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Spiritual Growth

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection, and I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t). She is the founder and CEO of The Daring Way, an organization that brings her work on vulnerability, courage, shame, and worthiness to organizations, schools, communities, and families. Her 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and children.

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“ ”Struggle can be our greatest call to

courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a wholehearted life.

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The power of leaning into discomfort—from the TED Talk sensation

Brené Brownnew RiSing StRong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.Brené Brown

It is the rise from falling that social scientist Brené Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, she has listened as a range of people from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, “What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common?” The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort.

Spiegel & Grau. 9780812995824. Hardcover. $27.00; $19.44

MoRE FRoM tHiS AUtHoRDaring greatly. 9781592407330. Hardcover. $26.00; $18.72the gifts of imperfection. 9781592858491. $14.95; $10.76i thought it Was Just Me (But it isn’t). 9781592403356. $17.00; $12.24

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Nadia Bolz-Weber is a New York Times best-selling author and the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, an ELCA mission church in Denver, Colorado. She’s a leading voice in the emerging church movement and her writing can be found in The Christian Century and Jim Wallis’ God’s Politics blog. She is author of the Sarcastic Lutheran blog on Patheos.

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“”

A compulsively readable account.... Stepping through the liturgical year,

reflecting on the deepest meanings of Christ’s presence in these rites, the author deftly explains why God’s love should be

the heart of every sacred (and secular) experience. There is great healing to be

found in this kind of preaching. Some readers may blanch at her often rough language, but her love for God and for

humankind shines through on every page. —Publishers Weekly

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Sometimes, the person you’re trying to avoid is your best shot at grace

new ACCideNTAl SAiNTS: Finding God in All the Wrong People Nadia Bolz-Weber

New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls a religious but not-so-spiritual life. Tattooed, angry, and profane, this former standup comic-turned-pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people—a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious bishop, and a gun-toting member of the NRA.

As she lives and worships alongside these accidental saints, Nadia is swept into first-hand encounters with grace—a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own.

In a time when many have rightly become disillusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints demonstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with Scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike.

Convergent Books. 9781601427557. Hardcover. $23.00; $16.56

MORe FROM THiS AUTHORPastrix. 9781455527076. $16.00; $11.52Salvation on the Small Screen? 9781596270862. $18.00; $12.60

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Expand your vision of how God is present in everyone and everything around us

new Grounded: Finding God in the World— A Spiritual Revolution Diana Butler Bass

In this followup to her acclaimed Christianity After Religion, Butler examines how people are undergoing a new spiritual awakening by discovering God in new ways as well as shifting the way they understand and practice their faith. In Grounded she explores our post-religion age, revealing how traditional notions of a top-down, heaven-oriented, distant God are being supplanted by an embodied theology that offers a new vision of God with us—active in every aspect of our lives and embodied in the physical world around us, our loved ones, our history, our culture and food, and in our greatest yearnings. Analyzing current trends, news, data, literature, and pop culture, Bass shows how the world of church and spiritual practice are changing, moving outside the walls of the church and into the world, and cites spiritual texts, ancient traditions, theologists, teachers, and anecdotes from her own religious journey to explore the evolving life of faith. As she reports on the changes happening in the church and in religious communities across the country, she offers advice and insight to help readers join this emerging movement and become grounded in their own spiritual journey.

HarperCollins.9780062328540. Hardcover. $26.99; $19.43

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Diana Butler Bass

diana Butler Bass is the author of seven books, including Christianity for the Rest of Us, Strength for the Journey, and The Practicing Congregation. She earned her Ph.D in church history from Duke University; has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Rhodes College, and Virginia Theological Seminary; and is currently senior fellow at the Cathedral College of the Washington National Cathedral. She wrote a weekly column on American religion for the New York Times and is a popular speaker at retreats and workshops across the country.

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“ ”Bass’s biblical and effusive style, always

mixing the personal with the political and scriptural, finds a deeper, more profound register in this latest book. It is a call to arms, sure to inspire Bass’s intimate fan

base committed to a Christian revolution.—Publishers Weekly

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Spiritual Growth

Reba Riley is an author, speaker, former Evangelical Poster Child, and lover of all things sparkly. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she plans to write more books...once she recovers from Post-Traumatic Memoir Syndrome. She blogs about spiritual health and healing for Patheos.com.

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“ ”Hilarous, courageous, provocative, profound...Reba Riley brings the

light for seekers of all paths.—Elizabeth Gilbert,

author of Eat, Pray, Love

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Healing what life has broken —how one woman survived a strict religious upbringing and forged a new faith path

new Post-tRaumatiC CHuRCH syndRomE:A Memoir of Humor and HealingReba Riley

An important inspirational debut, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome is much more than a memoir about reclaiming faith and overcoming chronic illness. Written with humor and personality, it tackles the universal struggle to heal what life has broken. This is a book for questioners, doubters, misfits, and seekers of all faiths; for the spiritual, the religious, and the curious.

Reba Riley’s twenty-ninth year was a terrible time to undertake a spiritual quest. But when untreatable chronic illness forced her to her metaphorical (and physical) derrière on her birthday, Reba realized that even if she couldn’t fix her body, she might be able to heal her injured spirit. And so began a yearlong journey to recover from her whopping case of post-traumatic church syndrome by visiting thirty religions before her thirtieth birthday. She visited with Amish, Buddhists, Scientologists; an urban monk, a suburban shaman, and snuck into Yom Kippur. She discovered she didn’t have to choose religion to choose God or good.

For anyone who has ever longed for transformation of body, mind, or soul, but didn’t know where to start, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome reminds us that sometimes we have to get lost to get found.

Simon & Schuster. 9781501124037. Hardcover. $24.99; $17.99

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Spiritual Growth

An invitation for spiritual cynics, outsiders, and misfits

GiftS of the Dark WooD: Seven Blessings for Soulful Skeptics (and Other Wanderers) Eric Elnes Uncertain? Empty? Lost? Join the crowd and find companions who are willing to wander the unseen road ahead. It’s okay to feel awkward in your search for God. You’re not alone amid your holy mess. In fact, author Dr. Eric Elnes believes that uncertainty about your spiritual life can be one of your greatest assets because it is while we are unsure that we probe, question, and discover. You don’t need to be a saint or spiritual master to experience profound awakening and live with God’s presence and guidance. You need only to wander. This book is for both the insider who has left the traditional church and the outsider who is curious about faith but mistrustful of religious systems and authority.

Abingdon Press. 9781426794131. $16.99; $11.389781501808289. hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

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Eric Elnes

eric elnes is a pastor, speaker, and media host. His book Asphalt Jesus was the result of a 2,500-mile walk that promoted awareness of progressive/emerging Christian faith and inspired a feature-length film, The Asphalt Gospel. He hosts an interactive weekly webcast, Darkwood Brew, and is Senior Pastor of Countryside Community Church (UCC) in Omaha, Nebraska.

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this book is about finding your place in this world at the very point where you feel furthest from it. it’s about recognizing the fierce beauty and astonishing blessing that

exist within experiences that most of us fear but none of us can avoid. Ultimately

this book is about seeing life through new eyes, recognizing that experiences of failure, emptiness, and uncertainty are as critical for finding our way through life as

they are unavoidable.

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Spiritual Growth

Understanding the true meaning and impact of the words Jesus prayed

The transformational power of telling our whole stories

new BeComing Who i Am: Reflections on Wholeness and Embracing Our Divine StoriesBeth-Sarah Wright

Our stories anchor us as we experience the vicissitudes of life. They strengthen us, inspire us, and encourage us as we grow older. This book offers Jesus’ story as a real-life mirror to our own stories, ultimately making God’s story, our story, and our story, God’s story. From Begotten, to Suffering Death, to Glory, and the Life of the World to Come, the author uses spiritual reflections, poetry, and the Nicene Creed to give new meaning to real-life circumstances of identity, pain, family life, dealing with depression, and ultimate healing. Becoming Who I Am encourages us to embrace and tell our whole stories and to discover our divine capacity for true life transformation and joy.

Morehouse Publishing.9780819231796. $14.00; $9.80

Beth-Sarah Wright

Beth-Sarah Wright, Ph.D. is Jamaica-born and the daughter and wife of Episcopal priests. Her husband is currently the Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the use of women’s bodies in Jamaican Dancehall culture as an act of healing, revealing a theological trajectory that drives these poems and meditations. She is a frequent retreat leader and speaker.

new WhAt the PRAyeRS of JeSuS tell uS ABout the heARt of goDShane Stanford

Even little children can be heard reciting The Lord’s Prayer during a service—most Christians know it by heart. But the New Testament gives us additional examples of Jesus’ prayers. By studying them, we can learn how they inform and engage his intentions of how the gospel would change lives and affect the world, both in the first century and for every century to follow.

Abingdon Press.9781426774256. $15.99; $10.719781501808340. hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

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Shane Stanford

Shane Stanford is Senior Pastor of a 5,000+ member church in Memphis, TN, and author of The Seven Next Words of Christ, The Eight Blessings, and A Positive Life, a memoir detailing life as an HIV+ and HepC+ hemophiliac. He cohosts the Covenant Bible Study program, used in over one thousand churches.

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Spiritual Growth

Because love is the most powerful source for social change

LetterS from the farm: A Simple Path for a Deeper Spiritual Life Becca Stevens

As an Episcopal priest and the founder of Thistle Farms, where a natural body-care line, a paper and sewing studio, and a cafe help to raise millions of dollars for residential communities of women who have survived prostitution, trafficking, and addiction, Becca Stevens has seen what love can do. “Love is my grounding,” she says. “I’m not called to change the world. I am called to love it.”

In Letters from the Farm, she shares her journey through writings about courage, humility, forgiveness, compassion, and faithfulness. “I want to pass along a tradition of priesthood that is grounded in the idea that love heals,” she explains, “and healing is the central-most sacrament of the church.”

Morehouse Publishing. 9780819231758. $18.00; $12.60

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Becca Stevens

Becca Stevens is one of the premiere preachers and speakers in the U.S. She is an Episcopal priest and founder of Magdalene and Thistle Farms. She raises millions of dollars annually for these organizations. She was named one of “15 Champions of Change” for violence against women in 2011 by the White House.

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Making prayer a family priority

new SCramBLed StartS: Family Prayers for Morning, Bedtime, and Everything In-BetweenJenny Youngman

After a year of struggling with nutty family schedules, Jenny Youngman knew that something had to change. The only remedy for their chaotic routine, she realized, was prayer. Youngman and her husband agreed that their family would start and end their days with prayer.

Scrambled Starts tells about one family’s adventures in making prayer a regular part of their daily lives. It is also a collection of prayers for mealtime, bedtime, special occasions, ordinary times, prayers just for parents, prayers just for kids. A wonderful reference guide for parents who want to make prayer a priority in their homes.

Upper Room Books. 9780835814997. $9.99; $6.99

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Jenny Youngman

Jenny Youngman has been a youth pastor, Sunday school teacher, youth group volunteer, and mentor—and probably will be forever. Jenny is a singer/songwriter and lives just outside Nashville, Tennessee.

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Spiritual Growth

Jen Hatmaker is the author of several books, including 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, and the star of HGTV’s My Big Family Renovation. She is also a blogger, speaker, and pastor’s wife to husband, Brandon, and mom to five children.

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Lauren F. Winner, the author of numerous books, teaches at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Books & Culture, and other periodicals.

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Dealing with life’s biggest challenge: people

FoR tHe Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards Jen Hatmaker

The majority of our joys, struggles, thrills, and heartbreaks relate to people, beginning first with ourselves and then the people we came from, married, birthed, live by, live for, go to church with, don’t like, don’t understand, fear, struggle with, compare ourselves to, and judge. People are the best and worst thing about the human life.

Jen Hatmaker knows this all too well, and so she reveals how to practice kindness, grace, truthfulness, vision, and love to ourselves and those around us. By doing this, For the Love leads our generation to reimagine Jesus’ grace as a way of life, and it does it in a funny yet profound manner that Christian readers will love. Along the way, Hatmaker shows readers how to reclaim their prophetic voices and become Good News again to a hurting, polarized world.

Thomas Nelson Publishing. 9780718031824. Hardcover. $22.99; $16.55

MoRe FRoM tHIS AUtHoR7: An experimental Mutiny Against excess. 9781433672965. $14.99; $10.79Interrupted: When Jesus Wrecks Your Comfortable Christianity9781631463532. $14.99; $10.79

Jen Hatmaker

Finding God in the overlooked metaphors of ordinary experiences

WeARIng god: An Exercise in Enriching Our Spiritual Imagination Lauren F. Winner

In this wise and lyrical journey, scholar and Episcopal priest Lauren Winner tries on overlooked metaphors for how we meet and experience God. Chapters on God as clothing, laughter, flame, food, wine, and a laboring woman not only invite us to understand God in a new way, but each reveals God to be much closer and more intimate than we imagine, opening up the opportunity for experiencing and knowing God more deeply. If God has felt distant or absent, or if your reading of Scripture has become cold or rote, reading Wearing God can serve as the hymn that revives you.

