{"title":"Power of Conversation: Books That Start Important Conversations","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"cry-of-the-earth-cry-of-the-poor","title":"Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #136ba7;\"\u003e\"An intense and powerful statement on the Theosphere and on Eco-spirituality. . . Clearly, this is a book to read and study.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eKenan B. Osborne, OFM, Franciscan School of Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed Latin American theologian here extends the intuitions of liberation theology showing how they contribute to answering the urgent questions of poverty and ecological degradation. Leonardo Boff argues that if Christian faith fails to appreciate the ecological paradigm, the link between human life and all of creation, then it only adds to the crisis--and begs for reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the threated Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff traces the economic and metaphysical ties that bind the fate of the rain forests with the fate of the indigenous peoples and the poor of the land. He shows how liberation theology must join with ecology in reclaiming the dignity of the earth and our sense of a common community, part of God's creation. To illustrate the possibilities, Boff turns to resources in Christian spirituality both ancient and modern, from the vision of St. Francis of Assisi to cosmic christology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeonardo Boff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis an internationally recognized theologian whose many books include the classic \u003cem\u003eJesus Christ Liberator\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEcclesiogenesis\u003c\/em\u003e, and more recently \u003cem\u003eThe Tao of Liberation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrancis of Rome, Francis of Assisi\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480_97069250-39fa-430d-bfc2-059faf5f3344_480x480.webp?v=1660153812\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeonardoBoff\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"251\" width=\"440\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Follow_the_Author_3_480x480.png?v=1661971260\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leonardo.boff.oficial\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"251\" width=\"440\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Follow_the_Author_480x480.png?v=1661971731\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Follow_the_Author_480x480.png?v=1661971731\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newslite.tv\/do-we-still-deserve-to-continue-on-earth-by-leonardo-boff\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"251\" width=\"440\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/GreenandBlackDarkProfessionalStaticQuoteGeneralNewsFacebookPost_2_480x480.png?v=1674831727\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/GreenandBlackDarkProfessionalStaticQuoteGeneralNewsFacebookPost_2_480x480.png?v=1674831727\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23982958968896,"sku":"978-1-57075-136-3","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Cry-of-the-Earth-Cry-of-the-Poor-653x1000.jpg?v=1747248090"},{"product_id":"reading-the-bible-from-the-margins","title":"Reading the Bible from the Margins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5593e9;\"\u003e\"This innovative resource is filled with considerable multicultural capital that can help many better understand the sad persistence of many 'great divides' in a nation that is so ready to proclaim to the world 'United We Stand!'\"--\u003cstrong\u003eCain Hope Felder, Howard University School of Divinity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5593e9;\"\u003e\"Global in outlook, this volume highlights perspectives on the Bible from Korean \u003cem\u003eMinjung \u003c\/em\u003eto Mujerista . . . . Timely and challenging, it raises pertinent questions for mainstream biblical scholarship.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eR.S. Sugirtharajah, University of Birmingham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA basic guide to reading the Bible from the perspective of the poor, oppressed, and marginalized.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis readable and provocative introduction to hermeneutics emphasizes how issues of race, class, and gender influence our reading and understanding. \u003cem\u003eReading the Bible from the Margins\u003c\/em\u003e begins where other texts fail to go: with the perspectives of those who society ignores. De La Torre shows how traditional or standard ways of approaching the Bible can be unacceptable to those who are discriminated against, and that the insights and understandings of biblical texts \"from the margins\" are enriching and valuable to all readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiguel A. 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I have. Its insights prompt understanding and prayer. The feminine perspective enriches.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJeremy Harrington, publisher, St. Anthony Messenger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese twenty-one imaginings of behind-the-scenes Gospel women will inspire and enthrall you. 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For African Americans, the image of Jesus, hung on a tree to die, powerfully grounded their faith that God was with them, even in the suffering of the lynching era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"5ti4bo-78ze6h-rvl44s-kfgolt\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"asit5i-6htw5t-bgpbda-pxyam2\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"asit5i-6htw5t-bgpbda-pxyam2\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJames H. Cone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1938-2018) was the Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. His books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Black Theology of Liberation, Martin \u0026amp; Malcolm \u0026amp; America: A Dream or a Nightmare,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Lynching Tree,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewinner of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. This year he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"4\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width: 48.7433%;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23986509283392,"sku":"978-1-62698-005-1","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheCrossandtheLynchingTree.jpg?v=1747248548"},{"product_id":"creation-in-crisis","title":"Creation in Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre Christians fulfilling the stewardship commandment of Genesis to care for God's household?