Our Home is Over Jordan: A Black Pastoral Theology, Homer Ashby, BV 4011.3.A84, 2003. "By 'conjuring' the biblical text, Homer U. Ashby, Jr. not only charts the rough waters of African American cultural confusion battered by psychological and social fragmen-tations, he also carefully provides hope and a specific vision for the future."
--Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago Divinity School
Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion, Ann Cahn, BL 51.T399, 2005. Offering a new approach to teaching the philosophy of religion, this anthology is organized around ten of the most widely cited works, including those by Thomas Aquinas, Plato, Soren Kierkegaard, and William James.
Terror and Suicide Attacks: An Islamic Perspective, Ergun Capan, ed., BP 910.R67, 2004. An analysis of terrorism through the lens of global ethics and the religious teachings of Islam.
The Practice of Happiness, Mirko Fryba, BQ 5620. F7913, 1995. An extraordinary, lucid and intelligent workbook based on and inspired by the Abjidjamma, an ancient Buddhist teaching in training the mind and living a liberating, happiness-promoting way of life. By sharing insights from his teaching, life experience, and private psychotherapy practice, Fryaba makes these traditional techniques applicable to contemporary settings.
What You Need to Know About the Economics of Growing, Teresa Ghilarducci, Ed., HQ 1064.U5. W483, 2004. A provocative reference guide for politicians, economists, journalists, students, and ordinary Americans through the maze of Social Security and other social, political, and economic systems governing aging.
The Golden String: An Autobiography, Bede Griffiths, BX 4668.G74, 1980. An autobiography of Bede Griffiths, who, after studies with C.S. Lewis, adopted a religious life in England and India, which encompassed both Eastern and Western traditions.
A Global Civilization of Love and Tolerance, M. Fethullah Gulen, BP 190.5.T47.T47, 2004. "Love and Tolerance is a call to Muslims to a greater awareness that Islam teaches the need for dialogue and that Muslims are called to be agents and witnesses to God's universal mercy, and an invitation to non-Muslims to move beyond suspicion, prejudice, and half-truths in order to arrive at an understanding of what Islam is really about." Thomas Michel
Allies Across the Border, Dale Hathaway, HD 8112.F74 H37, 2000. This first book on Mexico's pioneer independent labor federation, the Authentic Labor Front (the FAT), shows how activists are gaining strength in coalition with their "allies across the border."
The Politics of Lust, John Ince, HQ 21. I 549, 2005. This book exposes our hidden sexual anxiety and the disturbing social system that breeds in the minds of millions of people. The challenging ideas set forth in this text bring a radical new perspective on sexuality and society.
Ain't I A Woman!, Illona Linthwaite, Ed., PN 6109.9.A36, 1988. In this book of women's poetry from around the world, women's voices from across historical and cultural experiences express themes of love, motherhood, aging, injustice, loss, and the oppressions of race and sex.
Aging as Counterculture, David Maitland, BV 4580. M284, 1990. This text describes the need for older Americans to defy our culture's obsession with youth through positive action and life-affirming activities.
Druids, Preachers of Immortality, Steven M. Ross, BL 910.R67, 2004. Stripping away modern myths about the Druids, Ross brings rich information from Ireland and Wales about the ancient religion of the Celts.
New Religions in A Postmodern World, Mikael Rothstein and Reender Kranenborg, Eds., BP 603. N48, 2003. This volume collects new works in the study of emerging religions from the perspective of esotericism, millennialism and eschatology, religious leaders, and, more broadly, social aspects of emerging religious landscapes.
Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights, William Schulz, JC 585.S4328, 2003. William Schulz' provocative text examines the question of human rights and their destruction in the wake of 9/11, and proposes new methods to combat violence through the prism of our nation's newly dawned consciousness about terrorism.
Rebellion in Chiapas, John Womack, F 1219.1.C45 R43, 1999. "A penetrating history of the Chiapas rebellion by a master historian, with documents that open windows onto Mexico's tormented history and tumultuous contemporary politics. Indespensable reading for students of our NAFTA partner." -- John H. Coatsworth, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
