Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. Cynthia Bourgeault (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cowley Publications, 2004) These days are characterized by a strong interest in spirituality, contemplation, and the mystical approach to knowing and living a meaningful life. Typically, this has taken...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
Deepak Chopra’s Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End (New York: Harmony Books, 2005). Review by Brad Jersak. What troubled me most about Deepak Chopra’s Peace is the Way is not that the author gives no pretence of being Christian. Nor was I surprised...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. It is 50 years this autumn since the Beat Movement was launched at Six Gallery in San Francisco (October 13, 1955). Some of the American Beats from the East Coast (Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg) and the West Coast (Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder,...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. "Lament for a Nation should be respected as a masterpiece of political meditation." Peter Emberley "Masterpiece is not a word to use lightly, but Lament for a Nation merits it.William Christian It is forty years this year (1965-2005)...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller, Book Reviews
(Brian D. McLaren & Tony Campolo. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.). Review by Kevin Miller. Have evangelicals missed the point? That’s certainly how I assessed the situation as I walked into Borders bookstore recently. I’d even been kicking around ideas for a...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller, Book Reviews
(Evan Wright. New York: G. Putnam’s Sons, 2004). Review by Kevin Miller. “I’ll say one thing about these guys: When we take fire, not one of them hesitates to shoot back. In World War Two, when Marines hit the beaches, a surprisingly high percentage of them didn’t...