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #137fa7;\"\u003e“During the past 10 years, but particularly during the pontificate of Pope Francis, concern for the poor and the exploited earth has moved from the periphery of Catholic theology to the core of what it means to be a Catholic.  Unfortunately, as Kureethadam acknowledges in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreation in Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e there is a lack of truly competent guides to help Catholics reconnect in an authentic way with this world that is our home.  I warmly welcome this timely and exciting book, which draws on the latest science, ethics, and theology to craft a new understanding of how humans can relate in a creative and non-exploitative way with the rest of God’s creation.” \u003cstrong\u003e- Sean McDonagh, author, \u003cem\u003eTo Care for the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #137fa7;\"\u003e“Scientists, ethicists, and general readers alike will find much to ponder and reflect upon in this comprehensive look at the contemporary ecological crisis. Grounded in physical and scientific analysis as well as social and theological critique, this book bridges multiple disciplines to depict why problems like biodiversity loss, food security, and deforestation should concern everyone. And Kureethedam's concluding theological reflections on sin and conversion in an ecological age represent an important inflection of ecological theology and ethics in the Catholic tradition.”  \u003cstrong\u003e-Christiana Z. Peppard, author, \u003cem\u003eJust Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we speak of the \"environmental crisis\" facing the planet, we reduce the coming catastrophe to a physical problem. In\u003cem\u003e Creation in Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e, Joshtrom Kureethadam seeks to extend the current understanding of what is truly an ecological crisis to include ethical and spiritual perspectives, arguing that the crisis is not merely an environmental problem, but is truly 'eco-logical' (a discourse about our common home - oikos) in nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn its careful incorporation of the latest science around issues such as environmental degradation, pollution, climate change, and food production, this book also enters into dialogue with various disciplines in understanding the contemporary ecological crisis. \u003cem\u003eCreation in Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e offers a depth of vision that yields up profound insights about our present milieu and the future of our common home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoshstrom Kureethadam\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Catholic priest and a professor at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. His background is in cosmology, and he currently holds the chair of philosophy of science at the Salesianum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FvlTTbguI3U\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ListentoFr.JoshthromKureethadam_amemberofthestaffoftheVatican_sDicasteryforPromotingIntegralHumanDevelopment_talkabouttheclearconnectionsbetweennonviolenceandecologicalconversion._480x480.png?v=1684769417\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ListentoFr.JoshthromKureethadam_amemberofthestaffoftheVatican_sDicasteryforPromotingIntegralHumanDevelopment_talkabouttheclearconnectionsbetweennonviolenceandecologicalconversion._480x480.png?v=1684769417\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23986989334592,"sku":"978-1-62698-100-3","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/978-1-62698-100-3.jpg?v=1747248607"},{"product_id":"stand-your-ground","title":"Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2a5e2e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2a5e2e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 74, 23);\"\u003eAdvance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD WINNER! - Faithful Citizenship\/Religious Freedom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 74, 23);\"\u003e\"The author strikes a good balance between political theology and analysis. Names in the news, including Michael Brown, combine with her own personal perspective as a mother to give the narrative poignancy and timeliness. Stand Your Ground raises important spiritual and social questions.\"\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 74, 23);\"\u003e\"A clarion call to all in the United States, regardless of race, gender, class or faith, to acknowledge our sordid and painful past and to work together to transform the American dream of equality and opportunity into a reality for all.\"\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiana L. Hayes, in \u003cem\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 74, 23);\"\u003e“If Trayvon was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk?”\u003cstrong\u003e—President Barack Obama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_30_e0304660-0050-496a-8e00-03a516124a44.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"70\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOn the Sunday morning after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer, black preachers across America addressed the questions his death raised for their communities: “Where is the justice of God? What are we to hope for?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn this timely and compelling book, Kelly Brown Douglas examines the myths and narratives underlying a “stand-your-ground” culture, taking seriously the social as well as the theological questions raised by this and similar events, from Ferguson, Missouri to Staten Island, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBut the author also brings another significant interpretative lens to this text: that of a mother. She writes: “There has been no story in the news that has troubled me more than that of Trayvon Martin’s slaying. President Obama said that if he had a son his son would look like Trayvon. 