HarperCollins. 9780061768125. Hardcover. $24.99; $17.99

MoRe FRoM tHIS AUtHoRgirl Meets god. 9780877881070. $14.99; $10.79Mudhouse Sabbath. 9781557255327. $14.99; $10.79

Lauren F. Winner

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Spiritual Growth

Scott Dannemiller is a speaker, author, blogger, worship leader, leadership consultant, and former missionary with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is the founder and president of LifeWork Associates, a leadership development consulting firm focused on bringing more trust and authenticity to corporate America.

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Michael B. Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015. Bishop Curry was overwhelming elected on the first ballot at the 2015 General Convention. Bishop Curry, 62, is the first African-American to be elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

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Michael B. CurryDiscovering the joy and spiritual impact of music

How one family stopped being consumed by consumption

The Year WiThouT a PurChaSe: One Family’s Quest to Stop Shopping and Start ConnectingScott Dannemiller

The Year without a Purchase is the story of one family’s quest to stop shopping and start connecting. Scott Dannemiller and his wife, Gabby, are former missionaries who served in Guatemala. Ten years removed from their vow of simple living, they found themselves on a never-ending treadmill of consumption where each purchase created a desire for more and never led to true satisfaction. The difference between needs and wants had grown very fuzzy, and making that distinction clear again would require drastic action: no nonessential purchases for a whole year. No clothes, no books, no new toys for the kids. If they couldn’t eat it or use it up within a year (toilet paper and shampoo, for example), they wouldn’t buy it.

Filled with humorous wit, curious statistics, and poignant conclusions, the book offers valuable food for thought for anyone who has ever wanted to reduce stress by shopping less and living more.

Westminster John Knox Press. 9780664260682. $16.00; $11.52

Scott Dannemiller

SongS MY granDMa Sang Michael B. Curry

In a conversation about his teaching and preaching style, Michael Curry notes with a laugh that hymns and songs of faith were always part of the mix. “I learned what I believed in the songs I heard my family—especially my grandmother—sing. We sang our faith every day.”

Out of that strong foundation, Bishop Curry shares the music of his childhood—the songs that have grown with him to shape an adult and vibrant faith.


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Spiritual Growth

How would your life change if you changed the way you understood God’s nearness?

Gratitude heals us and holds us.

spiRituality of gRatitude: The Unexpected Blessings of Thankfulness Joshua Choonmin Kang

“Deep gratitude springs up from within,” writes pastor and best-selling Korean author Joshua Choonmin Kang. “To become truly grateful is incredibly difficult, but the difficulty of the process makes the results all the more lovely.”

God invites us to enter into this world of thankfulness at every moment in our lives, even in the hard times—perhaps especially then. Pastor Kang continues: “Gratitude heals us and holds us, tethering us to one another, offering us joy and strength.” As with Deep-Rooted in Christ, this book has fifty-two short chapters that can be read in weekly Sabbath reflection or daily devotional use. So come and discover a spirituality of gratitude.

InterVarsity Press.9780830846030. $16.00; $11.52

MoRe fRoM tHis autHoR9780830835119. deep-Rooted in Christ. $16.00; $12.64

Joshua Choonmin Kang

Joshua Choonmin Kang is founding pastor of New Life Vision Church in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles, California. He is a speaker and author of Deep-Rooted in Christ and Scripture by Heart, as well as thirty books in Korean, including God’s Grace That Turns the Life Around, with over 1.5 million copies in print.

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flipped: The Provocative Truth That Changes Everything We Know about God Doug Pagitt

Respected author and religious commentator Phyllis Tickle has observed that every five hundred years, an unforeseen upheaval transforms Christianity. We are experiencing such a wholesale realignment today, and it is seen in the work and influence of emergence Christianity. Doug Pagitt has helped steer this shift as a teacher, writer, and chief architect of new Christian understandings for the Hubble generation (in contrast to the previous, Galileo-era rationalism). How does the biblical claim that God fills the universe with his presence influence our understanding of God’s greatness, power, and wisdom for living? Pagitt quotes St. Paul, who in turn quoted Epimenides of Crete, to help readers grasp this revolutionary truth: we live and move in God; our very being is found “in God.”

Convergent. 9781601426376. $14.99; $10.79

MoRe fRoM tHis autHoRpreaching Re-imagined. 9780310263630. $18.99Church Re-imagined. 9780310269755. $16.99Bodyprayer. 9781400071487. $15.99; $12.63

Doug Pagitt

doug pagitt is the primary cofounder (with Tony Jones) of the emerging church, a movement that responded to stasis in the traditional church. He’s pastor of Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis, host of Doug Pagitt Radio, and the author of several books, including A Christianity Worth Believing and Evangelism in the Inventive Age.

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Spiritual Growth

Beautiful meditations to nurture and encourage those who are dying

A new twist on interacting with Scripture

One Day I WrOte BaCk: Interacting with Scripture Through Creative Writing Jane Herring

Throughout her life, Jane Herring struggled to hear what Scripture had to say to her. She began wondering if the Bible was either too complicated a book to read in a meaningful way or too puzzling to actually mean anything at all. It was only when she started speaking back to Scripture—putting pen to paper to write poetry, lists, stories, and letters—that Herring’s relationship with the Bible began to unfold.

Filled with down-to-earth stories, One Day I Wrote Back offers insight and perspective on Scripture passages. Herring invites beginning and experienced writers to use faith, reason, and imagination as they write in response to each week’s Scripture. With included Leader’s Guide, this makes a perfect 6-week study for individuals, small groups, and retreats.

Upper Room Books.9780835813754. $11.99; $8.39

Jane Herring

Jane Herring, a former teacher, holds the M.Div. from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. She is serving a pastoral care residency as a chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital.

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a FaItHFul FareWell: Living Your Last Chapter with Love Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

When the time comes for us to die, how do we say good-bye to our friends, our families, and the lives we have lived? How do we remain faithful—to God, to ourselves, and to loved ones—as we face our final journey? Those who are dying have a lot of things to deal with—fear, discouragement, boredom, pain, regret.

In this book, McEntyre offers fifty-two short meditations on the very real issues faced by dying people. She offers what she calls a different kind of hope—one that speaks to the heart of the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of dying. Brief concluding prayers and lines from cherished hymns further lift up the reader.

William B. Eerdman Publishing. 9780802872609. $15.00; $10.80

MOre FrOM tHIS autHOrWhat’s in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives you Pause. 9780802871145. $14.00; $10.08Caring for Words in a Culture of lies. 9780802848642. $19.00; $13.68

Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Marilyn Chandler Mcentyre is a fellow of the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, and professor of medical humanities at UC Berkeley.

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Social Issues

Leah Gunning Francis is a Christian educator, reseacher, author, national lecturer, and a pastoral and community leader. In 2012, she was awarded the prestigious Engaged Scholars Fellowship to study issues of risk among middle-class African American young men. Her additional research interests focus on transformative education. She is a board member of the Religious Education Association and has provided pastoral leadership for congregations in Georgia, Illinois, and Ohio. Two of her essays have been published in the Bible commentary series Feasting on the Gospels.

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Leah Gunning Francisnew FeRGuson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community Leah Gunning Francis

The 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, ignited a movement focused on criminal justice, race relations, economic disparity, and many more inequalities. Among the many newly recognized leaders in the movement were St. Louis area clergy. Seminary professor Leah Gunning Francis was among the activists, and her interviews with more than two dozen faith leaders and with the movement’s new organizers take us behind the scenes of the continuing protests. Ferguson and Faith demonstrates that being called to lead a faithful life can take us to places we never expected to go, with people who never expected us to join hands with them. This is the first book from the partnership of the Forum for Theological Exploration and Chalice Press.

Chalice Press.9780827211056. $19.99; $14.39

Helping people of faith join forces to navigate a painful subject and move toward healing

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Leah Gunning Francis’s conversations with both the clergy and the young activists

show how important it is for communities of faith to reach out to a new generation

of young leaders and help elevate and nurture their gifts. What many of the

clergy interviewed in this book realized in the course of the Ferguson protests

was that rather than sitting back in their sanctuaries and waiting for the

young people to seek out the church for guidance or leadership, it was the church

that needed to go out and meet the young people where they were, joining

them shoulder to shoulder, on the streets, in the struggle for justice.

—Jim Wallis, from the foreword

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Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn are the first married couple to win a Pulitzer for Journalism, for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square movement.

Kristof has been a columnist for The New York Times since November 2001. He won a second Pulitzer in 2006, for what the judges called “his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur.”

WuDunn, a highly successful business executive and best-selling author, is the first Asian-American reporter to win a Pulitzer. Selected as one of Newsweek’s “150 Women Who Shake the World,” WuDunn has helped raise awareness about challenges facing women, such as sex trafficking.

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Results-driven advice on how to create real change

Nicholas D. KristofSheryl WuDunnnew A PAth APPeArS: Transforming Lives, Creating OpportunityNicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

With scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting, Kristof and WuDunn explore how altruism affects us, identify successful local and global initiatives, and show how to avoid the pitfalls of giving. In their recounting of astonishing stories from the front lines of social progress, we see the compelling, inspiring truth of how real people have changed the world, underscoring that one person can make a difference.

A Path Appears offers practical, results-driven advice on how best each of us can give and reveals the lasting benefits we gain in return. Kristof and WuDunn know better than most how many urgent challenges communities around the world face today. Here they offer a timely beacon of hope for our collective future. An ideal read for Christians who want to make a difference in their communities and the world.

Vintage Books. 9780345805102. $15.95; $11.48

MOre FrOM theSe AUthOrShalf the Sky. 9780307387097. $15.95; $11.48

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Not everyone can help fight crime in a city’s worst neighborhoods or volunteer in schools, so most of us are left to engage in piecemeal efforts such as a donation here or there. Like many Americans, we have day jobs we need to keep, and we have been busy raising our children....we never knew how to choose among the appeals from nonprofits that inundated

us. Basically, we were mystified about how best to assist at home as well as abroad.

So we investigated how one can do a better job of making a difference, how one can help institute effective change.

this book is the fruit of our labors. —from Chapter 1.

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Karen Armstrong is a best-selling author noted for her memoirs and her books about religion. She majored in English at St. Anne’s College in Oxford while living in a convent, an experience she wrote about in Through the Narrow Gate. She became an independent writer and has since published twenty-five books. In great demand as a public speaker, she is also the founder of the Charter for Compassion, which was funded with a TED grant.

about the author

“ ”Elegant and powerful…both erudite

and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail.

—The Washington Post

praise for the book

new FiElds oF Blood: Religion and the History of ViolenceKaren Armstrong

In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare.

In these pages, Karen Armstrong amasses a sweeping history of humankind to explore the perceived connection between war and the world’s great creeds and to issue a passionate defense of the peaceful nature of faith. Armstrong looks at the whole history of each tradition, not only Christianity and Islam, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Judaism.

Modernity has ushered in an epoch of spectacular violence, although, as Armstrong shows, little of it can be ascribed directly to religion. Nevertheless, she shows us how religions came to absorb modern belligerence and what hope there might be for peace among believers of different faiths in our time.

Random House. 9780307946966. $16.95; $12.20

MoRE FRoM THis AUTHoRTwelve steps to a Compassionate life. 9780307742889. $14.95; $10.76A History of God. 9780345384560. $17.00; $12.24The Case for God. 9780307389800. $16.95; $12.20

A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence in each of the world’s great traditions

Karen Armstrong

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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. A past president of the Society of Biblical Literature, he is one of today’s preeminent interpreters of Scripture.

about the author

All historical-political problems have solutions, if there is enough courage, honesty, and steadfastness

Walter Brueggemannnew ChoSen? Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictWalter Brueggeman

In Chosen? Walter Brueggemann explores the situation in modern-day Israel that raises questions for many Christians when reading biblical accounts of God’s saving actions with the Israelites. Are modern Israeli citizens the descendants of the Israelites in the Bible whom God called chosen? Was the promise of land to Moses permanent and irrevocable? What about others living in the promised land? How should we read the Bible in light of the modern situation? Who are the Zionists, and what do they say?

Includes an author Q&A, glossary, study guide, and guidelines for respectful dialogue.


MoRe FRoM ThIS AUThoRSabbath as Resistance Theology. 9780664239282. $14.00; $10.08Reality, hope, Grief. 9780802870728. $15.00; $10.80The Prophetic Imagination. 9780800632878. $19.00; $13.68

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The seemingly insolvable conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinian people requires our best thinking, our steadfast courage, and a deep honesty

about the politically possible. The conflict is only ‘seemingly’ beyond solution,

because all historical-political problems have solutions if there is enough courage,

honesty, and steadfastness.—from the book

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a peacemaker.

about the author

Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. A current professor at Union Theological Seminary, he has also taught at Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. The recipient of more than twenty honorary degrees, he has written many important books, including Race Matters and Democracy Matters.

about the author

Christa Buschendorf is a professor and the chair of American Studies at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. She has published on the transatlantic history of ideas and on African American literature.

about the author

An unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies

Cornel WestChrista Buschendorfnew BLaCK PRoPhetiC FiReCornel West with Christa Buschendorf

In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. In dialogue with Buschendorf, West examines the impact of these men and women on their own eras and across the decades. He not only rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines.

By providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, West takes an important step in rekindling the Black prophetic fire so essential in the age of Obama.

Random House. 9780807018101. $16.00; $11.52

The words of the Nobel Peace Prize winner put him in a truly relevant context

Martin Luther King, Jr. Cornel Westnew the RadiCaL KingMartin Luther King Jr.; Cornel West, editor

Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was.

Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes 23 selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King’s revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize, one the FBI and US government called the most dangerous man in America.

Random House. Coming in January. 9780807034521. $15.00; $10.80

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Jeanne Theoharis is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She received an A.B. in Afro-American studies from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in American culture from the University of Michigan.

about the author

David Rieff is a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute at the New School for Social Research, a Fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a board member of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch.

about the author

The real woman behind the myth

Jeanne Theoharisnew The RebelliouS life of MRS. RoSa PaRkSJeanne Theoharis

Presenting a powerful corrective to the popular iconography of Rosa Parks as a quiet seamstress and devout Christian who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, scholar Jeanne Theoharis excavates Parks’s political philosophy and six decades of activism.

Theoharis masterfully details the political depth of a national heroine who dedicated her life to fighting American inequality and, in the process, resurrects a civil rights movement radical who has been hidden in plain sight far too long. This revised edition includes a new introduction by the author.

Random House. 9780807076927. $18.00; $12.96

Can the global food crisis be solved?

David Rieffnew The RePRoaCh of hungeR: Food, Justice, and Money in the 21st CenturyDavid Rieff

Is the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger within our reach? Some of the most brilliant scientists, world politicians, and aid and development persons forecast an end to the crisis of massive malnutrition in the next decades. However, food rights campaigners (many associated with green parties in both the rich and poor world) and traditional farming advocates reject the intervention of technology, biotech solutions, and agribusiness.

Rieff, who has been studying and reporting on humanitarian aid and development for thirty years, puts the claims of both sides under a microscope and asks if any one of these efforts will solve the crisis. A must read for Christians who are committed to the fight against hunger.

Simon & Schuster. 9781439123874. hardcover. $27.00; $19.44

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Grace Ji-Sun Kim received her M.Div. from Knox College (University of Toronto) and her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. She is an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is an ordained minister of word and sacrament within the PC(USA) denomination.

about the author

Jonathan Sacks is the Ingeborg and Ira Rennert Global Distinguished Professor of Judaic Thought at New York University and the Kressel and Ephrat Family University Professor of Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University. He is also Professor of Law, Ethics and the Bible at King’s College London.

about the author

Working towards racial, gender, and ethnic justice

Grace Ji-Sun Kimnew EmbRaCinG thE OthER: The Transformative Spirit of LoveGrace Ji-Sun Kim

We live in a time of great racial strife and global conflict. How do we work toward healing, reconciliation, and justice among all people, regardless of race or gender?

In Embracing the Other, Grace Ji-Sun Kim demonstrates that it is possible only through God’s Spirit. Working from a feminist Asian perspective, Kim develops a new constructive global pneumatology that works toward gender and racialethnic justice. She draws on concepts from Asian and indigenous cultures to reimagine the divine as Spirit God who is restoring “shalom” in the world. Through the power of Spirit God, Kim says, our brokenness is healed and we can truly love and embrace the other. “

Eerdmans. 9780802872999. $25.00; $18.00

mORE FROm thiS aUthORnew the homebrewed Christianity Guide to the holy Spirit. 9781451499568. $14.99; $10.79new here i am: Faith Stories of Korean american Clergywomen. 9780817017637. $16.99; $12.23

A powerful lesson in multiple pathways to God

Jonathan Sacksnew nOt in GOd’S namE: Confronting Religious ViolenceJonathan Sacks

When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit—i.e., my religion is the only right path to God, therefore your religion is by definition wrong—violence between peoples of different beliefs is the only natural outcome, argues Rabbi Sacks. But by looking anew at seminal biblical texts in the Book of Genesis—in which we find the foundational stories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—Rabbi Sacks offers an entirely different understanding of God’s multiple relationships: with Jacob, patriarch of Judaism; with Ishmael, patriarch of Islam; and with Esau, whose blessing is understood to confirm God’s relationship with monotheists from other faiths and overarching relationship with all of humanity.

By analyzing the texts that recount how Abraham’s immediate descendants resolved their various sibling rivalries, Rabbi Sacks teaches us a powerful lesson in the existence of multiple pathways to God.

Random House. 9780805243345. hardcover. $28.95; $20.84

mORE FROm thiS aUthORthe Great Partnership. 9780805212501. $16.95; $12.20to heal a Fractured World. 9780805211962. $15.00; $10.80

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Louie Crew Clay, Ph.D., is the founder of Integrity, a group that has taken leadership in transforming the Episcopal Church’s stance toward LGBT people since its founding in 1974. He holds a Ph.D. in English literature, is professor emeritus of English at Rutgers University, and is the author of four published volumes of poetry.

about the author

Mark Lewis Taylor is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the editor of Paul Tillich: Theologian of the Boundaries, and coeditor of Reconstructing Christian Theology. He is also the coordinator of Academics for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

about the author

Louie Crew ClayInsights and influences from Louie Clay’s ministry to the LGBTQ community

new LeTTerS froM SaMaria: The Prose & Poetry of Louie Crew ClayLouie Crew Clay

Louie Crew Clay has been the leading voice in LGBTQ issues in the Episcopal Church over the past forty years. Letters from Samaria gathers together much of his best and most influential prose and poetry, written from 1974 until the present day. Is is crisply written, and often surprising for its bravery, matter-of-fact self-disclosure, insight, and love.


A powerful critique of America as Empire and the challenge posed for Christians

Mark Lewis Taylornew The exeCuTeD GoD: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown AmericaMark Lewis Taylor

The Executed God is both a searing indictment of the structures of Lockdown America and a visionary statement of hope. Outlining a theatrics of state terror, Taylor documents the instruments, mass incarceration, militarized police tactics, surveillance, torture, immigrant suppression, and capital punishment through which Lockdown America enforces global neoliberal economic and political imperialism.

Against this, Taylor proposes a counter-theatrics: the way of the cross that unmasks the powers of state control and enacts an adversarial politics of resistance and dramatic action: a Christian politics of remembering the Jesus executed by empire.

Fortress Press.9781451492675. $44.00; $31.68

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Will Durant (1885-1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent more than fifty years writing his critically acclaimed eleven-volume series, The Story of Civilization (the later volumes written in conjunction with his wife, Ariel). A champion of human rights issues, Durant’s writing still educates and entertains readers around the world.

about the author

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How economics functions as the dominant religion in America today

Scott W. Gustafsonnew At the AltAR of WAll StReet: The Rituals, Myths, Theologies, Sacraments, and Mission of the Religion Known as the Modern Global EconomyScott W. Gustafson

In this thought-provoking book, Scott Gustafson argues that economics performs the same function in contemporary American culture that religions did in past cultures. Understanding how economics functions as a religion is the first step in addressing many of today’s political and social problems, Gustafson says. Our inability to compromise on economic matters is much more intelligible when competing principles are understood as religious laws that cannot be violated.

At the Altar of Wall Street encompasses a broad sweep of history, philosophy, culture studies, economic ideas, and religion, and offers insightful discussion of such topics as debt, economic terrorism, globalization, and money as the economy’s sacrament. Thoughtful readers will find plenty to chew on here.

William B. Eerdmans Publishing.9780802872807. $22.00; $15.84

The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s most personal book, discovered more than 30 years after his death

Will Durantnew fAllen leAveS: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and GodWill Durant

The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the world’s greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible.

Over the course of Durant’s career he received numerous letters from “curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.” Here, he at last accepted their challenge. In 22 short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. A message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating life’s journey.

Simon & Schuster. 9781476771557. $14.00; $10.08

Scott W. Gustafson has served as a seminary professor and a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor for more than thirty years. Currently an independent stock-market investor in Herndon, Virginia, he has also the author of Biblical Amnesia and Behind Good and Evil.

about the author

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Leah D. Schade is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). Her ministry is marked by her experience in and passion for ecological and social justice advocacy and activism.

Shane Claiborne is a bestselling author, prominent activist, and sought-after speaker. He is one of the founding members of The Simple Way, a community in inner-city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world.

about the author

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Preaching through a “green” lens

Leah D. Schadenew Creation-CriSiS PreaChing: Ecology, Theology, and the PulpitLeah D. Schade

How can we proclaim justice for God’s Creation in the face of global warming? How does fracking fit with “the earth and its fullness are the Lord’s?” Creation-Crisis Preaching works with the premise that all of Creation, including humankind, needs to hear the Good News of Jesus’ resurrection in this age in which humanity is “crucifying” Creation.

Informed by years of experience as an environmental activist and minister, Leah Schade equips preachers to interpret the Bible through a “green” lens, become rooted in environmental theology, and learn how to understand their preaching context in terms of the particular political, cultural, and biotic setting of their congregation.

Chalice Press.9780827205413. $29.99; $21.59

A love big enough to free both the oppressed and the oppressors

Shane Claibornenew irreSiStibLe revoLution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, Revised and ExpandedShane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world. The irresistible revolution isn’t just about going to heaven when you die, but bringing heaven down as you live.

In this updated 10th anniversary edition, Claiborne uses unconventional examples from his own life to stir up questions about the church and the world, while challenging readers to truly live out their Christian faith.

Zondervan Publishing. Coming in January.9780310343707. $16.99; $12.23

More FroM thiS authornew executing grace. Coming in March.9780062347374. $17.99; $12.95Common Prayer: a Liturgy for ordinary radicals 9780310326199. $24.99; $17.99the intentional Christian Community handbook9781612612379. $19.99; $14.29

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John Danforth practiced law in New York City and St. Louis before serving as attorney general of Missouri, US senator from Missouri, and US representative to the United Nations. An ordained Episcopal priest, he is the author of Faith and Politics and Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas.

about the author

Paul D. Hanson is an American biblical scholar who taught for 40 years at the Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since his retirement from the active faculty in 2009, he has been the Florence Corliss Lamont Research Professor of Divinity.

about the author

new THe RelevanCe of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change PoliticsJohn Danforth

A fascinating, thoughtful, and deeply personal look at the state of American politics today from former US senator and U.N. ambassador John Danforth, who is also an ordained Episcopal priest.

Americans on both sides of the political aisle hunger for the return of a commitment to the common good. Too often, it seems, religion has been used as a wedge to divide us. But is it also the key to restoring our civic virtue? Senator Danforth argues that our shared religious values can lead us out of the embittered, entrenched state of politics today and help us form a bridge over our bitter partisan divide.

Random House. 9780812997903. Hardcover. $28.00; $20.16

John DanforthA priest and former US Senator takes on Christian orthodoxy in both the Democratic and Republican parties

new a PoliTiCal HisToRy of THe BiBle in ameRiCaPaul D. Hanson

“Biblical history, enriched by many religious and cultural traditions, flows into and is intertwined with our nation’s epic, both for better and for worse. To ignore that history is to cut ourselves off from our roots and to deny the ancestral experiences that forged our individual and collective identity.” —from the prologue

Hanson traces American history back to colonial times, paying close attention to the role biblical tradition has played in shaping the national story of the United States. Learn how religion has influenced both domestic and international policy and contributed to the nation’s sense of identity and purpose.


Paul D. HansonExploring the interplay of politics and religion in America

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William J. Barber II is pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Goldsboro, NC, president of the North Carolina NAACP, and an architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement that organized the Moral Mondays rallies.

about the author

Chris Herlinger, a writer with Church World Service, is a freelance journalist whose reporting for Religion News Service has appeared in major newspapers around the country.

about the author

Paul Jeffrey is a United Methodist missionary photojournalist who has photographed more than 65 countries and whose work has appeared in media ranging from the Washington Post to National Geographic Explorer.

about the photojournalist

A modern-day civil rights champion who helped start a movement to bridge America’s racial divide

William J. Barber IInew THe THIrd reConSTruCTIon: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

In 2013, Rev. Barber led more than 100,000 people at Moral Mondays rallies across North Carolina to protest cuts to voting rights and the social safety net, which the state’s conservative legislature implemented. The protests spread to other states and blossomed into the largest Southern social movement since the Civil Rights era.

The Third Reconstruction tells the story of how Barber helped lay the groundwork for the movement. It draws on the lessons of history to offer a vision of a new Reconstruction, one in which all citizens— black and white, religious, and secular, Northern and Southern— fight side-by-side for racial and economic justice for all Americans.

Random House. Coming in January. 9780807083604. Hardcover. $24.95; $17.96

More FroM THIS auTHorForward Together. 9780827244948. $19.99; $14.39

Dramatic images from the battle lines in the fight to end hunger

Chris HerlingerPaul Jeffreynew Food FIgHT: Struggling for Justice in a Hungry World Chris Herlinger and Paul Jeffrey

This dramatic work of photojournalism and powerful storytelling describes how the battle to end hunger is being won, bit by bit, in places like Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States, through the compassionate work of grassroots communities of faith involved in antihunger efforts.

