National Book Award Winners, Henri Nouwen, Alvin Plantinga, MORE - Nov. 15 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Thu, 11/15/18
November 15, 2018
“In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong,
dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture;
foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility.
(If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.)”
― Alvin Plantinga,
philosopher / theologian,
who was born on this day
The Philosophical Legacy of
Alvin Plantinga
(Brief Video Clips)
*** Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day!
Discernment:
Reading the Signs of Daily Life
By Henri Nouwen
Only $1.99!!!
New on Our Website...
*** 2018 National Book Award Winners Announced!
The 2018 National Book Award winners were announced last night!
Learn more about the five winning books…
David Gushee / Colin Holtz –
Moral Leadership for a Divided Age [Review]
The Vital Humanness of Moral Leaders. A Review of
Moral Leadership for a Divided Age: 14 People Who Dared to Change Our World
David Gushee / Colin Holtz (Hardback: Brazos Press, 2018)
Reviewed by Aaron Morrison
Nafissa Thompson-Spires – Heads of the Colored People
[NPR Interview]
This collection of short stories has been nominated for a number of awards this year
(long-listed for the National Book Award, Finalist for the Kirkus Prize):
Heads of the Colored People: Stories
by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Hardback: Atria, 2018)
Listen to a great interview that Nafissa Thompson-Spires
did with NPR’s Audie Cornish:
In Case You Missed It...
*** Natasha Trethewey – 4 Poems
from her Superb New Book MONUMENT
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s newly released
collection of poems is undoubtedly one of the best poetry books of 2018
Monument: Poems New and Selected
(Hardback: HMH Books, Nov. 2018)
Here are four superb poems from this collection…
Samuel Seabury – The Case for Frequent Communion
TODAY (Nov. 14) is the Feast Day (in the Anglican Communion)
of Samuel Seabury. In honor of the occasion, we re-publish
Seabury’s incisive tract, An Earnest Persuasive to Frequent Communion.
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books