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Dr. Douglas's answer will help many African American Christians find a 'voice' to articulate with their lips what it is that they have felt in their hears for over 400 years.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA black Episcopal priest and theologian explores the history of \"platonized\" Christianity that results in distortions of the Gospels, including racism, classicism, sexism and the violence they inspire and condone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e is Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Director of the Religion Program at Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, where she holds the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion. Prior to coming to Goucher College she was an Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity, Washington, DC, and served as Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJacksonville, FL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA native of Dayton, OH, Dr. Douglas was ordained in 1985 at Saint Margaret's Episcopal Church—the first black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in the Southern Ohio Diocese, and one of only five nationwide at the time. In 2012 she was the first to receive the Anna Julia Cooper Award by the Union of Black Episcopalians for her “literary boldness and leadership in the development of a womanist theology and discussing the complexities of Christian faith in African-American contexts.\" \u003cem\u003eEssence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine counts her “among this country’s most distinguished religious thinkers, teachers, ministers, and counselors.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe is widely published in national and international journals. Her other books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Black Christ\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat’s Faith Got to Do with It? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(both from Orbis Books) as well as Black Bodies\/Christian Souls, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also co-editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevDrKBD\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/FollowtheAuthor_480x480.png?v=1664462152\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/afro.com\/creating-a-more-just-society-the-fierce-urgency-of-now\/?fbclid=IwAR2BFGJXf9jFU5IGTaUydu_XlKYpvGl1CPzTYaBF0NkXVRgLOlYeZr-A1jk\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Creatingamorejustsocietythe_fierceurgencyofnow_bySpecialtotheAFROAugust27_2023_1_480x480.png?v=1693232417\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trippfuller.com\/2023\/10\/05\/kelly-brown-douglas-resurrection-hope-a-future-where-black-lives-matter\/?fbclid=IwAR1ySAWAs-ikKgVlAvYr-g918eySdefaBZHVahOWfT5SJwmW1SP1uhZbjKY\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_15_480x480.png?v=1696946968\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leeds.anglican.org\/amen-conference-emphasises-that-racial-justice-must-be-a-core-feature-of-church.php?fbclid=IwAR34VAJhASNVun79zkJFxUvunZWsXB5M0WvXwR8O3oe329HMO38z0oPPLns\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CopyofAMENConferenceemphasisesthatracialjusticemustbeacorefeatureofChurch_480x480.png?v=1699540795\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23987123847232,"sku":"978-1-57075-609-2","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/What_sFaithFC__2.jpg?v=1747248636"},{"product_id":"on-care-for-our-common-home-laudato-si","title":"On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si'","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3570c4;\"\u003e\"This exceptionally vivid, insightful, accessible, and authoritative explication and analysis of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaudato Si\u003c\/span\u003e by Fr. Sean McDonagh is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in this encyclical of modern Catholic social teaching. Scholars, practitioners, journalists and students will benefit profoundly from the pairing of the detailed introduction of Fr.McDonagh with the encyclical text. In short, this is a stupendous volume.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eChristiana Z. Peppard, Fordham University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: CronosPro-Italic; color: #700081;\"\u003eL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eaudato Si, \u003c\/em\u003ePope Francis historic encyclical on the environment, was issued in 2015. As the first encyclical devoted entirely to the environment and related social justice issues, it represented a watershed in the church's engagement with such urgent challenges as climate change, environmental degradation, and the fate of the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"\u003eThis volume joins the full text of \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si \u003c\/em\u003ewith reflections by Sean McDonagh, one of the foremost Catholic proponents of ecological awareness. Aside from reviewing the history of Catholic teaching and the environment, he elaborates on several of the specific themes in the encyclical climate change, biodiversity, water scarcity, the threats to the ocean, and the crisis of food. He concludes with prescriptions about what must be done to turn the popes vision into a program of effective action. Each of us has a role to play. As Pope Francis observes, All it takes is one good person to restore hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eClick here for a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.iustitiaetpax.va\/content\/dam\/giustiziaepace\/Eventi\/laudatosi\/guidatematica\/Laudato_ENG.pdf\"\u003e10-page Study Guide\u003c\/a\u003e to Laudato Si' prepared by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSean McDonagh, SSC\u003c\/strong\u003e, an Irish Columbian priest, is well known around the world as an eco-theologian who works to raise awareness of the connections between justice and peace issues, environmental sustainability, and faith. His books include \u003cem\u003eClimate Change:\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Challenge to All of Us, Greening the Christian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMillennium, Care for the Earth, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDying\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003efor Water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23987343392832,"sku":"978-1-62698-173-7","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626981737.jpg?v=1747248676"},{"product_id":"care-for-creation","title":"Care for Creation","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eHuman beings and nature must not be at the service of money . . