Cokesbury Voices 2019 Catalog

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2019 Catalog New & Notable ............................................... 2–10 Social Justice ................................................. 11–18 Racial Equality .............................................. 19–21 Church & Culture ......................................... 22–27 Spiritual Growth ........................................... 28–29 Christian Living ............................................. 30–33 Women & Faith............................................. 34–35

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New & Notable Finding the sacred in unexpected places

Barbara Brown Taylor ne w HOLY ENVY: Finding God in the Faith of Others Barbara Brown Taylor Christians are taught that God is everywhere—a tenet that is central to Barbara Brown Taylor’s life and faith. In Holy Envy, the renowned and beloved Christian preacher and best-selling author continues her spiritual journey, contemplating the myriad ways she encountered God outside of the church while teaching a college course on the world’s religions in Baptist-saturated rural Georgia.

Throughout Holy Envy, Barbara weaves together stories from her classroom with reflections on how her own spiritual journey has been challenged and renewed by connecting with people of other traditions—and by meeting God in her communion with them.

At the heart of her odyssey is her trust in God and knowledge that God is always with her. She contends that it is the Lord who pushes her beyond her comfortable boundaries and calls for her to “disown” her version of the divine—a change that ultimately deepens her relationship with both the world and with God. HarperOne. 9780062406569. Hardcover. $25.99; $16.99

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Learning to Walk in the Dark . 9780062024343. $16.99; $12.49 An Altar in the World. 9780061370472. $15.99; $9.99 Leaving Church. 9780060872632. $15.99; $8.99

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Few souls are as synced to the world’s mysteries as Barbara Brown Taylor’s....

Taylor writes spiritual nonfiction that rivals the poetic power of C.S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner.

—TIME magazine

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Barbara Brown Taylor is a

best-selling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, won an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association in 2006. Her next two books, An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark, earned places on the New York Times bestseller list.

She has served on the faculties of Piedmont College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and the Certificate in Theological Studies program at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, GA. In 2014 TIME included her on its annual list of Most Influential People; in 2015 she was named Georgia Woman of the Year; in 2016 she received the President’s Medal at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.

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New & Notable A critical and inspirational look at four aspects of 21st century church ministry

Olu Brown

ne w 4D IMPACT: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church Olu Brown If your church is ranked the fifth fastest-growing United Methodist congregation in the United States, you’re doing something right. Such is the case of Impact Church in Atlanta. 4D Impact by Olu Brown—the founding pastor of the church—takes a critical and inspirational look at four aspects of twenty-first century church ministry: culture, hospitality, worship, and technology. It offers diagnostic tools to help you determine if your church is healthy or in need of a reboot, plus important guidance for churches that may have reached a point of irreversible decline.

No matter where your ministry falls on the spectrum of church health, the book will leave you feeling more informed, equipped, and inspired to face the future.

Abingdon Press.

9781501880223. $16.99; $12.99

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Leadership Directions from Moses: On the Way to a Promised Land.

9781501832536. $14.99; $10.99

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about the author Olu Brown is founding pastor (in 2007) of Impact Church Atlanta, one of the fastest-growing United Methodist churches in the country—85% growth over five years. He is a frequent speaker at events, especially among young clergy. He is the author of Leadership Directions from Moses.

God has a future for our churches and we have a responsibility as leaders to help our churches celebrate the past but move forward into innovative and gracefilled futures. There is more in front of our churches than behind our churches.

Since God has given you and your church a vision for the future, why not trust God and lead towards it?

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New & Notable A portrait of Jesus as God’s constant, unfolding work in the world

Richard Rohr new

THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe RIchard Rohr

In his decades as a globally recognized teacher, Richard Rohr has never written about Jesus Christ. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus’ last name? Too often, declares Rohr, our understandings have been held captive by culture, nationalism, and Christianity itself.

Drawing on history, theology, and psychology, Rohr articulates an exhilarating and ultimately more sensible view of Jesus Christ as a portrait, so to speak, of how God works. “The whole of creation is the beloved community—the child of God—not just Jesus,” he writes.

Fans of Rohr’s earlier works will find a synthesis that reveals the broadest, most hopeful vision for humanity imaginable. Newcomers will be drawn to a science-friendly spirituality that feels modern and timeless. All will value his practical insights on mindfulness, prayer, and enlightened social action.

Convergent.

9781524762094. Hardcover. $26.00; $16.99

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The Divine Dance. 9781629117294. Hardcover. $23.99; $14.49 What the Mystics Know. 9780824599652. $14.95; $14.29 Falling Upward. 9780470907757. Hardcover. $19.95; $13.49 The Enneagram. 9780824519506. $19.95; $16.99

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From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can restore hope and meaning to our world.

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Richard Rohr is a globally

recognized ecumenical teacher whose work is grounded in Christian mysticism, practices of contemplation and selfemptying, and compassion for the marginalized. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, where he also serves as academic dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Fr. Richard is the author of many books, including the bestsellers Falling Upward, The Naked Now, and The Divine Dance. His work has been featured on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday, Krista Tippett’s On Being, and in the New York Times.

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New & Notable Opens up conversations about the meaning of Advent

Amy-Jill Levine new LIGHT OF THE WORLD: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent

Amy-Jill Levine Advent is not only the perfect time to read the story of the birth of Jesus; it’s also a great time to dive deeper into the biblical texts that surround the event. In Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine shows how the Gospel narratives connect to the Old Testament; highlights the role of women in first-century Jewish culture; and emphasizes the importance of Mary’s visitation, the census, the stable, the star of Bethlehem, and the flight to Egypt.

A rich and challenging learning experience for the individual reader, the book is complemented by resources for a wonderful four-week Advent group study.

Abingdon Press. Coming in September.

9781501884351. $16.99; $12.29

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new Coming in November. Jesus for Everyone. 9780062216724.

Hardcover. $26.99; $19.99 Entering the Passion of Jesus. 9781501869556. $16.99; $15.29 Short Stories by Jesus. 9780061561030. $16.99; $11.99

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about the author Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. An internationally renowned scholar and teacher, she is the author of numerous books, including The Misunderstood Jew and The Meaning of the Bible. She is also the co-editor of the Jewish Annotated New Testament. Professor Levine, who has done over 300 programs for churches, clergy groups, and seminaries, has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies.

I love Christmas. I like the candles. I like the trees. I even like the shopping. But I particularly love Christmas because I love the stories...the different accounts we get in the Gospel of Matthew and we get in the Gospel of Luke and we get also from post-biblical church legends.

If I, as an outsider to the Christian tradition, can find such marvel, such wonder, and such joy in these chapters in Matthew and Luke, how much more so should people who are members of the church or followers of Jesus be able to smile, indeed laugh, when they read these stories?

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New & Notable The good news of the Kingdom of God is here & now

Mike Slaughter new REVOLUTIONARY KINGDOM: Following the Rebel Jesus

Mike Slaughter with Karen Perry Smith Welcome to the revolution, a revolution led by Jesus, who provided us with the vision of a kingdom worth dying for, making him the most radical revolutionary of all time. In Revolutionary Kingdom, we learn that to join this revolution…to be considered true disciples of Christ…we must exchange comfortable cultural worldviews and values for the radical requirements of living out the Kingdom in the here and now. It’s when we get serious about God’s call that we, too, live revolutionary, world-changing lives.