This is the third book in a humanitarian trilogy that includes Where Mercy Fails: Darfur’s Struggle to Survive and Rubble Nation: Haiti’s Pain, Haiti’s Promise.

It combines dramatic photojournalism and compelling narrative to give a voice and a face to the global issue of hunger and includes author interviews, a discussion guide for group use, and a 72-page color insert.

Seabury Books. 9781596272668. $25.00; $17.50

More FroM THeSe auTHorSrubble nation: Haiti’s Pain, Haiti’s Promise. 9781596272286. $25.00; $17.50Where Mercy Fails: darfur’s Struggle to Survive. 9781596271029. $25.00; $17.50

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Sharon Ely Pearson is the Christian Formation Specialist for Church Publishing Incorporated/Morehouse Education Resources. Previously, she was the Children’s Ministries & Christian Education Coordinator for the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. She is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary and a lifelong Episcopalian.

about the author

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former staff writer at The Village Voice and Time and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, O, and numerous other publications. He lives in New York City.

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Calling a truce—addressing gun violence through the Gospel message of peace

Sharon Ely PearsonREClaimiNg ThE goSPEl of PEaCE: Challenging the Epidemic of Gun ViolenceSharon Ely Pearson, editor

Over 300 Episcopalians came together in Oklahoma City in April 2014 to renew their commitment to the Gospel call to make peace in a world of violence. Through deep conversation, prayer, and skill-building, the event empowered the Episcopal Church to address violence and reclaim its role in society as workers for nonviolence and peace.

This book is one of the outcomes of that event: resources to help dioceses, congregations, and individuals reclaim the Gospel message of peace for our society. Covers topics in the areas of advocacy, education, liturgy, and pastoral care, with personal stories of witness from key leaders in the Church today. Reflection questions follow each chapter with a comprehensive study guide for group use included.


moRE fRom ThiS aUThoRa People Called Episcopalians: Revised. 9780819231888. $6.00; $4.20Call on me. 9780819227645. $16.00; $11.20

Distilling America’s racial history into a prayer from father to son

Ta-Nehisi CoatesBETwEEN ThE woRld aNd mETa-Nehisi Coates

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis.

Coates shares the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

Spiegel & Grau. 9780812993547. hardcover. $24.00; $17.28

moRE fRom ThiS aUThoRThe Beautiful Struggle. 9780385527460. $15.00; $10.80

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Jeff Hobbs graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002, where he was awarded the Willets and Meeker prizes for his writing. Hobbs spent three years in New York and Tanzania while working with the African Rainforest Conservancy. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

about the author

Kelly Brown Douglas , Ph.D. is The Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distguished Professor of Religion at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland. She is the author of Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective.

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Exposing a tale of two Americas in one man’s tragic life

Jeff HobbsTHe SHorT anD TragiC Life of roBerT PeaCe: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League Jeff Hobbs

An instant New York Times bestseller, named a best book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Entertainment Weekly, among others, this is the celebrated account of a brilliant, young African-American man who escaped the crime-ridden streets of Newark in 1980s Newark, New Jersey, to study molecular biochemistry and biophysics at Yale, but still faced the dangers of the streets when he returned. It was supposed to get easier when Robert was accepted to Yale, but it didn’t. He carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, trying to fit in at school, and at home on breaks.

Written by Jeff Hobbs, his friend and college roommate at Yale, this is a compelling and honest portrait that encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love. A must-read for Christians working towards social justice.

Scribner MacMillan. 9781476731919. $16.00; $11.52

Seeking God’s justice for the African-American community

Kelly Brown DouglasSTanD Your grounD: Black Bodies and the Justice of God Kelly Brown Douglas

The 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager in Florida, and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, brought public attention to controversial “Stand Your Ground” laws. The verdict, as much as the killing, sent shock waves through the African-American community, recalling a history of similar deaths, and the long struggle for justice. On the Sunday morning following the verdict, black preachers around the country addressed the question, “Where is the justice of God? What are we to hope for?” This book is an attempt to take seriously social and theological questions raised by this and similar stories, and to answer black church people’s questions of justice and faith in response to the call of God. But Kelly Brown Douglas also brings another significant interpretative lens to this text: that of a mother. Her book will also affirm the “truth” of a black mother’s faith in these times of stand your ground.

Orbis Books. 9781626981096. $20.00; $14.40

More froM THiS auTHorThe Black Christ. 9780883449394. $20.00; $16.80

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Sandhya Rani Jha is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She has served as co-moderator on the Anti-Racism Commission and as the Minister of Transformation at the Northern California-Nevada Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

about the author

Donald E. Messer is a United Methodist theologian and author of twelve books. A college and seminary president for 29 years, Messer holds a Ph.D. from Boston University in social ethics. He is currently the Executive Director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS.

about the author

Talking about race relations with a biblical grounding

Sandhya Rani JhaPRE-PoSt-RaCial aMERiCa: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines Sandhya Rani Jha

Those people. Their issues. The day’s news and the ways we treat each other, overtly or subliminally, prove we are not yet living in post-racial America. It’s hard to talk about race in America without everyone very quickly becoming defensive and shutting down. What makes talking race even harder is that so few of us actually know each other in the fullness of our stories. A recent Reuters poll found 40% of White people have no friends of other races, and 25% of people of color only have friends of the same race.

Sandhya Rani Jha addresses the hot topic in a way that is grounded in real people’s stories and that offers solid biblical grounding for thinking about race relations in America, reminding us that God calls us to build Beloved Community. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter provide starting points for reading groups.

Chalice Press. 9780827244931. $16.99; $12.23

MoRE FRoM tHiS aUtHoRRoom at the table. 9780827236561. $10.99; $9.23

A framework for reflection and study

Donald E. MesserCElEbRating goD’S lovE: Living Into Christian Unity and Interreligious RelationshipsDonald E. Messer, editor

This collection of essays offers a framework for reflection and study by United Methodist laity, clergy, and seminarians seeking to live into our faith’s commitment to ecumenism and interfaith relationships.

The vision and voices of writers from around the world are indispensable in understanding the biblical, historical, and theological basis for ecumenical and interreligious work. The writers are Warner H. Brown, Jr.; Sudarshana Devadhar; Gaspar Joao Domingos; Adam Hamilton; Benjamin L. Hartley; Hee Soo Jung; Gladys Mangiduyos; Glen A. Messer II; Bruce R. Ough; Stephen Sidorak, Jr.; Mary Ann Swenson; and Rosemarie Wenner.

Abingdon Press. 9781501809507. $14.99; $10.04

MoRE FRoM tHiS aUtHoR9780687094844. a Conspiracy of goodness. $22.99; $15.40

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Social Issues

Elizabeth A. Johnson, SSJ, is Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University and a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Her book She Who Is received the Grawemeyer Award in Religion. She is also the author of Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love.

about the author

Sara Miles is the founder and director of The Food Pantry, serves as Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, and speaks, preaches, and leads workshops around the country.

about the author

Thinking about faith from a feminist perspective

Elizabeth A. JohnsonAbounding in KindnESS: Writing for the People of GodElizabeth A. Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson is widely regarded as among the most influential and creative Catholic theologians in the world, particularly for her contributions in bringing a feminist perspective to the central themes of Christian faith. Among her books are pathbreaking works on God, Jesus, the church, Mary, and the communion of saints. In many cases she has also treated these themes in essays and lectures addressed to the wider “people of God.”

This volume is the first collection of these writings. It offers an overview of her essential work, but at the same time, given the range of her concerns, a brilliantly fresh exploration of the Christian faith.

Orbis Books. 9781626981133. $24.00; $17.28

MoRE FRoM THiS AuTHoRConsider Jesus. 9780824511616. $19.95Friends of god and Prophets. 9780826411983. $42.95Quest for the Living god. 9781441174628. $25.95

Venturing beyond the borders of “religion” into the unpredictable territory of faith

Sara MilesCiTy oF god: Faith in the StreetsSara Miles

This powerful personal narrative describes the events of a single Ash Wednesday when Sara Miles took ashes to the streets to mark the foreheads of strangers, exploring the powerful and surprising relationships between individuals, God, and community.

City of God narrates the events of the day in vivid detail, exploring the profound implications of touching strangers with a reminder of common mortality. As the story unfolds, Sara Miles also reflects on life in her city over the last two decades, where the people of God suffer and rejoice, building community amid the grit and beauty of this urban landscape.

Hachette.9781455547302. $16.00; $11.52

MoRE FRoM THiS AuTHoRJesus Freak. 9780470481660. $21.95; $15.80Take This bread. 9780345495792. Hardcover. $16.00; $11.52

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Melinda Gates is the wife of Bill Gates, and the cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose vision is to include worldwide improvements in education and address global poverty and health issues.

about Melinda Gates

Anne Bradley is the Vice President of Economic Initiative at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics and a visiting professor at Georgetown University.

about the editor

Art Lindsley is the Vice President of Theological Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, previously President of the C. S. Lewis Institute.

about the editor

Social Issues

Join the faith-based women’s movement

Melinda GatesThe MoTheR & ChiLd PRojeCT: Raising Our Voices for Health and Hope Melinda Gates, et al; preface by Melinda Gates

Dozens of influential leaders have heard the pleas of mothers and children in developing countries. Raising their voices to inspire a movement to increase healthy pregnancies and lower death rates, Melinda Gates, Kay Warren, Bill Frist, Kimberly Williams Paisley, Michael W. Smith, and more speak out about why people of faith must get involved in The Mother and Child Project: Raising Our Voices for Health and Hope. If only enough people knew. We have the resources to prevent this crisis, but we must take action.

Fortunately, Hope Through Healing Hands, a nonprofit organization promoting awareness for healthy mothers and children worldwide, is already spreading the word. Will you join them?

Zondervan Publishing. 9780310341611. $15.99; $11.51

Fostering compassionate, sustainable economic development

Anne BradleyArt LindsleyFoR The LeAsT oF These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty Anne Bradley and Art Lindsley, editors

Today, many thoughtful and compassionate Christians are addressing the challenge of alleviating poverty. But while much progress has been made, many well-intentioned efforts have led Christians to actions that are not only ineffective, but leave the most vulnerable in a worse situation than before. Is there a better answer?

Combining biblical exegesis with proven economic principles, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty equips Christians with both a solid biblical and economic understanding of how best to care for the poor and foster sustainable economic development. With contributions from fifteen leading Christian economists, theologians, historians, and practitioners, it presents the case for why a multi-faceted approach is needed, and why a renewed focus on markets and trade are the world’s best hope for alleviating poverty and serving those in financial need.

Zondervan Publishing.9780310522997. $21.99; $15.83

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Dianna E. Anderson taught English in Japan and worked as a radio producer in Chicago. A freelance writer, she is planning to pursue a second master’s degree, this one in Women’s Studies in Oxford, England.

about the author

Gregory C. Ellison II is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

about the author

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Finding hope beyond the “strange and bitter cup” of African American manhood

Gregory C. Ellison IICut DEAD But StIll AlIvE: Caring for African American Young MenGregory C. Ellison II

To cut dead means to refuse to acknowledge another with the intent to punish. Gregory Ellison says that this is the plight of African American young men. They are stigmatized with limited opportunity for education and disproportionate incarceration. At the same time, they are often resistant to help from social institutions including the church. They are mute and invisible to society but also in their inward being. Their voice and physical selves are not acknowledged, leaving them ripe for hopelessness and volatility. If the need is so great yet the desire for help wanes, where is the remedy?

In this provocative book, Ellison shows how caregivers can sow seeds of life, and nurture with guidance, admonition, training, and support in order to help create a community of reliable others to serve as extended family.

Abingdon Press. 9781426703041. $22.99; $15.40

Yes, there is such a thing as shame-free, healthy sexual behavior for Christians

Dianna E. AndersonDAmAGED GooDS: New Perspectives on Christian Purity Dianna E. Anderson

A young theologian offers a game-changing perspective on Christian sexual purity, engaging with best-selling contemporaries Joshua Harris (I Kissed Dating Goodbye), Don Raunikar (Choosing God’s Best), and more.

Christian views on purity have changed how America sees women and sex—both for better and worse. Now, Dianna Anderson offers a fresh approach to the purity conversation, one that opens a new dialogue with the most influential Christian authors of her generation.

Jericho Books. 9781455577392. Hardcover. $24.00; $17.28

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Leadership

Karoline M. Lewis, (Ph.D. Emory University), holds the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Homiletics at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a regularly featured presenter and preacher at the Festival of Homiletics and a frequent contributor for numerous Christian journals and online resources, including WorkingPreacher.org, a popular website where she co-hosts the site’s weekly podcast, Sermon Brainwave, and authors the site’s weekly column, Dear Working Preacher.

about the author

“”

Sexism and gender inequality are alive and well in the church. In SHE: Five

Keys to Unlock the Power of Women in Ministry, Karoline Lewis employs a

straight-to-the-point approach, revealing our hidden motivations and challenging our assumptions. This book changes the way we see ourselves and each other,

and should be required reading for men and women in seminaries and church

leadership in every setting. —Becky Posey Williams, Senior Director of Advocacy and Sexual Ethics, General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, The United Methodist Church

praise for the book

Women in ministry offer unique and powerful gifts and face distinct challenges

Karoline M. Lewisnew ShE: Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Women in MinistryKaroline M. Lewis

Women in ministry experience unique challenges in their church settings which continue to hinder their vocational, professional, and personal success. Women in ministry need a trusted and comprehensive resource not only to be able to survive but to thrive in their places of call. She provides theoretical, theological, and practical frameworks and strategies for flourishing as women in ministry and engages critical reflection on the practice of ministry in light of current feminist theory, biblical interpretation, and experience.