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eThat economy destroys Mother Earth.  -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePope Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003ePope Franciss historic encyclical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eLaudato Sia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003ewas not merely the first encyclical to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eaddress ecology and care for creation; 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She underscores the significance of African cosmology and African-American history to ecowomanist ways of being in the world. Her articulation of these broad cosmological and historical frameworks for effective environmental justice is brilliant and timely.” \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and co-author Journey of the Universe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #48a8de;\"\u003e “Essential reading in these extraordinarily troubling times.” Race\/Knitter Race and Knitter have put together a collection of interesting essays on a compelling cutting-edge approach to theology of religions that is well worth the effort to read. \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHartford Seminary, CT Lucinda Mosher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #48a8de;\"\u003e\"In this rich and powerful work, Harris introduces the concept of ecowomanism by clearly and effectively laying out its methodology, applications, and significance. This book is a critically important work of justice deeply rooted in the experiences and history of Black women's long struggle against eco-racism and all forms of oppression.\" \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDiana L. Hayes,\u003c\/span\u003e author, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNo Crystal Stair: Womanist Spirituality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #48a8de;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harris deftly achieves that elusive goal: a book that will be highly relevant not only for the academy, but also for the church and for social movements. It will be invaluable for courses in environmental and religious ethics, spirituality, Black liberation theologies, womanist ethics and theologies, and African American religious thought.\" \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCynthia Moe-Lobeda,\u003c\/span\u003e author, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eResisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #48a8de;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harris rightly asks important questions: What are the relationships between human communities and the Earth? In what ways do religions contribute, or deprive, communities of Earth knowledge? Is there an urgency today for justice that calls forth womanist understandings of oppression of peoples and ecologies? This is not a read and weep book; this is a stand up and shout book!\" \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJohn A. Grim,\u003c\/span\u003e co-editor, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorldviews and Ecology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eScholarship on African American history and culture has often neglected the tra­dition of African American women who engage in theological and religious reflection on their ethical and moral responsibility to care for the earth. Melanie Harris argues that African American women make distinctive contributions to the environmental justice movement in the ways that they theologize, theorize, practice spiritual activism, and come into religious understandings about our re­lationship with the earth. Incorporating ele­ments of her family history to set the stage for her argument, Harris intersperses her academic reflections with her own personal stories and anecdotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis unique text stands at the intersection of several academic disciplines: womanist theol­ogy, eco-theology, spirituality, and theological aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelanie L. Harris \u003c\/strong\u003eis Founding Director of African American and Africana Studies and Professor of Religion and Ethics at Texas Christian Univer­sity,. Dr. Harris also serves as an American Council of Education Fellow at the University of Denver. She is author of \u003cem\u003eGifts of Virtue, Alice Walker, and Womanist Ethics, \u003c\/em\u003eand co-editor of \u003cem\u003eFaith, Femi­nism and Scholarship \u003c\/em\u003e(both Palgrave Macmillan). She holds a PhD from Union Theological Semi­nary, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23987442384960,"sku":"978-1-62698-201-7","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626982017.jpg?v=1747248698"},{"product_id":"blessed-are-the-refugees","title":"Blessed Are the Refugees: Beatitudes of Immigrant Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #107dc7;\"\u003e“Our role as people of faith is to put a face to the ‘issue’ of immigration, because if you ‘see’ that those who are the victims of an injustice are exactly like us, it is much more difficult to do inhuman things to them. Blessed are the Refugees does this in a very real way.