Resources for a 6-week study are available.

Abingdon Press. Coming in August.

9781501887260. $16.99; $11.99

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The Christian Wallet. 9780664260293. Hardcover. $20.00; $14.49 Renegade Gospel. 9781426792793. $14.99; $8.49 Change the World. 9781426712098. $7.99; $4.49

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The cross, not the flag, should be at the center of Christian identity and worship. We as followers of the rebel Jesus are a kingdom people. The earliest Christian creed, Jesus is Lord, had lethal ramifications for those who accepted Jesus’ call to follow in the way of the cross.

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Mike Slaughter is the Pastor

Emeritus 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 Down to Earth, The Passionate Church, Change the World, Dare to Dream, Renegade Gospel, A Different Kind of Christmas, Spiritual Entrepreneurs, Real Followers, Momentum for Life, UnLearning Church, and Upside Living in a Downside Economy.

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New & Notable Embrace authenticity in your life in just 21 days!

Sarah Heath new THE AUTHENTICITY CHALLENGE: 21 Days to a

More Content Life Sarah Heath

FOMO: the fear of missing out. When a feeling of inadequacy becomes so universal that it gets its own label we are, indeed, missing out on something: our own authentic lives. Social media makes us yearn for the lives we assume others are already living. But rather than longing for and chasing after someone else’s life, what if you were to live your own with honesty and courage?

In The Authenticity Challenge, you’re invited to embrace authenticity in three key areas of your life: vocation (the what), relationships (the who), and faith (the why). Take the 21-day challenge on your own or with a small group.

Study resources also available.

Abingdon Press.

9781501882661. $14.99; $10.99

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What’s Your Story? 9781501837890. $12.99; $10.99

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about the author Sarah Heath is the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Costa Mesa, California. An actor, artist, author, and speaker, Sarah uses her many gifts to share God’s love with others.

I have the bold belief that God made us with unique gifts, and graces and that the world needs us to be our most authentic selves.

She writes about her insights on the topics of finding our identity in Christ and using our unique gifts to serve God and others. Learn more about Sarah and her ministry at www.revsarahheath.com.

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New & Notable Humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine

Reza Aslan ne w GOD: A Human History Reza Aslan In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving God human traits and emotions. This innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains, making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes, “Whether we are aware of it or not, and regardless of whether we’re believers or not, what the vast majority of us think about when we think about God is a divine version of ourselves.”

But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature—our compassion, our thirst for justice—but all that is bad in it: our greed, our bigotry, our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions, cultures, and governments.

More than just a history of our understanding of God, this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God, many gods, or no god at all, God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives.

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9780553394740. $18.00; $12.99

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. 9780812981483. $18.00; $16.29 No god but God. 9780385739764. $9.99; $9.79

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Tantalizing . . . Driven by [Reza] Aslan’s grace and curiosity, God . . . helps us pan out from our troubled times, while asking us to consider a more expansive view of the divine in contemporary life.

—The Seattle Times

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Dr. Reza Aslan is an acclaimed

writer and scholar of religions whose books include No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror (published in paperback as Beyond Fundamentalism), as well as the editor of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East.

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New & Notable An overhaul of our harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies

Nadia Bol z-Weber ne w SHAMELESS: A Sexual Reformation Nadia Bolz-Weber

Christians are obsessed with sex. But not in a good way. For nearly two thousand years, this obsession has often turned destructive—inflicting pain, suffering, and guilt on countless people of all persuasions and backgrounds.

In Shameless, Bolz-Weber looks at the religious messages about sex that have created shame, explores the harm these messages have done, then offers not a list of simple amendments, but a call to burn it all down and start over.

In the spirit of Martin Luther, Nadia calls for a reformation. To make her case, she offers experiences from her own life and stories from her parishioners alongside biblical theology to explore what the church has taught and the harm those teachings have caused. Along the way, she reexamines patriarchy, sex, and power with candor but also with hope because in her heart she believes the “gospel is powerful enough, transgressive enough, and beautiful enough to heal not only the ones who have been hurt but also those who have done the hurting.”

Convergent.

9781601427588. Hardcover. $25.00; $14.99

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Accidental Saints. 9781601427564. $15.00; $9.99 Pastrix. 9781455527076. $16.00; $10.99 Salvation on the Small Screen? 9781596270862. $18.95; $15.99

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about the author Nadia Bolz-Weber first hit the

This is by far Nadia’s most personal book yet, revealing intimate and emotional details about her life while offering a reading experience that is as entertaining and affirming as it is intellectually robust and liberating. This book will speak to skeptics and believers alike.

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New York Times list with her 2013 memoir—the bitingly honest and inspiring Pastrix—followed by the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Accidental Saints in 2015. A former stand-up comic and a recovering alcoholic, Bolz-Weber is the founder and former pastor of a Lutheran congregation in Denver, House for All Sinners and Saints.

She speaks at colleges and conferences around the globe.

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Social Just ice Leading & ministering to people on the margins

Gregg Louis Taylor new HERE, NOW, WITH YOU: Six Movements of Compassion for Life and Leadership

Gregg Louis Taylor

True or false? The U.S. Surgeon General said recently that heart disease is the greatest public health crisis of our time. False. Cancer?

Again, false. Try isolation. There are more people in our communities who suffer from being alone and disconnected than people who find wholeness through healthy, supportive connection with others. Hard to believe, isn’t it?

Here, Now, With You is an important resource that tackles the social implications of this truth for our faith communities. Taking into account another truth—that every faith community serves within a unique context—the book provides an interactive framework that pastors and church leaders can use to facilitate meaningful conversations about compassion, imagination, and application in their respective contexts. It’s a perfect starting place for churches who want to learn to see and be seen with compassion.

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The great Gregg Louis Taylor, in this book, helps us put one compassionate foot in front of the next. As we reflect on the arc of the six movements Gregg helpfully and practically presents to us, we find ourselves reintroduced to the joy of being ‘compassionate as God is compassionate.’... Gregg teaches us to lead in the best way, by fanning the flames of tenderness, until all hearts are open to our own compassionate truth.

—From the foreword by Gregory Boyle

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Gregg Louis Taylor is

an ordained pastor in The United Methodist Church. He speaks regularly at churches, conferences, and leadership events, co-hosts the reClaimed Podcast, and is a Fellow with Project CURATE (Center for Urban Reconciliation and Theological Education). He is a former board chair of the NACR (National Association for Christian Recovery), which offers resources, training, and hope to individuals and churches engaged in addiction recovery.

Currently, Gregg serves as pastor with Houston: reVision, an organization which connects the city’s most disconnected youth with caring adults and positive peer relationships.