Covering everything from biblical arguments for and against women in the church to what not to wear, this book offers background information and tools for negotiating the many and varied issues that women in ministry face, including leadership, the authority and office of the clergy, and structures and power in the church.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March. 9781501804946. $19.99; $13.39

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Patricia Farris is Senior Minister at Santa Monica First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica, California. Her congregation was one of 300 identified as Excellent Protestant Congregations (Westminster). Patricia also serves as Chairman of the Board at Claremont School of Theology. She has written for Circuit Rider, Quarterly Review, and has contributed “Living by the Word” columns to Christian Century. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

about the author

“ ”Patricia Farris offers delightful ‘rest

stops’ along her path in ministry, evoking through her story our own memories and reflections. Reading these meditations is strengthening refreshment for the heart, mind, and soul. This book, indeed, is the

good way, buen camino!—Hope Morgan Ward, Bishop, Raleigh Episcopal Area (UMC)

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A pastor-mentor offers wisdom, empathy, humor, and inspiration for her clergy colleagues

Patricia Farrisnew FivE FACES oF MiniSTRy: Pastor, Parson, Healer, Prophet, Pilgrim Patricia Farris

As a pastor, you know there’s more to being a pastor than being a pastor. Patricia Farris gets it. She’s felt the same frustration, exhaustion, and isolation you have. And in Five Faces of Ministry, she shares what it takes to change those feelings into inspiration, satisfaction, and joy: understanding your roles as a pastor and knowing when to play them. With honesty, wisdom, and humor, Farris provides gentle guidance, encouragement, and compassion to help you learn how to strengthen the effectiveness of your ministry. Ideal as devotional material for your personal spiritual health as well as a tool for self-examination.

The book is organized into brief reflections, each focused on an aspect of ministry. The reflections are rooted in Scripture and include an inspired assortment of other references, from literature to hymn texts. The author includes stories from her own life and ministry and from others’, making this a tremendously versatile and engaging read.

Abingdon Press. 9781630886882. $14.99; $10.04

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Leadership

Katie J. Rawson is fascinated by other cultures, studying French literature for her first doctorate and crosscultural communication for her second. She has ministered among international students with InterVarsity for over three decades, serving at North Carolina State University and UCLA and leading an ISM staff team in the Carolinas and Virginia.

about the author

You can be a missionary by crossing an ocean or by crossing the street

Katie J. Rawsonnew CRossing CultuRes with Jesus: Sharing Good News with Sensitivity and Grace Katie J. Rawson

We now have unprecedented opportunities to meet people from every culture and nation. International study and global migration allow us to build relationships with Buddhists and Muslims, students from Singapore, and workers from the Middle East.

But how do we share the gospel with people from different cultures and worldviews? Cross-cultural evangelism can be scary. But veteran cross-cultural minister Katie Rawson shows how we can witness the way Jesus did, entering into people’s worlds and drawing them into God-centered community. She equips readers to evangelize Jesus’ way, depending on him as companion and guide and venturing out in joy to be and share good news.

Filled with compelling stories, practical resources and relational tools, this guide gives crosscultural training and shows how you can share the gospel through story and diagram, with clear communication and authentic community.

InterVarsity Press Books. 9780830844388. $16.00; $11.52

“”

this is the book i wish i’d had when i began international student ministry thirty years ago. A clear, thoughtful and biblical analysis of how to relate

to students with very different cultural backgrounds from our own. Katie Rawson has provided us with a treasure trove of ideas and motivation for acquiring the necessary skills for sharing Christ with and discipling international students,

helpfully illustrated with many examples from her own ministry.

—Richard weston, former national director, Friends international, uK

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Leadership

Scott Chrostek is the Pastor at Resurrection Downtown, a campus of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection located in downtown Kansas City. He is a coach and mentor to Church Planters across the country.

about the author

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Bob Farr is director of congregational excellence in the Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church. He is a frequent speaker and seminar leader.

about the author

Kay Kotan is a credentialed coach, church consultant, speaker and author. She serves on the Healthy Church Initiative Executive Team for the Missouri Annual Conference of the UMC.

Simple steps to improve your leadership skills

Bob FarrKay Kotannew The NeCeSSary NiNe: Things Effective Pastors Do Differently Bob Farr & Kay Kotan

Conventional wisdom is that leaders are born, not made. In reality, that is one small piece of the leadership puzzle. The fact is, approximately 10% of church leaders are naturally-gifted leaders who actually don’t need any help. Another 10% of church leaders do not have the capacity to lead nor learn to lead with the skill set needed for the 21st century church. This means approximately 80% of church leaders have the possibility of becoming a more effective church leader. This book is for them.

The Necessary Nine contains nine simple axioms for effective pastoral and lay leadership for the church. It will help the reader with simple leadership strategies that, if practiced over and over and over, will change the effectiveness of their leadership, the church and the world.


MOre FrOM TheSe aUThOrSGet Their Name (with co-author Doug anderson). 9781426759314. $14.99; $10.04renovate or Die. 9781426715860. $13.99; $9.37Ten Prescriptions for a healthy Church. 9781630883157. $15.99; $10.71

Leadership lessons that will enable you to accomplish abundantly more than anything you could ever ask for or imagine

Scott Chrosteknew The MiSFiT MiSSiON: How to Change the World with Surprises, Interruptions, and All the Wrong PeopleScott Chrostek

The Misfit Mission tells the story of how doing the ‘wrong’ things can be the right thing for people and churches whose faith motivates them to want to change the world. This book is rooted in the author’s experience as lead pastor at The Church of the Resurrection Downtown and describes the leadership lessons learned at one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in Kansas City.

“RezDowntown” has grown as a community of misfits into a community of the faithful because of their willingness to do what have commonly been referred to as the wrong things over and over again. You name it and they’ve done it, the wrong way, and yet—God’s way. This is the Jesus way.

The Misfit Mission details what the author has found to be the most vital dimensions of great and faithful leadership. These are the things that enabled them to become the persons God created them to be—people who are capable of abundantly far more than anything they could ever ask for or imagine.


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Jerry Herships is the leader of AfterHours Denver, a thriving faith community that meets in bars and pubs. Herships was drawn into ministry after realizing that the connections and conversations he was having with his customers at the bar were deeper and more real than anything he’d ever experienced in a church.

about the author

Elizabeth Caldwell is Harold Blake Walker Professor of Pastoral Theology and Associate Dean of Students and Academics at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She is ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament by the Presbytery of Chicago. She was also the Common English Bible Readability Editor.

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Leadership

Belly up to the altar with a beer?

Jerry Hershipsnew Last CaLL: From Serving Drinks to Serving JesusJerry Herships

Former altar boy Jerry Herships dreamed of making it big in show biz and tended bar to make ends meet as he worked comedy and game show gigs, looking for his big break. After giving up the dream and leaving Los Angeles, he found his way back to the church and discovered God calling him to ministry—but not just any ministry.

“I had a vision of a faith community where people could have a wider understanding of God and our relationship to him/her. I wanted to create a place where people could state what they believe and what they struggle with—freely. I wanted a community of people who know we don’t all have to agree on everything.”

Now he leads a bar church where people worship with a whiskey in their hand and make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to serve Denver’s homeless. Last Call is a story of having and giving up on dreams, finding yourself, and finding how God can use you in unexpected ways.


Help the Bible become your child’s life-long companion

Elizabeth Caldwellnew I WONDER: Engaging a Child’s Curiosity about the BibleElizabeth Caldwell

How can anyone completely answer the difficult questions that children ask: Who created God? Will there be another flood? Is the Bible true? But then, we adults have questions too: With so many options and Bible translations, where can I go for help? What is the best Bible for my child? How do we talk about miracle stories, healing stories, and the creation stories? When kids ask about the relevancy of the Bible for today, what do we say?

Written by an expert in children’s ministry, I Wonder helps adults explore ways to help children read, engage, wrestle, and grow into deeper understanding of the Bible. It addresses timeless questions and issues including recent biblical scholarship, literary analysis, and reading the Bible in a multi-faith world.


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Leadership

Emma J. Justes is a pastor, professor, counselor, and author. She is Distinguished Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Emma Toussant Chair in Pastoral Theology, at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio and has taught at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, and Perkins School of Theology.

about the author

Karen D. Scheib is Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling and Director of the Women, Theology, and Ministry Program at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

about the author

In caregiving, listening helps you as well as others

Karen D. Scheibnew PaStoral CarE: Telling the Stories of Our LivesKaren D. Scheib

Pastoral Care affirms the historic link between Christian formation and pastoral care by locating the distinctive nature of pastoral care in the mission of the church to form persons in the Christian life of love.

Drawing primarily on the theological concept of sanctification and using insights from narrative psychological theory, this text presents a praxis-oriented model of pastoral care as companionship. Pastoral caregivers, it suggests, are called to be companions growing in love, walking alongside others who are likewise growing in love of God, self, and other. Such pastoral caregivers engage their companions in narrative, relational, and prophetic practices in multiple settings.

Abingdon Press. Coming in February. 9781426766473. $35.99; $24.11

How and when to keep or break a confidence

Emma J. JustesPlEaSE Don’t tEll: What to Do with the Secrets People ShareEmma J. Justes

“I’ve never told a soul, and you have to promise not to tell anybody.” “Pastor, I wanted you to know before we tell the kids.” “I’m so happy. I’m pregnant. I just had to tell someone.” “It’s terrible. How will I explain it to our friends here at church?”

People need trusted persons as sounding boards and confidants. Not many weeks go by that someone does not confide a secret to a church leader, whether pastor, youth director, church secretary, choir director, or board member. While pastors have a unique role when it comes to confidentiality, listening to secrets is something that every church leader does. But there are both privileges and responsibilities in reporting, discerning the truth, and helping people bear the deep sins or temper the anger that threatens to overflow. Abingdon Press. 9781426772016. $17.99; $12.05

MorE FroM tHIS aUtHorHearing Beyond the Words. 9780687494996. $17.99; $12.05

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F. Douglas Powe Jr. is the James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism and Professor of Urban Ministry, and Associate Director of the Center for Missional Church at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C.

Jasmine Rose Smothers is Associate Director of Connectional Ministries in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.

Ernest S. Lyght is a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church. He is co-author of Many Faces, One Church; Our Father; and Confessions of Three Ebony Bishops, all published by Abingdon Press. He lives in Delanco, New Jersey.

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Questions to consider before ordination

Ernest S. LyghtHavE You FaitH in CHRiSt? A Bishop’s Insight into the Historic Questions Asked of Those Seeking Admission into Full Connection in The United Methodist ChurchErnest S. Lyght

Christian spirituality is best understood and experienced within community. Those designated to lead have a profound responsibility to clarify with believers the nature and purpose God has for them in life.

In this book, Bishop Lyght draws attention to a set of questions originating in John Wesley: The Historic Examination for Admission into Full Connection. These 19 questions are asked of candidates desiring to be ordained into the ministry of the church and must be answered to the satisfaction of the bishop prior to the bishop laying on hands and bestowing the spiritual gift of ordination.

Abingdon Press. 9781630888312. $14.99; $10.04

MoRE FRoM ERnESt S. LYGHt (aS Co-autHoR)our Father: Where are the Fathers? 9781426745874. $15.99; $10.71the Confessions of three Ebony Bishops 9780687648474. $16.99; $11.38Many Faces, one Church. 9780687494453. $18.99; $12.72

Reaching a new generation requires a new conversation

F. Douglas Powe Jr.Jasmine Rose Smothersnot SaFE FoR CHuRCH: Ten Commandments for Reaching New GenerationsF. Douglas Powe Jr. and Jasmine Rose Smothers

It’s time...to act. To take a risk. Enough with talking about how we have to change to reach new and younger people. It’s time to move out of our comfort zones and to start doing something. Not Safe for Church provides ten things your church can do to reframe the Good News for those who are turned off by church. You’ll learn how to show congregations the benefits of reaching out to new generations and how to engage your church leadership teams in detailed actions that can help your church reclaim the mission of making new disciples.

Abingdon Press.9781426775765. $16.99; $11.38

MoRE FRoM F. DouGLaS PoWE JR.new Wine, new Wineskins. 9781426742224. $21.99; $14.73Just us or Justice? 9780687465538. $19.99; $11.99

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Marvin Anthony Moss is Senior Pastor of Cascade United Methodist Church. He is a graduate of Hampton University and the Naval Chaplains Reserve Officers School. He holds a M.Div. from Gammon Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) and a D.Min. from Drew University.

about the author

Adolf Hansen is Theologian in Residence, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Indianapolis, Indiana and Senior Scholar and Vice President Emeritus, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

about the author

Leadership

What is a disciple?

