heaney Reading 3 Nature Poems
  Continuing our National Poetry Month series of poets reading their own work… Today is the birthday of Irish poet Seamus Heaney.  All three of these poems can be found in the collection: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 Paperback: FSG Books, 1999. Buy now:  [ Amazon ] *** Other Books by Seamus Heaney Death of a Naturalist:

 

• Richard Rohr – Immortal Diamond [Feature Review]
  The Intricate Dance of Our True and False Selves A Feature Review of Immortal Diamond: Searching For Our True Self Richard Rohr Hardback: Jossey-Bass, 2013 Buy now:   [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by David Nash. Country recording artist John Anderson once sang, “I’m just an old chunk of coal, but I’m gonna be a diamond some day.”  Fr. Richard Rohr, in this book, describes the process by which one is transformed into a diamond. [...]

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• Richard Rohr – Immortal Diamond [Feature Review]
  The Intricate Dance of Our True and False Selves A Feature Review of Immortal Diamond: Searching For Our True Self Richard Rohr Hardback: Jossey-Bass, 2013 Buy now:   [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ]Reviewed by David Nash Country recording artist John Anderson once sang, “I’m just an old chunk of coal, but I’m gonna be a diamond some day.”  Fr. Richard Rohr, in this book, describes the process by which one is transformed into a diamond. Richard Rohr is becoming a spiritual guide for this generation.  [...]

 

• Brent Bill – Writers on the Classics #14
  J. Brent Bill is a writer, photographer, retreat leader, and Quaker minister, who has written and co-written many books including: Awaken Your Senses: Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of God and Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment.  Brent lives on Ploughshares Farm, which is fifty acres of Indiana farmland that is being reclaimed for native hardwood forests and warm season prairie grasses.  He blogs at Holy Ordinary. [...]

 

• Charles Simic – New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012 [Review]
  Prose Poems Composed in Lieu of Sleep A Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012 Charles Simic Hardback: HMH Books, 2013.Buy now:   [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by J. Ted Voigt The world of Charles Simic’s poetry is full of night but no sleep, nakedness but no romance, and god but no faith.  These strands weave through not only the small section of new poetry but this entire volume of Simic’s selected works.  [...]

 

• Scot McKnight – 3 Kindle Ebooks for $3.99 each!!!
  Three Kindle ebooks by Scot McKnight are on sale right now as Kindle ebooks for only $3.99 each!!! All three of these are well worth your time! *** Watch a video of a talk Scot gave entitled: “Jesus’s Radical Message”…   Zondervan, 2008. Read our review by ERB Editor Chris Smith     Zondervan, 2010. [...]

 

• Mary Oliver Reading Four Poems – National Poetry Month
  Mary Oliver reading four poems: *** ‘Tom Dancer’s Gift of a White Bark Pinecone,’ ‘Wild Geese,’ and ‘Peonies’:   ‘Why I Wake Early’:

 

• Cover Design: Is this the Worst Covered Book Series Ever?
  I was recently introduced to the wonders (or dare I say, the horrors) of the non-sequitur book cover design in the “Great Classics Series” from Tutis Digital Publishing. CLICK HERE to browse the full collection of thousands of titles… Use the comments below to tell us which one is your favorite. Enjoy, and share these [...]

 

• New Book Releases – Week of 8 April 2013 [Slideshow]
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…) > > > > > > Next Book By Shauna Niequist Watch for our review in our next print issue. Watch the book trailer…

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• Personal Jesus – Clive Marsh and Vaughan Roberts [Feature Review]
  Listening More Carefully. A Feature Review ofPersonal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes our Souls. Clive Marsh and Vaughan Roberts Paperback: Baker, 2013. Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Todd Edmondson If my own adolescence is at all typical, for a certain subset of kids growing up in Christian households in the latter decades of the twentieth century the conversation between religious faith and popular music could be neatly divided into four pivotal moments: [...]

 

• Hannah Faith Notess – Writers on the Classics #13
  Hannah Faith Notess is managing editor of Seattle Pacific University’s Response magazine and editor of Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical, a collection of personal essays. Her poems have appeared in The Christian Century, Slate, Rattle, and The Mennonite, among other publications. For more of her idiosyncratic book opinions, check out 30bookstoreadbefore30.wordpress.com. She lives in Seattle.