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis moving book highlights the stories of immigrant children who fled Central America, having taken the dangerous trip alone to escape violence and poverty. Eight story-reflections, each based on a different Beatitude and recounting the experience of one of these youths, are written by attorneys and volunteers of Catholic Charities’ Esperanza Center of Baltimore. The story\/reflections are accompanied by artwork created by an immi­grant youth and her brother, along with prayers written by Jesuit Father Leo O’Donovan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Rose \u003c\/strong\u003ehelps immigrant children as a Catholic deacon and volunteer attorney with Esperanza Center. He is also the CEO of a non-profit community mental health organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo J. O’Donovan, SJ, \u003c\/strong\u003eis Director of Mission for Jesuit Refugee Service\/USA and former presi­dent of Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1989 to 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicbooksreview.org\/2022\/Rose.html\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CATHOLIC_BOOKS_REVIEW_Blessed_are_the_Refugees_Beatitudes_of_Immigrant_Children_August_30_2018_Maryknoll_NY_Orbis_Books_18.00._ISBN_978-1-62698-288-8_1_480x480.png?v=1653505568\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicbooksreview.org\/2022\/Rose.html\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23987846709312,"sku":"978-1-62698-288-8","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626982888.jpg?v=1747248779"},{"product_id":"an-ecological-theology-of-liberation","title":"An Ecological Theology of Liberation","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"content_description\" class=\"ty-wysiwyg-content content-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is the relationship between salvation, human liberation, and care for creation? To answer this question Daniel Castillo expands on the ideas presented in Gustavo Gutierrez's classic work \u003cem\u003eA Theology of Liberation\u003c\/em\u003e and proposes a novel concept: green liberation theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling and original work Castillo places Gutierrez in dialogue with a diverse array of theological, ecological, and socio-scientific discourses, drawing upon the work of Jon Sobrino, Willie James Jennings, Walter Brueggemann, Ellen Davis,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eand others, paying special attention to Pope Francis encyclical \u003cem\u003eLaudato Siâ\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel P. Castillo \u003c\/strong\u003eis assistant professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland. 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This timely and though-provoking volume opens with that statement, and concludes five years later with the bishops reflection on the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. These events, five years apart, are the bookends on an ongoing effort to contend with the persistent racial divide and its meaning for the nation and the Catholic Church in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e     But they also reveal the ongoing journey and the gradual personal awakening of an African American Catholic theologian and bishop in response to the challenge posed by resistance to the reality that Black Lives Matter. In his addresses, essays, and pastoral letters, Bishop Braxton invites a dialogue for healing in the church and the nation, by urging readers to acknowledge difficult truths with openness to the Holy Spirit call to conversion, justice, and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward K. 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Harris is assistant professor of African American thought and practice in the Theological Studies Department at \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyola Marymount University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(89, 24, 24);\"\u003e“Black Lives Matter is not a movement pushing an extremist agenda that contradicts our faith; it is the secular version of Catholic social teaching” With rigor and originality, her book makes this case beyond a doubt.\"\u003cstrong\u003e —Kate Ward, Marquette University, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Moral Theology\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Those who erroneously believe that the BLM movement and Church teachings are in conflict need not look any further than the pages of this book to see the myriad ways the two intersect. In fact, by embracing the values of BLM, Catholicism can begin to embody the values it preaches but often fails to practice.”\u003cstrong\u003e—From the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirth of a Movement \u003c\/em\u003epresents a radical call to dignity and equality for all people. 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line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e“Challenges communities to embrace worship that embodies justice and collective healing.”— \u003cb\u003eCatholic Books Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e“An innovative contribution to womanist theology and liturgical practice.”— \u003cb\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTrue worship is inseparable from the pursuit of justice and the dignity of every body.”— \u003cb\u003eChristian Ethics Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e“Lisa Allen has written a vigorous, well-informed, and provocative historical account of Black Church worship traditions. She has brought together insights from a rich set of sources, and has framed her reflection in light of significant developments and figures in womanist theology. This book is a must read for understanding Black liturgical history and the key issues facing current Black Church traditions. This is engaged, relevant scholarship with a discerning heart, mapping territory we need to know.”—\u003cb\u003eDon E. Saliers, William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship, Emeritus, Theologian-in-Residence, Emory University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e“At the heart of the Black Church experience is worship. At its nerve center resides the divine imperatives of love and justice. Lisa Allen’s signature work leads us into the fierce faithfulness of Womanist theology, woven through the advocating and clearing spaces of worship. In action and instruction, Dr. Allen reflects the very wisdom contained within these pages.”