Walker Percy, Bob Dylan, Daniel Berrigan, Carol Howard Merritt - May 11 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Fri, 05/11/18
















 

May 11, 2018



“I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.
When it does at last dawn on a man that you really want to hear about his business,
the look that comes over his face is something to see.” 

― Walker Percy, Novelist.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of Percy's death.



*** Our Intro Reading Guide
To Walker Percy's Books
!


 

New on Our Website...
 

Daniel Berrigan- Seven Extraordinary Poems!

Yesterday (May 9) was the birthday of the late Jesuit priest and poet,
Daniel Berrigan. Here are 7 of our favorite poems of his…





Ten Theology Books to Watch For – May 2018

Here are a some excellent theology books that will be released this month:
Missional Economics, Art, Family, MORE


 


Our Feature Review for this week:
A Soundtrack for Self-Immolation.
A Review of The Monk’s Record Player: Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan,
and the Perilous Summer of 1966  
by Robert Hudson.
(Hardback: Eerdmans, 2018)  Reviewed by Sam Edgin


 

*** 5 Essential Ebook Deals for Church Leaders

( Thomas Merton, Carol Howard Merritt, Eugene Peterson, MORE )



Book Giveaway – Rachel Marie Stone
– Birthing Hope [5 copies]


Enter to win a copy of the new book by Rachel Marie Stone!
We’re giving away FIVE copies of: Birthing Hope: Giving Fear to the Light
(Paperback: IVP Books)




David Crump- I Pledge Allegiance [Review]

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness. A review of
I Pledge Allegiance: A Believer’s Guide to Citizenship 
in 21st-Century America   By David Crump
(Paperback: Eerdmans, 2018)
Reviewed by Trudy Smith


 

 

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books