 

• Colm Tóibín – The Testament of Mary: A Novel [Feature Review]
  Still, I’m Rooting for Redemption A Feature Review of The Testament of Mary: A Novel. Colm Tóibín Hardback: Scribner, 2012.Buy now:  [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Cynthia Wallace. ***This review originally appeared on the reviewer’s blog and is reprinted here with permission. I picked up Colm Tóibín’s The Testament of Mary a few weeks ago and read it all in one go on a Saturday morning. It’s a fairly short book, fewer than 100 pages, but its power is perhaps disproportionate to its length. I’m still thinking about it.

 

• Enticed by Eden – Schearing and Ziegler [Review]
  A Panoply of Human Error A Review of Enticed by Eden: How Western Culture Uses, Confuses (and Sometimes Abuses) Adam and Eve Linda S. Schearing and Valarie H. Ziegler Paperback: Baylor UP, 2013 Buy now:   [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Liz Windhorst Harmer We all know the story: the first man formed out of dust, the first woman formed from his rib, the garden full of good things, the one tree they are forbidden to eat from. The inevitability of a fall. What seems like a small act—Eve accepting the serpent’s lies—has eternal ramifications. [...]

 

• Allen Ginsberg Reading his Poem “A Supermarket in California”
  Remembering Allen Ginsberg who died on this day in 1997. The first installment in this year’s National Poetry Month series of poets reading their work… This poem is found in Howl and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg Paperback: City Lights. [...]

 

• Mary DeTurris Poust: Cravings [Brief Review]
  What are We Hungry For?  A Brief Review of Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God Mary DeTurris Poust Paperback: Ave Maria Press, 2012 Buy now:  [  ]  [  ] Reviewed by Sarah Winfrey   Food. For many of us it’s simultaneously a source of sustenance and one of frustration, of joy and [...]

 

• Christian Wiman – My Bright Abyss [ Excerpt ]
  One of our most anticipated books of the month, a memoir by the poet Christian Wiman: My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer Christian Wiman Hardback: FSG Books, 2013. Buy now:  [  ] [  ] Watch for our review in our next print issue…

 

• Poetry: Fifteen Classics available as FREE ebooks.
  In honor of National Poetry Month, we offer 15 classic volumes of poetry that are available as FREE ebooks. This collection of ebooks offers a superb way to immerse oneself in poetry. Sometimes poetry ebooks can be poorly formatted. If Amazon’s Kindle ebook has a low rating, or is poorly formatted, be sure to try [...]

 

• C.S. Lewis – 13 Kindle ebooks on sale for $2.99 each!!!
  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is offering their C.S. Lewis ebooks for only $2.99 each for a limited time. Here are the thirteen Kindle ebooks that are on sale:       CLICK HERE to listen to a rare recording of C.S. Lewis…

 

• Writers on the Classics Series [Recap]
  Since it is Holy Week this week, we are taking a break from our regular Writers on the Classics column. As we take a sort of Spring Break, we thought it would be a good time to recap the series to date.  Be sure to check out any of the posts you might have missed! [...]

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• Nathan Lean – The Islamophobia Industry [Feature Review]
  Shedding Light on Fear-Mongering. A Feature Review of The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims Nathan Lean Paperback: Pluto Press, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by John W. Morehead.Human beings are wired to be aware of difference. It is natural part of human nature to forge various social alliances that foster senses of “us,” the insiders, in distinction to “them,” the outsiders. Problems arise when the outsiders become the enemy [...]

 

• Writers on the Classics Series [Recap]
  Since it is Holy Week this week, we are taking a break from our regular Writers on the Classics column. As we take a sort of Spring Break, we thought it would be a good time to recap the series to date.  Be sure to check out any of the posts you might have missed! [...]

 

• The Mystery of God – Boyer / Hall [Review]
  Why does God, who truly wants to be known,seem so incomprehensible? A Review of The Mystery of God— Theology for Knowing the Unknowable Steven D. Boyer and Christopher A. Hall Paperback: Baker Academic, 2012.Buy now: [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ]Reviewed by Chris Sicks [...]