—\u003cb\u003eAlton B. Pollard III, President and Professor of Religion and Culture, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e\"There is no doubt that Allen’s book will inspire future pastoral and practical theological work, and perhaps even give rise to creative new modes of worship planning and performance. \"- \u003cb\u003eXavier M. Montecel, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023): 145–165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"44\" width=\"440\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eExamines the history of worship in the Black Church in America, the enduring effects of white supremacy on its liturgical heritage, and proffers a new liturgical paradigm, using a womanist hermeneutic, for students, liturgists, liturgical musicians and lay people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIn this “love letter to the Black Church,” Dr. Lisa Allen examines the history of worship in the Black Church in America (and its legacy of equating liturgy with justice), the enduring effects of white supremacy on its liturgical heritages, and finally proffers a new liturgical paradigm, using a womanist hermeneutic, for students, liturgists, liturgical musicians, and lay people. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Allen, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is an Emmy-award winning pastor, professor, and public theologian. She is the Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Church Music and Worship and Degree Coordinator for the Master of Arts in Liturgical Arts and Culture at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. She has over forty years of experience as a church musician, liturgist, and educator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWorship Matters! A Collection of Practical Essays on the Practical and Spiritual Discipline of Worship.\u003c\/i\u003e She currently resides in Atlanta, GA, and serves as Coordinator of Practical Ministries for the Sixth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"toc\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Allen_A_Womanist_Theology_of_Worship_TOC.pdf?v=1648576441\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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Truly prophetic.”—\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaul M. Pearson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDirector, Thomas Merton Center\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2e5cd0;\"\u003e“Gordon Oyer’s deep foray into Merton’s correspondence is a must read! Meticulously researched and skillfully crafted, Signs of Hope not only illumines the development of Merton’s thinking on urgent issues of his day but also animates our work for social transformation today.”—\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristine M. Bochen, editor, Thomas Merton: Essential Writings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2e5cd0;\"\u003e“Oyer’s warm, compassionate voice and skill as historian locates these letters inside our own urgent social questions with a subtle buoyancy.”—\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRose Marie Berger, Senior Editor, Sojourners magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2e5cd0;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Oyer offers a ‘peace and social justice movement history through epistolary’ that puts Merton’s correspondence in critical conversation with our fraught times—and thus with a new generation.”—Ched Myers, co-author, \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHealing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2e5cd0;\"\u003e“Signs of Hope is a well-written and insightful contribution that furthers our understanding of Merton, his writings and his interest in engaging others on the critical issues of his time. Readers will appreciate the biographical sketches Oyer provides of the correspondents that help explain Merton’s motivations in conducting such correspondence and create a larger context with which to view the letters.”\u003cstrong\u003e-- Thomas T. Spencer, Merton Seasonal (ITMS)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #41658e;\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The real hope, then, is not in something we thing we can do, but in God who is making something good out of in some way we cannot see. If we can do His will we will be helping in this process. But we will not necessarily know all about it beforehand.” –\u003c\/i\u003eThomas Merton to Jim Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn entering the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemane in 1941, Thomas Merton initially saw himself as withdrawing from “the world.” But in later years his sense of monastic vocation changed. His contemplative life became a point of prophetic engagement with his fellow men and women in their struggles, their hopes, and their questions. This social engagement was particularly fueled by his wide correspondence.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigns of Hope\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efocuses on Merton’s engagement with the themes of peace, race, and ecology, as expressed through particular relationships, including with such notable figures as Dorothy Day, Daniel Berrigan, and Vincent Harding. Each chapter reveals themes from his life of dialogue, his apostolate of friendship, and his probing assessment of critical issues that remain vital for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGordon Oyer\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePursuing the Spiritual Roots of Protest: Merton, Berrigan, Yoder, Muste at the Gethsemane Peacemakers Retreat\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(Cascade Books, 2014), which won the International Thomas Merton Society’s Louie Award for the best contribution to Merton studies of the previous three years. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41043113214147,"sku":"978-1-62698-430-1","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Signs-of-Hope-653x1000.jpg?v=1747248952"},{"product_id":"true-crime-and-the-justice-of-god-ethics-media-and-forensic-science","title":"True Crime and The Justice of God: Ethics, Media, and Forensic Science","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d899f;\"\u003eWhy do so many white women love true crime television shows? Vasko and Ferrara use this intriguing question to open up a world of pressing ethical and political concerns, from the backlog of rape test kits to white guilt, from ‘super-predators’ to ‘himpathy.’ Modeling how to center the perspectives of survivors and the most marginalized, the authors call Christians to move from titillation to justice work.” \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Vincent Lloyd, co-editor, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnti-Blackness and Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d899f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e“In a keen intersectional analysis of the theological ethics and scientific forensics of true crime, the authors challenge positionalities of whiteness that fetishize Blackness and criminality. Their ability to use their location within whiteness to talk primarily to white people about the sins of anti-Blackness is a radical form of allyship that advances efforts to change the narrative of criminality.”\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Rev. Nikia Robert, PhD, founder and executive director, Abolitionist Sanctuary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“Maximizing a creative interdisciplinary approach, the authors uncover how white, Christian influences combine with a faulty depiction of forensic science to deform the moral imagination of True Crime consumers. This book raises the level of the reader’s media literacy, forensic science knowledge, and liberative theological understandings to encourage concrete moral responses to the very real problem of racism in the U.S. criminal legal system.”\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Kate Ott, author, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristian Ethics for a Digital Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d899f;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUtilizing the tools of forensic science and Christian theological ethics, this book resituates prominent criminal cases within their social and forensic contexts. Particular attention is given to the ways in which patterns of systemic ignorance and social inequity sustain anti-blackness and violence against women in society at large and in daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Explores the Western phenomena of true crime and its impact on the Christian moral imagination. This project sits in direct conversation with the following three bodies of literature: 1) theological and moral engagement of criminal justice, 2) theological engagement of popular media, and 3) forensic science in the media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElisabeth T. Vasko\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor of theology at Duquesne University and author of \u003cem\u003eBeyond Apathy: A Theology for Bystanders\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Cone revolutionized American theology with the publication in 1969 and 1970 of his first groundbreaking works on Black Liberation Theology—a fusion of themes from the Gospel and the Black Power movement. Some critics challenged him for drawing more on European sources rather than African American history and culture. His response in 1972 was \u003cem\u003eThe Spirituals and the Blues, \u003c\/em\u003ea major examination of the soul-songs that emerged from slavery and Jim Crow oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Spirituals, as Cone showed, enslaved Black people expressed their deep appropriation of the Gospel message of freedom, and their trust in God’s identification with the oppressed. In the Blues, a “secular spiritual” born in the era of segregation and lynching, Black people expressed their dignity, love, and “the gut capacity to survive,” amidst all the forces that pressed them down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction to this anniversary edition, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes writes: “Cone’s work established that theology must attend to the questions and the witness of enslaved Africans and their descendants; they have a voice, through their music, in the serious questions of theology. And fifty years after its first publication in 1972, Cone’s work retains its enduring witness.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames H. Cone, \u003c\/strong\u003ewho died in 2018, was Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. He was the author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eBlack Theology \u0026amp; Black Power; A Black Theology of Liberation; \u003c\/em\u003ehis memoir, \u003cem\u003eSaid I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody; \u003c\/em\u003eand a modern classic, \u003cem\u003eThe Cross and the Lynching Tree, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41452384485571,"sku":"978-1-62698-481-3","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626984813.jpg?v=1747248996"},{"product_id":"anti-asian-racism-myths-stereotypes-and-catholic-social-teaching","title":"Anti Asian Racism : Myths, Stereotypes, and Catholic Social Teaching","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e“Joseph Cheah’s \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnti-Asian Racism \u003c\/em\u003ecould not have come at a more opportune time. Trump’s racist rhetoric about Covid-19 as the ‘Chinese Virus’ has infected the American body politic with virulent and violent anti-Asian racism. Presenting Catholic Social Teaching in a new light, Cheah prescribes the vaccine that can prevent and heal the division and hatred that is tearing apart the American social fabric. His book is a must-read for all Americans.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e“What a much-needed book in this time of yet another rise in anti-Asian sentiment! 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It is essential reading for students, teachers, and those engaging in pastoral ministries.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Earlham School of Religion; author, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpirit Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e“This is clear analysis of Asian Americans’ complicated and subordinated racial position in the U.S., and more importantly, an invaluable theological application of how Catholic Social Teaching relates to the racism that Asians and Pacific Islanders face, and how readers can meet Jesus amidst our communities.