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Social Just ice Tackling the issue of race head on

Teesha Hadra John Hambrick new BLACK AND WHITE: Disrupting Racism One

Friendship at a Time

Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick Most of us don’t need to make speeches. We need to make friends. This is the core message of Black and White by authors Teesha Hadra, a young African American woman, and John Hambrick, a 60-year-old white man. The book helps us see the various and often subtle ways racism continues to be a part of American culture, but then, using their story of friendship as an example, we learn how racism can be disrupted when we risk forging friendships with those who do not look like us. Readers are equipped to take faithful, practical next steps in obedience to God’s call to join the movement against racism, changing the way we see the world, which, in turn, could actually bring change to the world.

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9781501879173. Hardcover. $22.99; $16.49

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Move Toward the Mess: The Ultimate Hack for the Boring Christian Life.

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Are you tired of feeling awkward, unequipped, defensive, or afraid whenever social media chatter fires up about football and the national anthem, police shootings, or Black History Month? Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick synergize their backgrounds and perspectives to create a gospelcentered dialogue on race that will make you sweat at first. But, if you believe that the gospel can heal and transform, then grab this book and read it with a group of friends or your small group. God will use your courageous conversations to build bridges for the sake of the gospel and heal what racism and segregation have devastated for 400 years.

—Barb Roose, speaker and author of Winning the Worry Battle

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about the authors Teesha Hadra, the daughter of Jamaican parents, has a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. She practiced law for nearly seven years before leaving to begin full-time ministry in 2013 at Buckhead Church, an urban campus of North Point Community Church in Atlanta. In 2016, she began working on a M.Div. at Fuller Theological Seminary.

John Hambrick is an ordained pastor in the PC(USA). He

earned a B.A. from Pepperdine University, an M.Div. from Fuller Seminary, and a D.Min. from Columbia Seminary. Since 2004, he has served at Buckhead Church where he met and began to work with co-author Teesha Hadra.

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Social Just ice Making racial reconciliation a reality in communities

Charles Marsh John M. Perkins WELCOMING JUSTICE: God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community, Expanded Edition Charles Marsh and John M. Perkins

We have seen progress in recent decades toward Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of beloved community. But this is not only because of the activism and sacrifice of a generation of civil rights leaders. It happened because God was on the move.

Historian and theologian Charles Marsh partners with veteran activist John Perkins to chronicle God’s vision for a more equitable and just world. Perkins reflects on his long ministry and identifies key themes and lessons he has learned, and Marsh highlights the legacy of Perkins’s work in American society. Together they show how abandoned places are being restored, divisions are being reconciled, and what individuals and communities are doing now to welcome peace and justice.

Now updated to reflect on current social realities, this book reveals ongoing lessons for the continuing struggle for a just society. Come, discover your part in the beloved community. There is unfinished work still to do.

IVP Books.

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The Beloved Community. (Charles Marsh) 9780465044160. $17.95; $15.99 Dream with Me. (John M. Perkins) 9780801075865. $15.99; $10.29

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For years, John Perkins and Charles Marsh have been two of our most important figures in the discussion— and pursuit—of reconciliation. Now comes this gem, which may be the most important book either of them has written yet.

—Lauren F. Winner, Duke Divinity School about the authors Charles Marsh (PhD, University of Virginia) is director of the Project on Lived Theology and professor of religious and theological studies at the University of Virginia. His books include Strange Glory, God’s Long Summer, and The Beloved Community.

John M. Perkins is the founder of Voice of Calvary Ministries

in Mendenhall, Mississippi, Harambee Ministries in Pasadena, California, and the Christian Community Development Association. His books include Let Justice Roll Down, With Justice for All, and Making Neighborhoods Whole.

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Social Just ice Responding to the problem of exclusion

Miroslav Volf new

EXCLUSION AND EMBRACE, REVISED AND UPDATED: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation Miroslav Volf

It’s a disturbing reality that otherness—the simple fact of being different in some way—has come to be defined as, in and of itself, evil. Author Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to be heard today, Christians must learn that salvation comes not only as we are reconciled to God, and not only as we “learn to live with one another,” but also as we take the dangerous and costly step of opening ourselves to the other, of enfolding him or her in the same embrace with which we‘ve been enfolded by God. Volf offers this second edition of Exclusion and Embrace with additional examples of cultural, ethnic, and racial conflict that help to illustrate his point that embracing otherness is rooted in God’s self-giving love and forgiveness.

Abingdon Press. Coming in August.

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For the Life of the World. (With Matthew Croasmun) 9781587434013. Hardcover. $21.99; $14.49

about the author Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and the Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He has written or edited more than 20 books and over 100 scholarly articles. Exclusion and Embrace (1996) is one of Christianity Today’s 100 most important religious books of the 20th century.

Helping children function well in a diverse nation

Jennifer Harvey

now in paperback

RAISING WHITE KIDS: Bringing Up Children in a

Racially Unjust America Jennifer Harvey

Like many in the white community, you may be under the impression that with today’s more racially diverse families, racial tension in our country has eased…that we are more tolerant, more accepting. Events over the past few years have shown us we are wrong. Our nation remains racially unjust and deeply segregated. How are we supposed to talk to children about these issues? Should we teach children to be “colorblind”? Or, should we teach them to notice race? How do we equip them to address racism when they encounter it? Raising White Kids helps parents, teachers, and churches enter into a dialogue about the impact of racism on our children and offers guidance for sharing our commitment to equity and justice.

Abingdon Press.

9781501878077. $18.99; $13.99

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Raising White Kids. 9781501856426. Hardcover. $22.99; $16.99

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about the author Dr. Jennifer Harvey is a writer, speaker, professor at Drake University, and is ordained in the American Baptist Churches (U.S.A.). She is the author of Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation, and contributes to the New York Times and Huffington Post.

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Social Just ice Recognizing & fighting anti-Semitism

Evan Moffic new FIRST THE JEWS: Combating the World’s Longest-Running Hate Campaign

Evan Moffic

Why have Jews been the object of universal hatred throughout history? Why has there been a rise in reports of defaced synagogues and death threats against Jewish community centers in our lifetime? Is there a difference between antiSemitism in the past versus what we see in today’s culture?

What can we do about it?

First the Jews offers new insights and unparalleled perspectives on some of the most recent, pressing developments since 9/11. Author Rabbi Evan Moffic helps us recognize antiSemitism, shares insights from a Jewish perspective, and outlines the role Christians can play in encouraging positive change in interfaith relations.

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9781501870835. Hardcover. $22.99; $15.99

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Shalom for the Heart. 9781501827372. $9.99; $7.99 What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Jewishness of Jesus. 9781426791581. $17.99; $13.49 What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover.

9781426791567. $16.99; $12.99

about the author Rabbi Evan Moffic is the spiritual leader of Congregation Solel on the North Shore of Chicago, an author of several books, and a speaker and blogger.

He’s been featured in The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Christianity Today, on Fox News, CNN, and has contributed to Beliefnet.com and Huffingtonpost.

