Neil Postman, Dorothy Day, Gandhi, Theology Not-Yet-Classics, Mitali Perkins, MORE - Oct. 5 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Sat, 10/05/19
October 5, 2019
“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined
as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes
a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience,
and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk;
culture-death is a clear possibility.”
― Neil Postman, social critic
TODAY marks the anniversary of his death in 2003
*** Our Intro Reading Guide
to Neil Postman's work!
*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
The Long Loneliness:
An Autobiography
by Dorothy Day
Only $1.99!!!
One of the excellent deals in Amazon's
monthly ebook sale for October...
*** Not Yet Classics – Theology Books
I have been enjoying theologian Matthew Bates’s Twitter series of not yet classics,
books that are neither “new nor a universally known classic,” but yet still merit our careful reading and reflection.
Taking Bates’s lead, I offer this list of theology books that are not yet classics
in my estimation, yet are ones that I have read, re-read, and regularly share with others.
*** Téa Obreht – Inland :
A Novel – Feature Review
Things We Refuse to See.
A Review of Inland: A Novel by Téa Obreht
(Hardback: Random House, 2019.)
Review by Mary VanderGoot
Mitali Perkins – Between Us
and Abuela – Review
Hope in Dark Days. A Review of Between Us and Abuela
by Mitali Perkins Illustrated by Sara Palacios
(Hardback: FSG Books for Young Readers, 2019)
Review by C. Christopher Smith
Daniel Schwartz – Ghetto:
The History of a Word – NPR Interview
A fascinating new book…
Ghetto: The History of a Word by Daniel Schwartz
Listen to an NPR interview with the author :
In Case You Missed It...
*** Amazon Monthly Kindle
Ebook Sale ! – October 2019
Amazon recently released their October 2019 ebook sale …
Browse the full sale or check out our recommended deals,
including books by N.T. Wright, Dorothy Day, Dallas Willard, and MORE
From Our Archives...
This week marked the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth.
The Church has much to learn from Gandhi’s life and teachings.
In remembrance, we offer this brief introductory reading guide for Christians.
*** YESTERDAY was the Feast of St. Francis!
To celebrate, we offer one of our
favorite poems about Francis...
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Vachel Lindsay
(1879-1931)
Would I might wake St. Francis in you all,
Brother of birds and trees, God’s Troubadour,
Blinded with weeping for the sad and poor;
Our wealth undone, all strict Franciscan men,
Come, let us chant the canticle again
Of mother earth and the enduring sun.
God make each soul the lonely leper’s slave;
God make us saints, and brave.
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books