Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. (Preface by Kathleen Norris, Edited by Lynn R. Szabo. New York: A New Directions Book, 2005.) “Put simply, Merton is one of our great poetic talents of the twentieth century.” —Robert McDowell, The Hudson Review “He (Merton) has now...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Review by Wayne Northey. (Hans Boersma, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004, 288 pages.) This is an impressive book. First, Dr. Boersma is a meticulous theologian. Second, his sources are wide-ranging and carefully considered (this based on my limited awareness of...
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)...