Modeling Jesus’ improbable ministry

Derek Penwell new

OUTLANDISH: An Unlikely Messiah, A Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize Derek Penwell

Jesus did everything wrong: Poor judgment picking a team of disciples. Ministering to the wrong people. Angering the wrong people. Having outrageous expectations of his followers.

Questionable teaching methods. Allowing others to have unrealistic opinions about his mission. A humiliating end followed by an improbable surprise ending. And then, somehow, inspiring millions to attempt to change the world in his name.

Outlandish shows how Jesus’ ministry flew in the face of conventional wisdom, a ministry that would be described as misguided, mistaken, and miserable—yet succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. Then, fast-forwarding two thousand years, see how that kind of radically different ministry—with its political, social, and organizational lessons—is sorely needed today.

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9780827231665. $19.99; $16.99

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The Mainliner’s Survival Guide to the Post-Denominational World. 9780827223646. $19.99; $18.79 CV19

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about the author Derek Penwell is an author, speaker, pastor, and activist on issues of racial justice, LGBTQ fairness, interfaith engagement, and immigrant and refugee rights. He is the senior pastor of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Social Just ice Learn to change the world with your purchases

Jane Mosbacher Morris new BUY THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE: Use Your Purchasing Power to Make the World a Better Place Jane Mosbacher Morris with Wendy Paris

Consumers—whether individuals, small businesses, or corporations—are paying more attention to how their goods are made, and retailers—large and small—are responding by investing in ethical and eco-friendly production. Yet figuring out which brands to support can feel overwhelming.

Jane Mosbacher Morris has devoted her career to creating economic opportunities for vulnerable communities around the world, and in this valuable book, she shares her passion and insights on how we, as consumers, can create positive change too. Covering topics that range from why not all factories are evil, to how our morning coffee can be the easiest way for us to use our purchasing power for good, Buy the Change You Want to See makes us better-informed consumers.

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about the author Jane Mosbacher Morris

is founder and CEO of To the Market, a tech-enabled company connecting ethical suppliers with brands, retailers, and corporations around the world. She currently serves on the Human Trafficking Advisory Council at the McCain Institute for International Leadership.

An exploration journal for mind, soul, & body THE MINDFUL ACTIVIST Insight Editions

Develop unique ways to help your community and the world with this guided journal designed to spark positive change and inspire the activist in you.

The Mindful Activist helps you identify your true calling in the world when it comes to being socially aware and active, while focusing on caring for yourself along the way. Through a series of prompts, lists, and meditations, this journal helps you find ways to use your unique skills and interests to spark conversation and create change on a local, national, and global scale.

The Mindful Activist features a beautiful leatherette cover for light and easy carrying. Its 160 elegantly designed, ruled pages are made from recycled paper and take both pen and pencil nicely.

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inside look Illustrated throughout on archival paper with poetry, insight, advice, meditations, and spaces for journaling, self-care goals, sample intentions, and more.

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Social Just ice A unique take on America’s rise to global power

Darren Dochuk new ANOINTED WITH OIL: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America

Darren Dochuk

Anointed with Oil is a groundbreaking new history of the United States that places religion and oil at the center of American history. As prize-winning historian Darren Dochuk reveals, from the earliest discovery of oil in America during the Civil War, citizens saw oil as the nation’s special blessing and its peculiar burden, the source of its prophetic mission in the world. Over the century that followed and down to the present day, the oil industry’s leaders and its ordinary workers together fundamentally transformed American religion, business, and politics—boosting America’s ascent as the preeminent global power, giving shape to modern evangelical Christianity, fueling the rise of the Republican Right, and setting the terms for today’s political and environmental debates.

Ranging from the Civil War to the present, from West Texas to Saudi Arabia to the Alberta Tar Sands, and from oil-patch boomtowns to the White House, this is a sweeping, magisterial book that transforms how we understand our nation’s history.

Basic Books.

9780465060863. Hardcover. $35.00; $25.29

about the author Darren Dochuk is

associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post and other venues. He is the author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and The Rise of Evangelical Conservatism.

One man’s “business” of ending poverty

Grant Smit h new

THE ACCIDENTAL SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR Grant Smith

Grant Smith is not a visionary or an enthusiastic missionary.

He’s a problem solver. When confronted with the desperate problems of poverty he witnessed in Africa, he did the only thing he knew how to do—business. Business that would provide jobs and pay people enough so that they would not have to rely on charity. His venture led to a great challenge: become the biggest house-builder in Kenya.

Both humorous and realistic, Smith tells of his successes and failures. For those who dream of making a difference for communities affected by poverty, this story is inspiring and thought-provoking. It encourages readers to see how ordinary people have been created for a purpose and have the potential to facilitate miracles. The Accidental Social Entrepreneur is a real challenge to consider how we might use the gifts and resources we have been given by God to change lives.

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about the author Grant Smith is CEO of

Hand in Hand, committed to resolving poverty in Africa via business. He’s been a construction Quantity Surveyor in the UK for 30 years. He studied Theology at London School of Theology and is the author of Game of 2 Halves.

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Social Just ice A guide on gun violence for moral, life-valuing people

Donald V. Gaffney new COMMON GROUND:

Talking about Gun Violence in America Donald V. Gaffney

Every time a shooting makes national headlines, the same debates erupt: Is the problem guns or mental health? Why is the United States unique in its gun violence problem? Can we reduce this violence while protecting the right to bear arms?

Newtown, Connecticut, native and Disciples of Christ minister Donald V. Gaffney brings a calm and compassionate voice to these complex questions. Common Ground explores the place of guns in our individual and national histories, violence in Scripture, the legal issues surrounding gun rights, and ways in which we can bridge the divide to help solve the problem of gun violence in the United States. To move beyond the talking points and rhetoric dominating gun violence discussions, Gaffney includes questions for reflection and discussion.

Westminster John Knox Press.

9780664264550. $15.00; $11.99

about the author Donald V. Gaffney

attended Sandy Hook Elementary School as a child.

He has immersed himself in the issues surrounding gun violence. He serves as an elder at Central Christian Church in Hermitage, PA.

Finding hope in the stories behind the statistics

Shane Claiborne Michael Martin

new BEATING GUNS: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence

Shane Claiboene and Michael Martin Parkland. Las Vegas. Orlando. Charleston. Newtown. These cities are now known for the people who were shot and killed in them.

With less than 5% of the world’s population, the people of the U.S. own nearly half the world’s guns. America also holds the record for the most gun deaths—homicide, suicide, and accidental gun deaths— at around 90 a day, or 33,000 per year. Some people say it’s a heart problem. Others say it’s a gun problem. The authors of Beating Guns believe it’s both.

about the author Shane Claiborne is a bestselling author, sought-after speaker, renowned activist, the visionary founder of The Simple Way in Philadelphia, and president of Red Letter Christians.

This book is for people who believe the world doesn’t have to be this way. Inspired by the prophetic image of beating swords into plows, Beating Guns provides a provocative look at gun violence in America and offers a clarion call to change our hearts. The authors show why Christians should be concerned about gun violence and how they can be part of the solution. They transcend stale rhetoric and old debates about gun control to offer a creative and productive response.