 

• N.T. Wright on The Meaning of Easter [Video]
  Happy Easter to all our readers! Here’s a short video of N.T. Wright talking about the meaning of Easter… This talk is similar to his book: The Challenge of Easter Paperback: IVP Books, 2009 Buy now: [ Amazon ][ READ AN EXCERPT of this book... ]  [...]

 

• Adrienne Rich – When We Dead Awaken [Poem]
  On this day, one year ago, noted poet Adrienne Rich passed away… In her honor, we offer this poem from the recent volume: Later Poems: Selected and New: 1971-2012 Adrienne Rich Hardback: Norton, 2012. Buy now: [  ]  [  ] *** Read our review of this book…

 

• Robert Frost Reading Two of his Poems.
  Today is the birthday of Robert Frost, born 1874. *** Although it’s spring here in Central Indiana, when we should be experiencing the first gold of spring…     Our weather is more like “Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening”:   Happy Birthday, Robert Frost!!!

 

• D. Brent Laytham – iPod, YouTube, WiiPlay [Feature Review]
  How Then Shall we Live in a Thriving Entertainment Culture? A Feature Review of iPod, YouTube, WiiPlay: Theological Engagements with Entertainment D. Brent Laytham Paperback: Cascade Books, 2012. Buy now:  [ ]   Reviewed by Scott Elliott   iPod, YouTube, Wii Play: Theological Engagements with Entertainment by D. Brent Laytham is an eye-opening look at [...]

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• D. Brent Laytham – iPod, YouTube, WiiPlay [Feature Review]
  How Then Shall we Live in a Thriving Entertainment Culture? A Feature Review of iPod, YouTube, WiiPlay: Theological Engagements with Entertainment D. Brent Laytham Paperback: Cascade Books, 2012.Reviewed by Scott Elliott iPod, YouTube, Wii Play: Theological Engagements with Entertainment by D. Brent Laytham is an eye-opening look at our entertainment obsessed culture from a Christian perspective. As a lover of both entertainment and theology I was thoroughly impressed by Laytham’s handling of the subject.  [...]

 

• Kevin Schut – Of Games and God [Feature Review]
  Video Games: Are they of Any Value? A Feature Review of Of Games and God: A Christian Exploration of Video Games Kevin Schut Paperback: Brazos, 2013 Reviewed by Adam P. Newton.Before we get into the meat of this review, I must confess to you that I love a good video game.  [...]

 

• Rachel Marie Stone – Writers on the Classics #12
  Rachel Marie Stone is the author of Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food, just out from InterVarsity Press. She’s also the author of a book about Jesus for children with the working title God’s Upside-Down Kingdom, forthcoming from Olive Branch Books this year. Her writing appears in places like Christianity Today, Sojourners, Books & Culture, The Huffington Post, The Christian Century, [...]

 

• Book Giveaway: Peter Rollins – The Idolatry of God
  Our Latest Book Giveaway… We’re giving away 3 copies of Peter Rollins’s new book The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction  ************ Three lucky winners will get a copy of this book! Enter now to win (It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!) [...]

 

• Poem: Spring – Anon. Japanese Poet
  Spring Anonymous Japanese Poet Today is World Poetry Day… *** When winter turns to spring, The dews of morn in pearly radiance lie, The mists of eve rise circling to the sky, And Kaminábi’s thickets ring With the sweet notes the nightingale doth sing. ——- This poem appears in the FREE ebook Japanese Literature by [...]

 

• Mary DeMuth – Everything [Brief Review]
  The Appealing Prospect of Giving Everything to Christ A Brief Review of Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus Mary DeMuth Paperback: Thomas Nelson, 2012. Buy now: [ ] [ ]   Reviewed By Gina Dalfonzo   Many of Mary DeMuth’s books have been easy to categorize: novel, young adult [...]