Adolf HansenBeCoMing A DiSCiple: A Lifelong Venture Adolf Hansen and colleagues

Discipleship. It’s not easy. Jesus makes that clear when he set forth the conditions: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” And yet, weren’t all the disciples different? Might discipleship—within Christ’s directive—mean something unique to each of us?

In Becoming a Disciple you’ll meet eight United Methodist clergy and hear them discuss the definition of discipleship as they help us along to pursue the adventure of a lifetime.

Abingdon Press. 9781501805042. $14.99; $10.04

Resistance to change can be deadly to new leadership

Marvin Anthony Mossnext: Surviving a Leadership TransitionMarvin Anthony Moss

Most new leaders hear the same phrase in some form: “This is the way we do it here.” Resistance to change is common, and it is deadly to new church leadership. Leadership transition is a critical point for the church and its new leader. Incoming leaders need a realistic perspective and practical ideas, whether their predecessor was long-term or interim, highly effective or dysfunctional, beloved or unpopular.

The author writes from personal experience: he helped transform a small, dying congregation, and later transitioned into leadership at a nationally recognized, historic congregation. He draws from these experiences and biblical examples to focus on practical principles, empowering the new leader to build a solid foundation. The Next leader is calm, determined, and effective, no matter who came before.

Abingdon Press. 9781426751028. $15.99; $10.71

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Theology

Andrew Blauner, editor of four previous anthologies, is founder of Blauner Books Literary Agency; a graduate of The Collegiate School, Brown University, and Columbia Business School; and a member of PEN American Center and National Book Critics Circle.

about the author“ ”Each of these thoughtful and beautifully written pieces sheds new light on one of the world’s oldest and most influential

books. People of all faiths will find common ground within these pages.

—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of

Jesus of Nazareth.

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Discover prominent writers’ best-loved Bible passages

Andrew Blaunernew ThE Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible PassagesAndrew Blauner, editor

In The Good Book, 32 of today’s most prominent writers share never-before-published pieces about passages in the Bible that are most meaningful to them. Includes writers from many different faiths and ethnicities, including literary fiction writers (Colm Toibin, Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff, Rick Moody); bestselling nonfiction writers (A. J. Jacobs, Ian Frazier, Adam Gopnik, Thomas Lynch); notable figures in the media (Charles McGrath, Cokie Roberts, Steven V. Roberts); and social activists (Al Sharpton, Kerry Kennedy).

While these contributors are not primarily known as religious thinkers, they write intelligently and movingly about specific passages in the Bible that inform the way they live, think about past experiences, and see society today. Some pieces are close readings of specific passages, while some are anecdotes from everyday life, but all will inspire, provoke, or illuminate.

Simon & Schuster. 9781476789965. hardcover. $27.00; $19.44

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Theology

Steven Charleston is visiting professor of Native American traditions at the Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation.

about the author

Elaine A. Robinson is Academic Dean and Associate Professor of United Studies and Theology at Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University.

about the author

Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics in the Divinity School at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. He has written a voluminous number of articles from 1969 to the present, authored and edited several books, and is a frequent lecturer at campuses across the country.

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Think like a theologian—a hopeful “unmethod”

Stanley HauerwasTHE WoRk of THEologyStanley Hauerwas

In this how-to book on theology, world-renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas explores how theological reflection can be understood as an exercise in practical reason.

Hauerwas includes chapters on a wide array of topics, such as “How I Think I Learned to Think Theologically,” “How the Holy Spirit Works,” “How to Write a Theological Sentence,” and “How to Be Theologically Funny.”

Eerdmans. 9780802871909. $28.00; $20.16

MoRE fRoM THIS AUTHoRWithout Apology. 9781596272484. $20.00; $14.00

Standing at the junction of Native American and Christian belief

Steven CharlestonElaine A. RobinsonCoMIng fUll CIRClE: Constructing Native Christian TheologySteven Charleston and Elaine A. Robinson, editors

Coming Full Circle provides a working constructive dogmatics in Native Christian theology. Drawing together leading scholars in the field, this volume seeks to encourage theologians to reconsider the rich possibilities present in the intersection between Native theory and practice and Christian theology and practice.

This innovative work begins with a Native American theory for doing constructive Christian theology and illustrates the possibilities with chapters on specific Christian doctrines in a theology in outline. This volume will make an important contribution representing the Native American voice in Christian theology.

Augsburg Fortress. 9781451487985. $39.00; $28.08

MoRE fRoM STEvEn CHARlESTonThe four vision Quests of Jesus. 9780819231734. $20.00; $14.00

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Kenneth H. Carter, Jr. is Bishop of the Florida Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. He is a member of the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, Florida Southern College, the Russia United Methodist Theological Seminary in Moscow, and the board of visitors of Duke Divinity School. Bishop Carter is the author of Pray for Me, A Way of Life in the World, The Gifted Pastor, three volumes of the Just in Time! series, and others. He and his wife live in Lakeland, Florida.

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Lent

Pray with the mind and heart of Jesus

Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.new NeaR tHe CRoss: A Lenten Journey of PrayerKenneth H. Carter, Jr.

It is by coming near the cross through prayer that we can know and imitate the heart of Christ, and this thematic Bible study for both individuals and small groups will guide you to a deeper life of prayer and spiritual transformation this Lenten season. You’ll learn how prayer nurtures our faith and encourages spiritual growth with practical, everyday applications.

Seven sessions, one for each Sunday in Lent and Easter Sunday. Questions for reflection or discussion are included at the end of each session.

Abingdon Press. 9781501800917. $9.99; $6.699781501804175. Large Print edition. $10.99; $7.36

MoRe FRoM tHIs aUtHoRJust in time! easter services, sermons, and Prayers. 9780687646326. $12.99; $8.70

“”

In this time of renewed focus on our spiritual lives, prayer stands front and

center. It is through prayer that we come to know and imitate the mind of Christ. Prayer will be our guide over the next forty days. each week we will explore a different aspect of the cross and the Christian life, and we will discover how prayer draws us near the cross and into

the heart of Jesus. It is my hope that you will grow in your faith as you read and pray throughout the season of Lent.

—from the introduction

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Adam Hamilton is senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country. The Church Report named Hamilton’s congregation the most influential mainline church in America, and he preached at the National Prayer Service as part of the presidential inauguration festivities in 2013. Hamilton is the best-selling and award-winning author of The Journey, The Way, 24 Hours That Changed the World, Not a Silent Night, Enough, When Christians Get It Wrong, and Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White, all published by Abingdon Press.

about the author

Lent

Join Adam Hamilton this Lent and Easter in exploring the major themes of the Gospel of John

Adam Hamiltonnew JoHn: The Gospel of Light and Life Adam Hamilton

The Gospel of John is the most deeply spiritual of the four Gospels. This writing is filled with rich images and profound truths, but John notes that his aim in writing the Gospel is that readers will not only believe in Jesus Christ, but that they “may have life in his name.” This Lent, adults, youth, and children alike can experience a season of spiritual growth and life-changing renewal in Adam Hamilton’s six-week, DVD-series, John: The Gospel of Light and Life. You’ll follow the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus through the Gospel of John and understand the context of some of the best-known verses in the New Testament.

Abingdon Press. 9781501805332. Hardcover. $18.99; $12.729781501805356. Paper, Large Print. $19.99; $13.39

Study resources also available. Contact us for details.

“ ”As John explores the questions of the

identity and meaning of Jesus, I invite you to do the same. My hope is that this little volume will help you to believe and find

life in Christ’s name.—from the introduction

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Studies

Matt Rawle is Lead Pastor at The Well United Methodist Church in Ponchatoula, LA. Matt is an international speaker who loves to tell an old story in a new way, especially at the intersection of pop culture and the church. He is the author of a new series of books titled The Pop in Culture Series. The series includes The Faith of a Mockingbird, Hollywood Jesus, and The Salvation of Doctor Who.

about the author

Your world, God’s world, and the world of Atticus Finch

Matt Rawlenew The FaiTh oF a MoCkingbiRd: A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture Matt Rawle

Pastor and author Matt Rawle is on a mission. He sees Christ all around him— in books, movies, TV shows, rock music—and he wants to share what he sees. As Matt says, “God offers the raw ingredients, and ‘culture’ is whatever we cook up.”

In The Faith of a Mockingbird, based on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, pastor and author Matt Rawle uses Lee’s beloved characters to explore Christian faith, theology, and ethics. Join Scout, Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson in this four-week study considering God’s world and what it all means.

The Faith of a Mockingbird is part of The Pop in Culture Series of Bible studies in which Matt Rawle stirs up a tasty gumbo of insight, humor, and inspiration based on some of your favorite pop culture classics. A DVD featuring four sessions with the author, a full Leader Guide, and a Worship Resources Flash Drive also are available for group study.

Abingdon Press. 9781501803697. $14.99; $10.04

MoRe FRoM ThiS aUThoRThe Salvation of doctor Who. 9781501803802. $14.99; $10.04hollywood Jesus. 9781501803918. $14.99; $10.04

Additional study resources also available for these titles. Contact us for details.

“ ”discover god in the midst of

all stories—your story, and the stories that shape your life.

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Studies

Mike Slaughter is the lead pastor at Ginghamsburg Church. Under his leadership, Ginghamsburg Church has become known as an early innovator of small-group ministry, the Church “media reformation,” and cyber-ministry. Mike is the author of multiple books for church leaders, including A Different Kind of Christmas, Spiritual Entrepreneurs, Real Followers, Momentum for Life, UnLearning Church, and Upside Living in a Downside Economy.

about the author

Helps Christians grapple with important questions about using money

Mike Slaughternew The ChriSTian WalleT: Spending, Giving, and Living with a Conscience Mike Slaughter with Karen Perry Smith

Every Christian knows that we are called to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. But what about our wallet? We are asked to open it every Sunday when the offering basket comes by and are told that giving is a way of being a “good steward,” but what about spending money at a restaurant or grocery store? Best-selling author Mike Slaughter offers a comprehensive look at how Christians use their money in The Christian Wallet. Slaughter explores today’s culture of consumerism and the impact of what we buy, asking difficult questions about morality and money while acknowledging that there are no easy answers. Throughout the book, profiles of real people inspire thoughtful reflection about the true value of money and the rewards of conscious spending. Questions for individual or group study are also included with each chapter.

Westminster John Knox Press. Coming in January.9780664260293. hardcover. $20.00; $14.40

MOre FrOM ThiS aUThOrrenegade Gospel. 9781426792793. $14.99; $10.04renegade Gospel. 9781501802799. large Print. $15.99; $10.71 Change the World. 9781426712098. $7.99; $5.35Dare to Dream. 9781426775772. $16.99; $11.38Shiny Gods. 9781426761942. $14.99; $10.04

Additional study resources are also available. Contact us for details.

“”

Conscientious and compassionate use of our money in a world where people

spend $310 million on costumes for their pets and $5 billion on

entertaining ringtones for their phones is not an easy task. The temptation to

spend now and think later (or never!) is ever-present, but with good intentions

and prayerful hearts, we can slow down and reflect on what we earn,

how we spend it, who is affected by it, and who we can share it with.

—from the introduction

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Studies

To see all the titles in the Converge Series visit www.cokesbury.com/converge.

Grace Biskie is a lioness-hearted, big-dreaming, Jesus-following, abuse-surviving boy-Mama. Grace blogs, writes, and serves as a community activist, speaker, and advocate. She’s the author of two Converge Bible Studies: Kingdom Building and Cries of the Poor. Grace is working on a full-length memoir, Detroit’s Daughter.

Joseph Yoo has a passion for impacting the world by making the message and love of Christ relevant to his community and beyond. Joseph and his wife, Rahel, live in Santa Barbara, California, where he serves as pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church. Joseph really likes music, movies, and the Washington Redskins.

Curtis Zackery combines a passion for communication with a desire to see lives changed for Jesus Christ. His energetic stage presence, charismatic persona, and ability to connect with people of all ages, races, and backgrounds make him a sought-after event and conference speaker. He and his wife, Monique, are serving a church plant in Richmond, California.

about the authors

Grace BiskieJoseph YooCurtis ZackeryCOnveRGe BiBle StudieS

CONVERGE Bible Studies is a series of topical studies. Each title in the series consists of four sessions on a common topic or theme. CONVERGE can be used by small groups, classes, or individuals. The topics and Scriptures come together to transform readers’ relationships with others, themselves, and God.

Abingdon Press. each, $9.99; $6.69

9781426795558. Cries of the Poor. Grace Biskie. 9781426771576. Kingdom Building. Grace Biskie.9781426795534. encountering Grace. Joseph Yoo. 9781426778254. Practical Prayer. Joseph Yoo.9781426795541. idolatry. Curtis Zackery.9781426771569. Sharing the Gospel. Curtis Zackery.

“ ”Converge is written by fresh voices and covers some of the most relevant topics

for the twenty-first century. the questions are engaging, the authors are passionate, and the format is simple and can be used

in virtually any setting.

about the series

to see all the titles in the Converge Series visit

Cokesbury.com/converge.