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Common Prayer, Pocket Edition (with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove).

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Mennonite pastor turned blacksmith, is the founder and executive director of RAWtools Inc., featured on Inside Edition and NPR and in the New York Times.

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Racial Equality Honest essays about acceptance, love, & family

Nishta J. Mehra new

BROWN, WHITE, BLACK: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion Nishta J. Mehra

Brown White Black is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra’s family: her wife, who is white; her adopted child, Shiv, who is black; and their experiences dealing with America’s rigid ideas of race, gender, and sexuality. Her clear-eyed and incisive writing on her family’s daily struggle to make space for themselves amid racial intolerance and stereotypes personalizes some of America’s most fraught issues. Mehra writes candidly about her efforts to protect and shelter Shiv from racial slurs on the playground and from intrusive questions by strangers while educating her child on the realities and dangers of being black in America. In other essays, she discusses growing up in the racially polarized city of Memphis; coming out as queer; being an adoptive mother who is brown; and what it’s like to be constantly confronted by people’s confusion, concern, and expectations about her child and her family. Above all, Mehra argues passionately for a more nuanced and compassionate understanding of identity and family.

Both poignant and challenging, Brown White Black is a remarkable portrait of a loving family on the front lines of some of the most highly charged conversations in our culture.

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about the author

When I graduated from high school, my yearbook superlative was ‘All-American Ethnic Girl.’ And the worst part is, I’m the one who came up with it.... Adding ‘Ethnic’ was a preemptive qualifier, a way to prevent anyone from questioning my worthiness to the title. Claim it before someone can attack you with it or use it against you; that was my strategy. I was still operating under the assumption that I could construct my own identity and make my own place in the mainstream, that this was something I both should want and could somehow achieve. I’d get people to see me for who I really was. I’d be the one to single-handedly hammer nuance into a lexicon of extremes.

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Nishta J. Mehra was raised among a tight-knit network of Indian immigrants in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a graduate of St. Mary’s Episcopal School and holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Rice University and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. She is an English teacher with over a decade of experience in middle and high school classrooms.

She is also the author of The Pomegranate King: Essays.

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Racial Equality How can you forgive the unforgivable?

Sharon Risher new

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS: Hope and Forgiveness After the Charleston Massacre Sharon Risher with Sherri Wood Emmons

When news broke of violence at Emanuel AME Church, Reverend Sharon Risher knew her mother was likely in the church at Bible study. Even before she heard the news, her chaplain’s instinct told her the awful truth: her mother was dead, along with two cousins, murdered by a white supremacist. Plunged into the depths of mourning and anger and shock, Sharon could have wallowed in the pain. Instead, she chose the path of forgiveness and hope— eventually forgiving the convicted killer for his crime.

This memoir of faith, family, loss, and forgiveness is also a story of transformation: How an anonymous hospital chaplain was thrust into the national spotlight, joining survivors of other gun-related horrors as reluctant speakers for a heartbroken social-justice movement.

Chalice Press. Coming in June.

9780827243231. $17.99; $12.99

about the author Rev. Sharon Risher lost her mother, two cousins, and others in a church shooting in 2015. Since that time, she has been an advocate for gun law reform. She is a spokesperson for several grassroots advocacy groups.

A moving portrait of a boy navigating a damaged world in a dangerous time

Trevor Noah now in paperback

BORN A CRIME: Stories from a South African

Childhood

Trevor Noah Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison.

Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, he and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.

Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.

Please be advised that while this book contains strong faith and social justice themes, some readers may find the use of mature language or situations offensive.

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about the author Trevor Noah is a stand-up comedian and host of the Emmy and Peabody Awardwinning The Daily Show.

Noah rose improbably to stardom with The Racist, his one-man show at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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Racial Equality Can the church help America heal its racial divides?

Terrell Carter new HEALING RACIAL DIVIDES: Finding Strength

in Our Diversity Terrell Carter

Carter takes us on a revelatory journey into the abyss of the racial divide and shows us how we’ve arrived at this divisive place.

Understanding racism’s roots—and our place in it—we surface more committed and empowered to defeat racism once and for all.

Drawing from the Bible, scholarly research, and personal experience as both a former police officer and a black pastor serving white congregations, Carter unpacks the deep roots of racism in America, how it continues to be perpetuated today, and practical strategies for racial reconciliation. Looking forward, he shapes a bold and faithful vision for healing racial division through multicultural communities focused on relationship, listening, and learning from each other.

Chalice Press.

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about the author Terrell Carter is an author, artist, pastor, professor, and former police officer specializing in addressing issues of race relations in the church and community.

A timely exploration of restorative justice

Thomas Norman DeWolf Jodie Geddes new THE LITTLE BOOK OF RACIAL HEALING: Coming to the Table for Truth-Telling, Liberation, and Transformation Thomas Norman DeWolf and Jodie Geddes

People of color, relative to white people, fall on the negative side of virtually all measurable social indicators. The “living wound” is seen in the significant disparities in average household wealth, unemployment and poverty rates, infant mortality rates, access to healthcare and life expectancy, education, housing, and treatment within, and by, the criminal justice system.

Coming to the Table began in 2006 when two dozen descendants from both sides of the system of enslavement gathered in collaboration with the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding and began to envision a more connected and truthful world that would address the unresolved and persistent effects of the historic institution of slavery. This book shares the group’s vision for the United States—a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from the racial wounds of the past.

Good Books.

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about the author Thomas Norman DeWolf

is an author, public speaker, trainer and workshop facilitator, and since 2013, has been Executive Director for Coming to the Table.

about the author Jodie Geddes is the Community Organizing Coordinator at Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth and serves as Vice President of the Board of Managers of Coming to the Table.

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Church & Culture Vital Christianity in today’s political landscape

David Dark new THE POSSIBILITY OF AMERICA: How the Gospel Can

Mend Our God-Blessed, God-Forsaken Land David Dark

Published in the years following 9/11, David Dark’s The Gospel According to America warned American Christians about false worship that conflates love of country with love of God. It delved deeply into the political divide that had gripped the country and the cultural captivity into which so many American churches had fallen.

In our current political season, the problems Dark identified have blossomed. The assessment he brought to these problems and the creative resources for resisting them are now more important than ever. In The Possibility of America, Dark expands his vision of a fractured yet redeemable American Christianity, bringing his signature mix of theological, cultural, and political analysis to white supremacy, evangelical surrender, and other problems of the Trump era.

Westminster John Knox Press.

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The Gospel according to America. 9780664227692. $18.00; $16.29

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If I might only provoke the suspicion that there is a reality more important, more lasting, and more infinite than the cultures we inhabit and the most expensively publicized, perceived self-interest of the nation in which we find ourselves, I will be very pleased.

It might be a relief. It might slow a pulse.

It might even be good news.

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Professor of Religion and the Arts at Belmont University. In addition to writing The Gospel According to America, he is the author of Life’s Too Short to Pretend You’re Not Religious, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, and Everyday Apocalypse. His work has appeared in Pitchfork, Paste, and America Magazine.