 

• Moses Gates – Hidden Cities [Book Trailer of the Week]
  Having done a wee bit of urban exploration myself, I am eager to check out this new book: Hidden Cities : Travels to the Secret Corners of the World’s Great Metropolises; A Memoir of Urban Exploration Moses Gates Paperback: Tarcher, 2013 Buy now:  [ ]  [ ]

 

• Pope Francis I: Ten Really Bad Books from the first week [Slideshow]
  The wonders of digital publishing in the ebook age have allowed wily publishers to profit much sooner from major world events, like the election of a new pope. These ten new books/ebooks have appeared in the first week of Pope Francis I’s papacy. And given the extensive time and care that went into their publication, [...]

 

• Wilfred Owen – Dulce and Decorum Est [Poem]
  Dulce et Decorum est Wilfred Owen     Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, [...]

 

• New Book Releases: Week of 18 March 2013 [Slideshow]
  Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out: (Where possible, we have also tried to include a review/interview related to the book…) > > > > > > Next Book By Douglas Rushkoff Read a Review from FORBES magazine…

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Reviews, etc. posted this week on The Englewood Review of Books website:

• James K.A. Smith – Imagining the Kingdom [Feature Review]
  Tapping into the “Aesthetic Know-How” of the Worshiping Bodies A Feature Review of Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works. James K.A. Smith Paperback: Baker Academic, 2013. Buy now:  [ Amazon ]  [ Kindle ] Reviewed By Jasmine Smart In 2010, Christianity Today awarded Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation a book award for the category of Theology/Ethics. Englewood Review of Books, similarly, [...]

 

• Woody Guthrie – House of Earth: A Novel [Feature Review]
  Guthrie’s Ghost A Review of House of Earth: A Novel Woody Guthrie Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp Hardback: Harper, 2013.Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Brett Beasley. On January 29, 1961 a 19-year-old aspiring folk singer travelled from Minnesota to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey to meet the man he most admired who was suffering from the neurodegenerative disorder known as Huntington’s disease. After their meeting the older man sent his young admirer a card. It read, simply, “I ain’t dead yet.” [...]

 

• Troy Bronsink – Drawn In [Review]
  In search of honey A Review of Drawn In: A Creative Process for Artists, Activists, and Jesus Followers Troy Bronsink Paperback: Paraclete Press, 2012 Buy now:  [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] For a limited time, the Kindle ebook is available for only $2.99!!! Reviewed by Larry Shallenberger. A Christian, by virtue of the very title, is someone whose character is shaped in the process of imitating Jesus’ life, resulting in sanctification and the character of Jesus is formed in the individual. The Apostle Paul used the language of Genesis to describe this transformation by audaciously claiming a Christ follower was part of the New Creation. If emulating Jesus results in sanctification, then, according to Troy Bronsink, the imitation of God’s work at creation results in increased creativity and generative capacity. [...]

 

• Jen Pollock Michel – Writers on the Classics #11
  Jen Pollock Michel is a writer, speaker, and mother of five. She is a member of Redbud Writers Guild and writes regularly for Christianity Today’s Her.Menuetics. Currently, she is working on a book manuscript called Found Wanting: At the Intersection of Faith and Desire. [...]

 

• Liberty Hyde Bailey – Hands [Poem]
  [Today -- March 15 -- is the birthday of Liberty Hyde Bailey] This poem is from the collection: Wind and Weather: Poems Read the introduction to this collection by ERB Editor Chris Smith [...]

 

• Garry Wills – Why Priests? [Feature Review]
  Sacrifice and Belief A Feature Review of Why Priests? A Failed Tradition Garry Wills Hardcover: Viking, 2013 Buy now:  [ ]  [ ] Reviewed by Joseph Krall   Three days before the publication of Why Priests? A Failed Tradition (Viking, 2013), Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation. His action comes after decades of dissent within [...]

 

• Stanley Hauerwas on the new pope, Francis I [Video]
  Stanley Hauerwas maintains that the election of Pope Francis signals the Catholic Church’s solidarity with the poor… ***

 

• Allen Ginsberg on Jack Kerouac’s work [Rare Recording]
  Today is the birthday of beat poet Jack Kerouac, and as a special treat, we are featuring a rare recording of Allen Ginsberg overviewing Kerouac’s life and work.   ***   This recording is part of Ginsberg’s Naropa University Archive Project on Archive.org     Part One: Listen: [ CLICK TO DOWNLOAD - Part 1 [...]

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