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Studies

Joyce Carrasco, M.T.S. is a retired teacher from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. She holds a BA from LaGrange College, a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, and is a certified American Montessori teacher and a certified Director of Christian Education. She served with the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church as a Latin America “3” missionary in Chile.

Ruth Cassel Hoffman, Ph.D. earned her doctorate in Romance Languages from the University of Chicago and taught French at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. She founded Language Resources Ltd. in 1983 and is an active member and a former Lay Leader of Kingswood United Methodist Church in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Ngoc-Diep Nguyen, Ph.D. is a professor of education at Northeastern Illinois University, specializing in bilingual education. She has been a Spanish and French High School teacher, a teacher trainer, and a school administrator. She is a member of Our Redeemer United Methodist Church, Schaumburg, IL.

about the authors

Learning Spanish as church hospitality

Joyce CarrascoRuth Cassel HoffmanNgoc-Diep NguyenWHo IS My NeIgHboR?: Learning Spanish as Church HospitalityJoyce Carrasco, M.T.S.; Ruth Cassel Hoffman, Ph.D.; and Ngoc-Diep Nguyen, Ph.D.

How can we welcome our neighbors into church if we can’t understand them? And vice versa? This six-session program will give your congregation the basic Spanish-speaking skills needed to communicate with and provide a welcoming atmosphere to Hispanic persons.

The teacher and student manuals include worship materials designed to include Hispanics in worship, while insights into Hispanic customs and lifestyles will help create a compassionate attitude toward those who struggle to learn English.

Abingdon Press.9781501803659. Student Manual. $9.99; $6.699781501803673. Teacher Manual. $11.99; $8.03

“”

I have a ‘foreign language anxiety.’ [This program teaches] Spanish the way a child

learns a language; not by conjugating verbs or memorizing long lists of words.

We learned our first language by listening to it, seeking to comprehend it even when we didn’t totally understand every word, and then slowly beginning to speak it...very slowly. This curriculum has been a labor of love by the women who have

developed, tested, and revised it over the last two years and I highly recommend

it even (or maybe especially) if you have foreign language anxiety.

—bishop Sally Dyck (from the foreword)

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Studies

Rodney Newman holds degrees from the University of Tulsa and Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served as associate pastor and senior pastor in United Methodist churches in Oklahoma. He is on staff at Oklahoma City University where he provides pastoral care and teaches on Celtic Christianity. He has been featured on Huffington Post.

about the author

Rebekah Simon-Peter developed Creating a Culture of Renewal—a group coaching program to help clergy and laity revitalize congregations. She’s the Director of BridgeWorks, a ministry of the Rocky Mountain Conference. Visit her on her website at www.rebekahsimonpeter.com/.

about the author

Take a pilgrimage with Celtic Christians

Rodney Newmannew JouRNeyS with CeltiC ChRiStiaNSRodney Newman

See your path to God in a new way by simply looking at life through the lens of a Celtic Christian. Pilgrimage was an essential part of the Celtic life and by learning about their spiritual traditions, you’ll find out how fellow travelers on the faith journey can assist and even shape yours. You’ll learn about the importance of both offering and receiving hospitality, a discipline that was critical to the Celts. Plus you’ll discover how they dealt with difficult transitions in life and opportunities that called for forgiveness, and the importance they placed on blessing one another. The six chapters of this book are ideal for small groups whose members want to grow together in their spiritual understandings and commitments.

Abingdon Press. 9781630889814. Participant. $14.99; $10.049781630889838. leader Guide. $9.99; $6.69

Get to know Jesus in a different way

Rebekah Simon-Peterthe Jew Named JeSuS: Discover the Man and His MessageRebekah Simon-Peter

Jesus was born a Jew, raised as a Jew, lived as a Jew, died a Jew, and resurrected as a Jew. He was no backsliding Jew, but an observant Jew. He honored and observed the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays. Jesus was Jewish—through and through.

The author, an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, was born and raised a Jew. She challenges Christians to rethink Jesus’ identity as a Jew, and in the process, to consider ways traditional Christian theology has contributed to anti-Semitism. Includes questions for reflection and discussion.

Abingdon Press.9781426760488. $11.99; $8.03

moRe FRom thiS authoRGreen Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice! 9781426702921. $12.99; $8.707 Simple Steps to Green your Church. 9781426702938. $8.99; $6.02

Additional study resources are also available for Green Church. Contact us for details.

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Women’s Studies

Barbara L. Roose is the Directional Leader of Spiritual Formation at CedarCreek Church in Perrysburg, Ohio. Additionally, she serves on the executive and weekend teaching teams. A frequent women’s conference speaker, Barbara loves to inspire and encourage women to pursue God and connect with one another. She lives in Toledo, Ohio, with her husband, Matt, and their three beautiful daughters. Find Barbara online at BarbRoose.com.

about the author

Explore God’s truth about beauty throughout the Scriptures

Barbara L. Roosenew BeautifuL aLReady: Reclaiming God’s Perspective on Beauty Barbara L. Roose

Our dissatisfaction with what we see in the mirror is what Barb Roose calls our ugly struggle with beauty.

During this six-week Bible study, women will explore God’s truth about beauty throughout the Scriptures, digging into passages in both the Old and New Testaments and applying the truths in their lives. They will move away from over-focusing on unrealistic expectations and perceived flaws toward God’s viewpoint.

By learning to see the goodness, blessing, and purpose for their bodies no matter their size, shape, or style, women will overcome discontent and comparison and learn to live fully as the beautifully unique creations God designed them to be.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March. 9781501813542. Participant Book. $15.99; $10.719781501813566. Leader Guide. $13.99; $9.37

Additional study resources are also available for Beautiful Already. Contact us for details.

MORe fROM tHiS autHORenough already. 9781426789014. $15.99; $10.71enough already. 9781501800023. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

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One of the first things that a woman does each morning is look in the mirror. the words that a woman uses to describe

what she sees and how she feels about what she sees are important. When she whispers, ‘i’m so fat’ or ‘My nose has a hump like a camel,’ those silent words

spoken scream a loud message: i am not enough. this ugly struggle isn’t just about

how we look, its impact is deeply felt in how we think and live. [it] negatively

affects not only our self-image/self-esteem but also our relationships with God and others. What is the answer?

We desperately need to regain a ‘divine perspective on beauty.’

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Women’s Studies

Melissa Spoelstra is a popular women’s conference speaker, Bible teacher, and writer. Her passion is helping other women to seek Christ and know him more intimately through serious Bible study, attentiveness to the Holy Spirit, and a tenacious dependence on God at all times.

about the author

Cindi Wood is the author of the Frazzled Female series and is a sought-after speaker and Bible teacher who helps women to deal with daily stress by experiencing a practical and deep relationship with Jesus Christ.

about the author

Allow God to do a supernatural work of forgiveness

Melissa SpoelstraJoSeph: The Journey to Forgiveness Melissa Spoelstra

All of us know what it’s like to be hurt or betrayed, whether it’s a smaller breach such as rudeness or gossip, or the unspeakable pain of abuse, adultery, or abandonment. God knows the pain we cause each other and longs to help us learn to practice forgiveness. Nowhere do we see forgiveness played out more fully in Scripture than in the biblical story of Joseph.

This six-week study explores what God has to say to us about grace and forgiveness through Joseph’s story of trial and triumph found in Genesis 37–50. We’ll find truths that echo into our own situations as well as practical help for answering questions we all face.

The Participant Book includes five days of lessons for each week, combining study of Scripture with personal reflection, application, and prayer.

Abingdon Press. 9781426789106. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71

MoRe FRoM ThIS AUThoRJeremiah. 9781426788871. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71


Find your significance in the heart of God

Cindi WoodAnonyMoUS: Discovering the Somebody You Are to God Cindi Wood

You’d think that if you got a mention in the Bible your name would be included too, right? As a woman, you know that who we are is often overlooked. Even in the Bible. But, although their names were not always recorded, biblical women were known and loved by God—just like we are.

You’ll explore the stories of four of these anonymous women in this six-week, DVD-based study which is perfect for you and your girlfriends’ Bible study or any women’s small group. Each woman in your group will grow in her relationship with Christ and find her significance in the heart of God. And the stories from everyday women will have you wondering if somebody overheard your last girl-to-girl phone call!

Abingdon Press.9781426792120. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71

Additional study resources also available. Contact us for details.

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Women’s Studies

Jessica LaGrone is Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary and an acclaimed pastor, teacher, author, and speaker who enjoys leading retreats and events at churches throughout the United States.

about the author

Babbie Mason is a Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, American Gospel singer-songwriter; a women’s conference speaker, Bible study teacher, and worship leader; adjunct professor of songwriting at Lee University; television talk-show host of Babbie’s House; and the author of Embraced by God.

about the author

Learn how we are holy, chosen, loved, set apart

Jessica LaGroneSet ApArt: Holy Habits of Prophets and Kings Jessica LaGrone

Your furniture isn’t solid gold nor have you seen a fiery chariot, but you’re not unlike some of the kings and prophets in 1 and 2 Kings. Although they were set apart by God, they didn’t have all the answers. They struggled. They made big time mistakes. But they grew in their faith through spiritual practices even while carrying out God’s calling on earth.

This six-week study examines the holy habits of six kings and prophets who were set apart by their close walk with God. Each week you’ll study the story of one intriguing character, discuss God’s unique purpose for his life, and learn about his particular spiritual discipline. Then you’ll explore how that timeless spiritual practice can draw you closer to God, helping you fulfill God’s purpose for your life.

Abingdon Press.9781426778421. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71

MOre FrOM tHIS AUtHOrBroken and Blessed. 9781426778377. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71Namesake. 9781426761874. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71


Leave a spiritual legacy for those who follow you

Babbie MasontHIS I KNOw FOr SUre: Taking God at His WordBabbie Mason

Do you have a longing to know God more intimately? Do you want to trust God with the challenges you are facing, regardless of how you may feel? This six-week Bible study challenges you to examine your personal relationship with God, determine to believe God’s Word, and take hold of some non-negotiable principles of the faith.

Whether you are wrestling with questions or fears; struggling in your relationships; or facing a health, financial, or other crisis, these principles will enable you to trust God with your doubts, cease your wavering, and drive a spiritual stake of faith in the ground.

The Participant Guide includes five devotional readings for each week, with space for recording personal reflections.

Abingdon Press. 9781426772450. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71

MOre FrOM tHIS AUtHOrembraced by God. 9781426754418. participant Book. $15.99; $10.71

Additional study resources also available. Contact us for details.

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Sarah Bessey is a writer and award-winning blogger. She is also an editor at “A Deeper Story” and a contributor to SheLoves Magazine.

about the author

Christian Living

Turn religious uncertainty from a foe into a friend

Sarah Besseynew Out Of SORtS: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith Sarah Bessey

In Out of Sorts, an award-winning blogger and author helps us grapple with core Christian issues using a mixture of beautiful storytelling and biblical teaching, a style well described as “narrative theology.”

As she candidly shares her wrestlings with core issues such as who Jesus is, what place the Church has in our lives, how to disagree yet remain within a community, and how to love the Bible for what it is rather than what we want it to be, Bessey teaches us how to walk courageously through our own tough questions. She teaches us how to be as comfortable with uncertainty as we are with solid answers. And as we learn to hold questions in one hand and answers in the other, we discover new depths of faith that will remain secure even through the storms of life.

Howard Publishing. 9781476717586. $15.99; $11.51

MORE fROM tHIS AutHORJesus feminist. 9781476717258. $14.99; $10.79

“ ” Regardless of where you enter this

discussion, Sarah has created an astonishingly safe place to gather,

discuss, process, and celebrate as men and women dearly loved by Jesus and

created for his glory.—Jen Hatmaker, author of For the

Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

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J. Brent Bill is a Quaker minister, photographer, retreat leader, and author. He holds an MA in Quaker Studies from Earlham School of Religion, has been a recorded (ordained) Friends minister for thirty years, and was executive vice president of the Indianapolis Center for Congregations. Bill now travels and speaks across the U.S. and Canada.

about the author

Rabbi Evan Moffic is lead rabbi of Congregation Solel. He blogs regularly for Huffingtonpost.com, Beliefnet.com, and MichaelHyatt.com. He has officiated at more than 200 interfaith weddings, giving him familiarity with the sensitivities and interests of Christian families in Judaism.

about the author


Christian Living

A light-hearted faith guide for anyone who is bad at being good

J. Brent Billnew LifE LESSonS fRoM a Bad QuakER: A Humble Stumble Toward Simplicity and Grace J. Brent Bill

On quick observation, the Quaker lifestyle boasts peace, solitude, and simplicity—qualities that are attractive to any believer of any denomination or religion. Yet living a life of faith is not as simple as it may look. In fact, it’s often characterized more by the stumbles than the grace.

In Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker, a self-professed non-expert on faith invites readers on a joyful exploration of the faith journey—perfection not required. With whimsy, humor, and wisdom, Bill shows readers how to put faith into practice to achieve a life that is soulfully still yet active, simple yet satisfying, peaceful yet strong.