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Church & Culture Explores the damages that Christian practices have inflicted over the centuries

Lauren F. Winner

THE DANGERS OF CHRISTIAN PRACTICE: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin

Lauren F. Winner

Sometimes, beloved and treasured Christian practices go horrifyingly wrong, extending violence rather than healing. In this bracing book, Lauren Winner challenges the assumption that the church possesses a set of immaculate practices that train Christians in virtue and aren’t answerable to their histories. Is there, for instance, an account of prayer that has anything useful to say about a slave-owning woman’s praying for her slaves’ obedience?

Is there a robustly theological account of the Eucharist that connects the Eucharist’s goods to the sacrament’s central role in medieval Christian murder of Jews?

Arguing that practices are deformed in ways that are characteristic of and intrinsic to the practices themselves, Winner proposes that the register in which Christians might best think about the Eucharist, prayer, and baptism is that of “damaged gift.” Christians go on with these practices because, though blighted by sin, they remain gifts from God. Yale University Press.

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Lauren Winner, one of our most insightful Christian intellectuals, understands the ways Christian practice has been deeply involved in white supremacy, capitalism, and oppression.

For everyone concerned about the future of theological education and the survival of the theological academy, this groundbreaking book is required reading.

—Willie James Jennings, Yale Divinity School

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Lauren F. Winner is an

ordained Episcopal priest and the author of numerous books, including Girl Meets God, Real Sex, Mudhouse Sabbath, and Still, which won the Christianity Today Book Award in Spirituality.

Winner 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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Church & Culture A fresh perspective on the Ten Commandments

Ana Levy-Lyons now in paperback

NO OTHER GODS: The Politics of the Ten Commandments

Ana Levy-Lyons

The Ten Commandments are a spiritual resource for social justice.

They would turn our world upside down if we actually followed them. Far from being only ethical norms on which everyone already agrees or a remnant of a bygone oppressive era, the Commandments are actually countercultural practices.

Today the Ten Commandments are a divisive part of American culture. Religious conservatives champion them, even if they don’t always practice them. Religious liberals and the nonreligious may bristle at what they perceive as antiquated moral restrictions.

But, this ancient code still has vital contemporary relevance. Rev. Levy-Lyons explores ways the Commandments bring us meaning, illuminate our values, and help us navigate through the turbulent waters of social injustice, environmental crises, and societal inequity.

Center Street.

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about the author Ana Levy-Lyons is an

observant Jew and senior minister of First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, a quickly-growing urban Unitarian Universalist congregation. She is a contributing editor for Tikkun magazine and has written for HuffPost.

No Other Gods. 9781478977216. Hardcover. $26.00; $16.99

Sermons and speeches on the most pressing issues of our time

William J. Barber II

REVIVE US AGAIN: Vision and Action in

Moral Organizing

William J. Barber II with Liz Theoharis and Rick Lowery In this collection of sermons and speeches, Rev. Barber lays out his groundbreaking vision for organizing across racial, economic, and religious lines, paired with essays from leading activists in his Moral Mondays movement who write about implementing his ideas in an age of division.

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has been called “the closest person we have to Martin Luther King Jr. in our midst” (Cornel West) and “one of the most gifted organizers and orators in the country today” (Ari Berman).

Beacon Press.

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The Third Reconstruction. 9780807083604. Hardcover. $24.95; $17.99 Forward Together. 9780827244948. $19.99; $16.99

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about the author The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has been involved

with social justice from a young age. He has served as pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church (DOC) since 1993.

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Church & Culture An exploration of the Christian practice of singing

Walter Bruggemann ne w A GLAD OBEDIENCE: Why and What We Sing Walter Bruggemann The Christian practice of hymn singing, says renowned biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann, is a countercultural act. It marks the Christian community as different from an unforgiving and often ungrateful culture. It is also, he adds, an “absurd enterprise” in the midst of the hyper-busy, market-driven society that surrounds us.

In this helpful and engaging volume, Brueggemann discusses both why we sing and what we sing. The first part of the book examines the Psalms and what they can teach us about the reasons that corporate song is a part of the Christian tradition. The second part looks at fifteen popular hymns—including classic and contemporary ones such as “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” “God’s Eye Is on the Sparrow,” “Once to Every Man and Nation,” “Someone Asked the Question,” and “We Are Marching in the Light of God”— and the reasons why they have caught our imagination.

Westminster John Knox Press.

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about the author Walter Bruggemann is

Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.

He has served the editorial councils of several journals and periodicals including Interpretation and Theology Today.

Chosen? 9780664261542. $14.00; $12.49 Preaching from the Old Testament. 9781506458557. $18.99; $14.99 Sabbath as Resistance. 9780664263294. $14.00; $10.99

An incisive, surprising intervention in the political and scientific debate over religion and atheism

John Gray SEVEN TYPES OF ATHEISM John Gray

For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a shrill, narrow derision of religion in the name of an often vaguely understood “science.” John Gray’s stimulating and enjoyable new book describes the complex, dynamic world of older atheisms, a tradition that is, he writes, in many ways intertwined with and as rich as religion itself.

Along a spectrum that ranges from the convictions of “God-haters” like the Marquis de Sade to the mysticism of Arthur Schopenhauer, from Bertrand Russell’s search for truth in mathematics to secular political religions like Jacobinism and Nazism, Gray explores the various ways great minds have attempted to understand the questions of salvation, purpose, progress, and evil. The result is a book that sheds an extraordinary light on what it is to be human.

Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.

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about the author John Gray is a former

professor and the author of many critically acclaimed books, including The Silence of Animals, The Immortalization Commission, Black Mass, and Straw Dogs.

He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books.

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Church & Culture A holy wake-up call for every Christian to not overlook the beauty in the brokenness around us

Jonathan Broo ks

CHURCH FORSAKEN: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods

Jonathan Brooks

Brooks challenges local churches to rediscover that loving our neighbors means loving our neighborhoods. Unpacking the themes of Jeremiah 29, he shows how Christians can be fully present in local communities, building homes and planting gardens for the common good. His holistic vision and practical work offers good news for forgotten people and places. And community stakeholders and civic leaders will rediscover that churches are viable partners in community transformation in ways that they may never have considered.

God has always been at work in neglected neighborhoods.

Join Brooks on this journey and discover new hope for your community.

InterVarsity Press.

9780830845552. $16.00; $11.49

about the author Jonathan Brooks is

senior pastor of Canaan Community Church in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. A former art and architecture teacher with Chicago Public Schools, he is a recording artist with the hip-hop group Out-World.

Making sense of contemporary religious trends

Brett Colasacco new SIGHTINGS: Reflections on Religion in

Public Life

Brett Colasacco, editor For the past twenty years, Martin Marty and the editors of Sightings, a digital publication of the University of Chicago Divinity School’s Martin Marty Center, have published informed, accessible, and witty commentary on religion in current events.

Featuring more than seventy authors—including Marty himself, Eboo Patel, and Krista Tippett—this book collects one hundred of the best essays that originally appeared in Sightings.

