edited by Cynthia Jarvis and L. Elizabeth Johnson Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. The hits just keep coming. The wise person who dreamed..
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by Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 188 pages Reviewed by Victoria L. Bethel The Psalter has been cherished by..
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by Matthew Avery Sutton The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 480 pages The story of fundamentalism-cum-evangelicalism in America is..
Having recently visited the Emerald Isle, it almost seems that "the troubles" are far behind; The peace accord is firmly in place,..
This is a highly emotional film that is difficult to watch because the subject matter seems so realistically raw. Writer/director Amy S...
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by Brennan Manning with John Blasé Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 125 pages Before Brennan Manning died he composed this set..
Veronica Roth’s wildly popular youth novels about a dystopian future in the ruins of Chicago were converted into a highly successful movie..
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The good news is that this is a solid, winsome live-action rendering of the classic Disney animated version. Those of us who..
by Alice G. Miller Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, Amazon.com. 133 pages REVIEWED BY STEPHEN MCCUTCHAN When you hear “I know just..
by Rowan Williams Bloomsbury Publishing, London. 209 pages Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, is one of the finest theologians of our..
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You don’t necessarily have to see the original to enjoy the sequel, but it would help. In “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”..
by Clergy Against Alzheimer’s Network CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Washington, D.C. 179 pages REVIEWED BY RICHARD L. MORGAN Although there is a plethora..
Director Niki Caro (“Whale Rider”) is already adept at feel-good films, and star Kevin Costner (“Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “For Love..
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