Abingdon Press. 9781630881313. $16.99; $11.389781501816390. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

A new introduction to the rebel rabbi named Jesus

Rabbi Evan Moffic new WHat EvERy CHRiStian nEEdS to knoW aBout tHE JEWiSHnESS of JESuS: A New Way of Seeing the Most Influential Rabbi in History Rabbi Evan Moffic

If you were to ask ten people, Who started Christianity? you might hear each give the same quick response: Jesus. But those ten people would be wrong. Jesus wasn’t a Christian. He lived and died as a Jew.

Moffic walks Christians through Jesus’ life from birth to death, giving a new way to look at familiar teachings and practices that are rooted in the Jewish faith and can illuminate our lives today. Moffic gives fresh insight on how Jesus’ contemporaries understood him, explores how Jesus’ Jewishness shaped him, offers a new perspective on the Lord’s Prayer, and provides renewed appreciation for Jesus’ miracles. In encountering his Jewish heritage, you will see Jesus differently, gain a better understanding of his message, and enrich your own faith.

Abingdon Press. Coming in February. 9781426791581. $16.99; $11.389781501816420. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

MoRE fRoM tHiS autHoRWhat Every Christian needs to know about Passover. 9781426791567. $16.99; $11.389781501800009. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

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Christian Living

Leslie Williams is an English professor and visiting scholar from Yale Divinity School. She has published prize-winning poetry, books on the Christian spiritual life, and thriller novels. A national speaker, Williams lives in Kerrville, Texas, with her husband, Stockton, who is an Episcopal priest. They have two children and five grandchildren.

Joerg Rieger is Wendland-Cook Professor of Constructive Theology at Perkins School of Theology, SMU; an internationally recognized scholar, activist, lecturer, and author of many books including Occupy Religion (with Kwok Pui-lan), Globalization and Theology, and more. He is active in the religion and labor movement.

about the author

about the author

Why being Christian still makes sense

Leslie Williamsnew When Anything goes: Being Christian in a Post-Christian World Leslie Williams

Every age has produced apologists who defend and define the Christian faith against current ideas and trends that threaten it. Today’s defenses come while congregations are dwindling, God is removed from schools, and those still looking for answers to faith questions are being labeled with words that are no longer accurate as soon as they exist—the seekers, the Nones, the spiritual but not religious, the neither spiritual nor religious.

While America believes we live in a post-Christian world where anything goes, Leslie Williams, in a lively, personal, and humorous style, shares experiences and debunks criticisms in search of a clear explanation of why we believe what we believe. Along the way, she invites you to disagree with ideas, to counter the rhetoric, to refute the conclusions—but to wrestle with the questions and experiences, enter your own journey, and discover for yourself why being Christian still makes sense.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March. 9781630881269. $16.99; $11.389781501800634. hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

Tap into the spiritual power of travel—a sojourner’s guide

Joerg Riegernew FAith on the RoAd: A Short Theology of Travel & JusticeJoerg Rieger

Millions of people travel every day, for what seem like millions of reasons. Some travel for pleasure, others travel for work and education, and many more travel to find a new job and a better life. In the United States, even those who don’t travel far still frequently find themselves on the move. What can we learn from these different forms of travel? And what can people of faith learn from the Christian and Jewish traditions that took shape on the road? From the exile from Eden to the wanderings of Jesus and his disciples, the story of Scripture is a dynamic narrative of ceaseless movement. Those who let themselves be inspired by this movement, and are willing to learn from others and from mistakes made in the process, are well-positioned to make a difference in the world, not only at home but also around the globe.

IVP Academic. 9780830840960. $18.00; $12.96

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Christian Living

Heidi B. Neumark is an author, speaker, and Lutheran pastor in New York City. She is the author of the highly-acclaimed book, Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx, which won the 2004 Wilbur Award. She writes regularly for The Christian Century and other journals. Pastor Neumark also serves as the executive director of a shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth.

Greg Fromholz is an author, communicator, and video artist. He’s hosted national Irish TV and radio shows and co-hosted the #1 podcast “The Graveyard Shift.” He authored Liberate Eden, an interactive iPad bookApp, coauthored a prayer book with Bishop Desmond Tutu, and is the co-founder of Rubicon, a faith and culture think tank.

about the author

about the author

A shocking discovery of hidden family secrets leads to profound revelations of faith

Heidi B. Neumarknew HiddeN iNHeritaNCe: Family Secrets, Memory, and Faith Heidi B. Neumark

Imagine discovering a secret—that your family has a hidden Jewish heritage. That your grandfather died in a concentration camp and your grandmother was a deathcamp survivor. How did you not know? How would it change your spiritual life? Heidi Neumark, a Lutheran pastor, happened upon records that revealed her family’s loss and trauma and resulted in the shocking revelation that she was suddenly and inherently connected to the multiethnic, marginalized community she had been ministering to for three decades and to which she felt a deep affinity. Hidden Inheritance is a combination of compelling personal story and bold call for social justice that links the past with contemporary challenges.

Abingdon Press.9781630881245. $16.99; $11.389781501808319. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

A bold call to mend the broken relationship between the church and culture

Greg FromholzBrokeN: Restoring Trust Between the Sacred & the Secular Greg Fromholz

We created a disconnect. Where do we as Christians get off shaking our judgmental fists at a secular society instead of exploring other faith perspectives? What makes us think that holding tight to outdated traditions is preferable to reaching out beyond our walls?

In Broken, Greg Fromholz helps us recognize that we are part of this culture and life around us, and he inspires us to be who we were always created to be—connected and restored—so that we can find, and multiply, hope. A helpful first step in creating a reconciliatory bridge between culture and faith.

Abingdon Press.9781426796357. $16.99; $11.389781501808272. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

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Christian Living

Martha Spong is a United Church of Christ pastor and director of RevGalBlogPals, a social media community for clergywomen of all denominations, generations, nations, and orientations. A blogger, she leads workshops on church administration and writes sermon resources and curriculum.

about the author

Rudy Rasmus is an urban messenger; co-pastor at St. John’s United Methodist Church in downtown Houston (many of its over 9,000 members were homeless); and co-founder of St. John’s Academy and Bread of Life, a nonprofit providing a wide range of services for the disadvantaged.

about the author

Dip into a deep wellspring of womanly wisdom and humor

Martha SpongTheRe’S a WoMan in The PulPiT: Christian Clergywomen Share Their Hard Days, Holy Moments & the Healing Power of Humor Martha Spong

This is a collection of stories and prayers from the unique perspectives of clergywomen. Learn and laugh with these women of the church, bound together by a deep commitment to ministry, as they reveal what it really means to be a woman in the pulpit. Over fifty clergywomen representing fourteen denominations share the details of their intimidating balancing act juggling the isolating expectations of perfection from their congregations and the shared human realities of everyday life.

Intended for laypeople, women hearing a call to ministry, and clergy of all denominations, these stories and prayers will resonate with, challenge, encourage, and amuse anyone who has a passion for their work and faith.

Skylight Paths. 9781594735882. $18.99; $13.67

Discern the divine in the ordinary moments of every day

Rudy Rasmuslove. PeRiod. When All Else Fails Rudy Rasmus

Love without conditions...acceptance that will change the world. Every one of us wants to be more than just accepted; Rudy shows us how to love people who are not like us. By truly understanding what Jesus meant when he said love is the greatest commandment of all, we learn how to love people—of different races, backgrounds, economic statuses, or those who are physically or mentally challenged or dependent.

Worthy Publishing.9781617952159. $14.99; $10.79

MoRe FRoM ThiS auThoRJesus insurgency. 9781426740411. $11.99; $8.03Touch. 9780849919855. $14.99; $10.79

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Kim Sundo is the 1st honorary Chair of the Board of Trustees at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY; retired senior pastor of the largest Methodist church in the world; past president of The Korean Methodist Council of Bishops; and chairperson of World Vision.

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Leroy Barber is the Executive Director of Word Made Flesh Ministries, and former president of Mission Year and of Focus Community Strategies (FCS) Urban Ministries.

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Velma Maia Thomas is the author of six African American history books, including the award-winning interactive, Lest We Forget. A public historian, she created the nationally acclaimed Black Holocaust Exhibit in Atlanta, Georgia.

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One example of the transforming power of God

Kim SundoA MirACLe of fiVe MinuTeS:The Autobiography of Kim Sundo Kim Sundo

Born in 1930 in North Korea, Kim Sundo has stood at the crossroads of life and death, experiencing the living God numerous times. His encounters influenced his decision to become a pastor and in 1970 he was appointed to Kwanglim Methodist Church in Seoul, Korea. His ministries offered a positive application of the Word, spiritual healing, systematic and creative church administration, and special missions. Because of him, many were given a new spiritual energy through Christianity. A Miracle of Five Minutes is the story of Kim Sundo’s life, which serves as an example of the transforming power of God.

Abingdon Press. 9781630888336. $22.99; $15.40

Finding solutions for the lack of diversity in Christian missions and ministry

Leroy BarberVelma Maia Thomasred, Brown, YeLLow, BLACK, whiTe: Who’s More Precious in His Sight?Leroy Barber and Velma Maia Thomas

For more than two decades, urban missionary Leroy Barber has worked to reverse violence, poverty, and substandard living in inner-city communities nationwide. But he has also discovered a disturbing trend: the virtual absence of people of color in missions staff and leadership has created a widening racial disconnect both within and beyond these organizations, and Christian ministries can no longer relate to the people they claim to serve.

Barber draws upon two decades of mission experience to expose the racial divisions within Christian ministries and offers practical, sensitive, and comprehensive solutions for promoting diversity.

Jericho Books.9781455574957. hardcover. $24.00; $17.28

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Jennifer D. Crumpton is an author, media commentator, columnist, and public speaker. After a successful career as an advertising executive, she earned a Master of Divinity and was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She is affiliated with Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City.

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Amanda Hudson has written for numerous publications, including Southern Living, mental floss magazine, Purepolitics.com, and Motivation Strategies magazine.

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Find out what Christianity looks like around the world

Amanda HudsonCoffee, TeA, AnD Holy WATeR: One Woman’s Journey to Experience Christianity Around the GlobeAmanda Hudson

“There are lessons to be learned from other countries that are not visible in our own culture,” writes Amanda Hudson in her new book, Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water.

Take an armchair tour of Christianity in our world, across borders and over continents in this compelling book about the places we visit, the people we meet, what we share, and how we can learn to cross borders of all kinds to discover that the steps to do so make all the difference.

Abingdon Press. 9781426793134. $16.99; $11.389781501800016. Hardcover. $24.99; $16.74

Claiming an authentically female Christian reality

Jennifer D. CrumptonfemmevAngeliCAl: The Modern Girl’s Guide to the Good News Jennifer D. Crumpton

Damaging social contradictions, pervasive patriarchal structure, oppressive gender biases—no wonder women are abandoning formal religions. But our faith is still important to us, leaving many conflicted and frustrated in the quest to cultivate and practice our authentic female spirituality and authority.

Rev. Jennifer Crumpton, author of the popular blog Femmevangelical, takes us on a journey to find the good news in the gospel of Jesus that encourages us to seek a different reality of equality, freedom, and wholeness. These stories and meditations—mixed with theological exploration and a closer look at church history—are dedicated to those who have searched for themselves in the Greater Story and been forced to take on an ill-fitting and soul-killing role to be included. It is a companion for anyone who seeks a Christian devotional book not written to prove a religious ideology or uphold an institution, but to prove and uphold our unique experiences, potential, and worth.

Chalice Press. 9780827211025. $18.99; $13.67

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Search for the whole truth by comparing common Christian clichés

Adam Hamiltonnew Half TruTHS: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn’t Say Adam Hamilton

True or false: 1. Everything happens for a reason. 2. God helps those who help themselves. 3. God won’t give you more than you can handle. 4. God said it, I believe it, that settles it. 5. Love the sinner, hate the sin.

All true? Not so fast. We’ve heard these phrases all of our lives, but in Adam Hamilton’s new book, Half Truths, you’ll learn that although they capture some element of truth, when compared to the wisdom found in Scripture, they’re really just common Christian clichés. The six-week, DVD-based study can be used in small groups or as a churchwide program where all ages explore the topics at the same time. Leader Guides for adult and youth are also available.

Abingdon Press. Coming in April. 9781501813870. Hardcover. $19.99; $13.399781501813894. large Print, Paper. $19.99; $13.39

MOrE frOM THIS auTHOrThe Call: The life and Message of the apostle Paul. 9781630882624. Hardcover. $18.99; $12.729781630882648. large Print, Paper. $19.99; $13.39revival: faith as Wesley lived It. 9781426778841. $14.99; $10.049781630882945. large Print. $15.99; $10.71Making Sense of the Bible. 9780062234964. $12.99; $8.70

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See author’s biography on page 41.“ ”In this book, we look carefully at things

that Christians often say and believe that are neither in the Bible, nor accurately

reflect the truth about God nor God’s will for us. usually there is some truth to these phrases, which is why they are frequently recited. But when we dig down into them we find they are only, at best, half true.

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Those two subjects you’re never supposed to discuss…oops!

Religion and PoliticsResources

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