Our Advent Calendar (Best Books of 2018), Ivan Illich, M. L'Engle, MORE - Dec. 3 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Mon, 12/03/18
December 3, 2018
“Modern medicine is a negation of health.
It isn't organized to serve human health,
but only itself, as an institution.
It makes more people sick than it heals.”
― Ivan Illich, philosopher / social critic,
Yesterday (Dec. 2) marks the anniversary of his death in 2002.
*** READ an excerpt of,
and DOWNLOAD a PDF ebook
of Illich's book
The Church, Change, and
Community Development
*** Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day!
A Light so Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of
Madeleine L'Engle
By Sarah Arthur
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New on Our Website...
Advent Calendar 2018 – Best Books of the Year!
Stop by daily through the Advent season,
as we will feature one of the best books of 2018 each day!
The first three days of the Advent calendar are live now...
In Case You Missed It...
Martin Niemöller’s Berlin – A Photo Essay
In Our Advent 2018 magazine issue, we feature a review of this superb new biography:
Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
By Matthew Hockenos
Since our reviewer for this book, Laura M. Fabrycky, lives in Berlin,
we asked her to take some photos of crucial landmarks from Martin Niemöller’s life…
Stephen Haynes – The Battle for Bonhoeffer
[Feature Review]
Misappropriating Bonhoeffer. A Feature Review of
The Battle for Bonhoeffer: Debating Discipleship
in the Age of Trump By Stephen Haynes
( Paperback: Eerdmans, 2018) Reviewed by James Dekker
*** Book Giveaway – John O’Donohue
– Walking in Wonder [5 Copies]
“This book ... is a treasure.” —Krista Tippett, host of On Being
We’re giving away FIVE copies of this excellent new book:
Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
John O’Donohue (Convergent Books)
Enter now to win one!
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books