Religion in public life fluctuates in temperature, but in the last twenty years, the religious climate has produced some harsh and extreme conditions that make the need for public discussion and understanding of religion more vital than ever. In this volume writers intelligently engage and elucidate many critical trends, issues, and practices of faith in our pluralistic world. Rich food for thought awaits readers here.

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.

9780802876652. $24.00; $16.49

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about the editor Brent Colasacco is the former editor of Sightings: Religion in Public Life, a twiceweekly publication of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion. He currently works as a writer at the University of Chicago.

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Church & Culture A new space to imagine alternative futures

Jeffrey J. Kripal new

THE FLIP: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge Jeffrey J. Kripal

A “flip,” writes Jeffrey J. Kripal, is “a reversal of perspective,” “a new real,” often born of an extreme, life-changing experience.

The Flip is Kripal’s ambitious, visionary program for unifying the sciences and the humanities to expand our minds, open our hearts, and negotiate a peaceful resolution to the culture wars.

Combining accounts of rationalists’ spiritual awakenings and consciousness explorations by philosophers, neuroscientists, and mystics within a framework of the history of science and religion, Kripal compellingly signals a path to mending our fractured world.

Bellevue Literary Press.

9781942658528. $19.99; $13.49

about the author Jeffrey J. Kripal

holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He has previously taught at Harvard Divinity School and Westminster College. Kripal is the author of eight books.

Are we more dedicated to partisan victory than to biblical tenets?

Ben Howe

new THE IMMORAL MAJORITY: Why Good

Christians Pick Bad Leaders Ben Howe

America’s politics and culture have never been more shameless and obscene, and America’s Christians have never been more beset by enemies. However, their greatest enemy may be themselves.

Writer and filmmaker Ben Howe has experienced firsthand how the desire for political victories can cloud personal judgment and diminish moral conviction. In The Immoral Majority, he lays out the history of how the modern American Evangelical movement shifted from moral arbiters to moral relativists and uses Scripture to remind Christians that the moral high ground never belonged to them in the first place, nor anyone except God. HarperCollins. Coming in August.

9780062797117. Hardcover. $26.99; $19.99

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about the author Ben Howe is a writer,

filmmaker, columnist, and founder of Howe Creative.

He has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, and has written guest columns for The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, and RedState.com.

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Spiritual Growth Our communities are as endangered as our landscapes

Wendell Berry new THE ART OF LOADING BRUSH: New Agrarian Writings Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry’s profound critique of American culture has entered its sixth decade, and in this gathering he reaches with deep devotion toward a long view of agrarian philosophy.

The Art of Loading Brush is an energetic mix of essays, stories, and a poem, which explore agrarian ideals as they present themselves historically and as they might apply to our work today.

Filled with insights and new revelations from a mind thorough in its considerations and careful in its presentations, The Art of Loading Brush is a necessary and timely collection.

Counterpoint Press.

9781640091580. $16.95; $13.99

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about the author Wendell Berry is an award-winning essayist, novelist, and poet who has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for poetry, among others. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Explore the humanity behind the Scriptures

Rob Bell

now in paperback

WHAT IS THE BIBLE? How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel about Everything Rob Bell

Bell goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined—and offers a clear argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.

Using the same inquisitive approach as in his bestseller Love Wins, he turns to our most sacred book, the Bible, providing insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives.

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Love Wins. 9780062049650. $15.99; $11.49 What We Talk about When We Talk about God. 9780062049681. $14.99; $11.49 How to Be Here. 9780062356307. $14.99; $9.99

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best-selling author, speaker, and spiritual teacher. He hosts the weekly podcast The Robcast, which was named by iTunes as one of the best of 2015. He was profiled in The New Yorker and in TIME Magazine as one of 2011’s hundred most influential people.

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Christian Living God calls us to a life that we could never imagine on our own

Susan Robb

new CALLED: Hearing and Responding to God’s Voice

Susan Robb

Samuel, Esther, Jonah…they all lived pretty ordinary lives…until they didn’t. In Called, author Susan Robb shows us how God interrupts the lives of ordinary men and women, calling and empowering them to lives of service they never would have imagined on their own. And she shows us that the same God who called six of the Bible’s most iconic characters calls us, too, to bring hope and transformation to the world.

Discover how to hear and respond to the unique call God is placing on your life. Study resources are also available to share the book within a group setting.

Abingdon Press.

9781501879746. $16.99; $12.49

about the author Susan Robb is the Senior

Associate Minister at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. Her area of expertise lies in writing and teaching Bible studies, and exploring the idea of listening to and responding to God’s call.

Spiritual practices don’t have to be scary

Diana Shiflett SPIRITUAL PRACTICES IN COMMUNITY: Drawing Groups Into the Heart of God Diana Shiflett

Diana Shiflett has been leading groups in spiritual practices for many years and understands the difficulties involved: the potential for awkwardness and self-doubt, the nagging question of whether anyone’s getting anything out of this at all. But more than that, she understands the value of spiritual practices: their deep roots in the history and worship of God’s people, and their ability to calm our distracted minds and hearts so we are ready to hear the voice of Jesus.

In this personal, hands-on guide, Shiflett walks us through a wide array of spiritual practices, from communal silence and Scripture meditation to active prayer and corporate discernment. She offers step-by-step instructions, pointing out hazards and pitfalls, and sharing her own experiences with honesty and humor.

about the author Diana Shiflett is ordained

in the Evangelical Covenant church. She is an adjunct professor of youth ministry at North Park University, and a certified spiritual director.

InterVarsity Press.

9780830846481. $16.00; $10.99

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Christian Living Explore theological, political, & contemporary themes

Marilynne Robinson now in paperback

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? Essays Marilynne Robinson

In this new essay collection, Marilynne Robinson trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is investigating how the work of great thinkers about America like Emerson and Tocqueville inform our political consciousness or discussing the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life, Robinson’s peerless prose and boundless humanity are on full display.

What Are We Doing Here? is a call for Americans to continue the tradition of those great thinkers and to remake American political and cultural life as “deeply impressed by obligation [and as] a great theater of heroic generosity, which, despite all, is sometimes palpable still.”

Picador.

9781250310385. $18.00; $12.29

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The Giveness of Things. 9781250097316. $16.00; $11.79 Balm in Gilead. 9780830853182. $28.00; $19.99 Gilead. 9780312424404. $17.00; $10.99 Housekeeping. 9780312424091. $16.00; $14.49

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about the author Marilynne Robinson is the author of the novels Lila, Home, Gilead (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and Housekeeping, and the nonfiction books The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Mother Country, The Death of Adam, and Absence of Mind.

[Robinson’s] eloquent work stands up for a compassionate faith, the value of education, and a sense of decency. ―Publishers Weekly

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Church & Culture Explore the impact of gratitude on our spiritual lives

Diana Butler Bass now in paperback

GRATEFUL: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks Diana Butler Bass

The award-winning author and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater connection with God, our world, and our own souls.

Gratitude is partially an individual, emotional response to our circumstances, but research has shown that what we often miss is how much more it is a communal, actionable response. Bass examines this more unexpected experience of gratitude, and reveals how people and communities can practice it and thrive, whether or not they are part of a traditional religious community.

HarperOne. 9780062659484. $16.99; $11.49 9780062659477. Hardcover. $26.99; $17.99

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Broken We Kneel. 9781640651012. $18.95; $14.99 Grounded. 9780062328564. $16.99; $9.99 A People’s History of Christianity . 9780061448713. $15.99; $14.49

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...advocates a corrective vision of American society that is desperately needed. It is not impossible to imagine a society based on gratitude. It merely takes courage, creativity, and trust.

—Los Angeles Review of Books

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Diana Butler Bass is the author

of eight books on American religion, including Christianity After Religion, Christianity for the Rest of Us, and A People’s History of Christianity. She has taught at the college and graduate level, and was a columnist for the New York Times Syndicate.

She blogs for the Huffington Post and The Washington Post on issues of religion, spirituality, and culture. Bass is a popular speaker at conferences, colleges and universities, and churches across North America.

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Christian Living What would a life free of stress look like?

Valorie Burton new

IT’S ABOUT TIME: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent Valorie Burton

Our culture makes it so that even the most organized and efficient among us feels the pressure of the ticking clock and the possibility and regret of missing out. Modern life has evolved in a way that sets us up for stress, pressure, and overload. Many of us also have innate personality traits that make the struggle even worse.

Unlock an approach to life that best-selling author Valorie Burton calls “living timelessly.” You will discover the eternal value of your finite time and intentionally choose the meaningful over the urgent every single day.

Reimagine a life that is meaningful, at a pace that is natural, with a load that is doable.

Thomas Nelson.

9780785220183. $17.99; $13.49

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about the author Valorie Burton is a best-selling author, speaker, and life coach.

She uses a unique combination of research, faith, and personal transparency to help readers navigate the challenges of modern life. She is founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute and has written a dozen books on personal development.

Success Magazine named her book, Why Not You? one of the “Top 25 Must-Read Success Books.” Valorie has appeared numerous times on the TODAY show, The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, HLN and hundreds of other radio, podcast, and television shows.

The journey to a life in which I am happily married, have the privilege of being a mom and a bonus mom, do work I truly love, and have strong friendships to cherish took many years. As it finally came together, I awakened to the reality that time and happiness are intricately interconnected. Margin empowers happiness. It is breathing room—the soft cushion between your schedule and your limits. I believe we can all benefit from reimagining the possibilities for living a life that is meaningful, at a pace that is natural, with a load that is doable.

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Christian Living All things are possible when we actively engage our God-given purpose to change the world

Jeremy Cowart new

I’M POSSIBLE: Jumping Into Fear and Discovering a Life of Purpose Jeremy Cowart

Recognized as “the most influential photographer on the Internet,” Jeremy Cowart is known as a photographer, hotelier, fund-raiser, teacher, artist, world uniter, lover of life, and man of adventure. What fans don’t always know is that Jeremy started out as a failure.

Growing up, Jeremy’s life was defined by the words I can’t do it. Thankfully, Jeremy’s parents reprogrammed his mind with a single sentence: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. That simple truth propelled Jeremy to achieve greatness in many forms.

I’m Possible is an extension of Jeremy’s belief that greatness must serve a greater purpose. It’s a book that will inspire readers with the message that all things are possible when we actively engage our God-given purpose to change the world.

Thomas Nelson.

9780785223740. Hardcover. $26.99; $19.99

about the author Jeremy Cowart is a

professional photographer who has photographed numerous celebrities in the music and entertainment fields. He is the founder of Help-Portrait, a worldwide movement of photographers using their time, equipment, and expertise to give back to those less fortunate.

Insights into the mystery of living and dying

Thomas Lynch ne w WHENCE AND WHITHER: On Lives and Living Thomas Lynch From one of our most gifted writers and thinkers about death and the meaning of living comes a collection of writings about “what comes next.” Thomas Lynch, funeral director, poet, and author, has an uncanny knack for writing about death in ways that are never morbid, always thoughtful, often humorous, and quite moving.

From his account of riding in the hearse at the funeral of poet laureate Seamus Heaney, to his recounting of the funeral for a young child in the 1800s, to his compelling essay about his own mortality, Lynch always finds ways to make sense of senseless things, as he ponders what will come next.

Westminster John Knox Press.

9780664264918. $18.00; $12.99

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The Good Funeral. 9780664238537. Hardcover. $28.00; $19.79

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about the author Thomas Lynch is a funeral director and writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, the New York Times, and Harper’s, among others.

He is the author of five collections of poems and four books of essays.

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Women A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror

Octavia E. Butler newly revised

PARABLE OF THE SOWER Octavia E. Butler

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions.

Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith...and a startling vision of human destiny.

Grand Central Publishing.

9781538732182. $16.99; $10.79

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about the author Octavia E. Butler was a

renowned African-American writer who received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work and was the author of several award-winning novels.

A gripping tale of survival and a poignant account of growing up sane in a disintegrating world. ―New York Times Book Review

Acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations, sales of her books have increased enormously since her death in 2006 as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant.

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Women An edgy look at three key women in the Bible

Debbie Blue new

CONSIDER THE WOMEN: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible Debbie Blue

Among the mostly male-dominated narratives in Scripture, the stories of women can be game-changing. This book looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch)—and finds in them instructive new ways of meeting God and navigating life.

Blue tells about meeting real-life characters today—a Muslim tattoo artist, a Saudi Arabian sculptor, a rabbi in a Darth Vader costume on roller blades, and more—who also live and move in places and ways outside the strict boundaries of tradition, as Hagar, Esther, and Mary did.

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.

9780802874290. $18.00; $13.49

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Consider the Birds. 9781426749506. $17.49; $9.99

about the author Debbie Blue is one of the founding pastors of House of Mercy church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Rev. Blue’s sermon podcasts have a worldwide audience, and her works have appeared in a wide variety of publications.

Support the work God is doing through women WE PRAY WITH HER: Encouragement for All Women Who Lead

Emily Peck-McClain, Danyelle Trexler, Jen Tyler, J. Paige Boyer, and Shannon Sullivan, editors As female leaders, our journeys are littered with obstacles and pitfalls unique to our gender. But we do not need to walk through life alone; we need to support and encourage our fellow women as we forge ahead in our work to leave a positive mark on the world.

We Pray with Her is a collection of 100 inspiring devotionals written by the women who formed the grassroots movement of the same name. Whether you’re a woman leader or an aspiring leader looking for personal inspiration, in a supportive role to a leader, or a woman who wants to support her sisters in Christ, you’ll find a home within these pages.

Abingdon Press.

9781501869709. $16.99; $11.49

about the book Contributors include nearly 100 clergy women (elders and deacons) under the age of 40. These women serve all over the country in a variety of ministerial roles in the local church, chaplaincy, academia, and more. They invite you to join them in supporting women who lead in all walks of life—with your prayers, through mentoring, and through daily acts of solidarity with the women in your life and community.

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