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRussell Jeung, San Francisco State University; cofounder, Stop AAPI Hate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis is the most comprehensive analysis to date\u003c\/span\u003e of anti-Asian racism, told from a Catholic perspective. Cheah includes relevant Catholic Social Teaching documents, comparing and contrasting the Asian experience with anti-Black racism. The heart of the book is structured around three major stereotypes: perpetual foreigner, Yellow Peril, and the myth of the model minority. These are examined from the perspectives of history, Asian American Studies, Asian American marginal theology, biblical studies, and CST.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Cheah \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor and chair of the department of philosophy, theology, and religious studies at the University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT. 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G. is stirringly persuasive in showing us that the Christian story cannot be told without the immigrant story. Reading his book will call you to a truer, indeed blessed relationship to God, your neighbor and your very self.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eLeo J. O'Donovan, S.J., Jesuit Refugee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e\"This book could not come at a more opportune time, with more than three million refugees streaming out of Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing borders in search of safety and life. With his trademark spirituality and pastoral heart, Dan Groody teaches us to see the crucified body of Christ in the broken bodies of refugees and how their bodies are transubstantiated into the Eucharistic Body of Christ to give new life to us all. \u003cem\u003eA Theology of Migration \u003c\/em\u003eis an absolute must-read\u003cstrong\u003e.”--Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e“Weaving migrant stories, Scriptural reflections, and church documents around the various dimensions of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, \u003cem\u003eA Theology of Migration\u003c\/em\u003e is profound, yet practical. This significative contribution to Groody’s already important work is a timely word for all Christians.” \u003cstrong\u003e-M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas), PhD, Scripture Press Ministries Professor of Biblical Studies and Pedagogy, Wheaton College and Graduate School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e “This book is singularly powerful in its location of migrants, their dreams, cries, and relationship with God within the structure of the mass. It is ultimately about our faith: how we, in our understanding of and hospitality to migrants, make our own migration back to God.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Carolyn Y. Woo, Distinguished President’s Fellow for Global Development, Purdue University; author, \u003ci\u003eRising: Learning from Women’s Leadership in Catholic Ministries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e\"Groody explores both the “outer journey of migrants and the inner journey of faith,” framed by the eucharistic liturgy. He moves fluidly between the painful realities that migrants and refugees experience—hunger, thirst, violence, incarceration, rejection—and the body of Christ present at Mass, creating a “Eucharistic hermeneutic of migration directed toward the redemption of the world.” His description of the Mass Pope Francis celebrated in Lampedusa reveals parallels between the broken bodies of migrants and the Eucharist. This book serves as a powerful companion in understanding migration through the eyes of faith. \"\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhonda Miska\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eU.S. Catholic Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003eDan Groody has a very natural gift of theological wholeness. He intuits the whole picture. You do not need to be involved in immigration or refugee work to find great inspiration in this book. It is about community, a very full theology of church, and a foundation for mystical service and practical prayer in a deeply suffering world.\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3793bc;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #28a1d7;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YU3kqzVXU6w\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a systematic theology of migration that seeks to reframe the operative political, social and cultural narratives through a Eucharistic narrative. The heart of it revolves around the outer journey of migrants, the inner journey of faith, and the divine journey into our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on accounts of migrants and refugees around the globe, the book explores the relationship between faith and justice, theology and migration, and Christian spirituality and the challenges of the modern world. From a theological perspective, it is about the God who first migrated to our world in the Incarnation and the God who calls people to migrate back to our spiritual homeland as citizens of the Kingdom. It explores the body of Christ as encountered inside of a church building in the sacrament of the Eucharist and the body of Christ as encountered outside of it in the least and the last of our world today (Mt. 25:31–46). In the context of the global migration and refugee crisis, it examines ways the divine and human intermingle on our earthly pilgrimage and transform us into the image and likeness of God to become bread for the world through the works of mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel G. Groody\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Holy Cross priest, \u003cspan\u003eVice President and Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan\u003eprofessor of theology and global affairs\u003c\/span\u003e at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored many books and articles, translated into seven languages, including \u003cem\u003eGlobalization, Spirituality, and Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, and is host of a podcast, “Heart’s Desire and Social Change” (heartsdesiresocialchange.com).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Groody_A_Theology_of_Migration_Intro.pdf?v=1654616471\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Groody_A_Theology_of_Migration_TOC.pdf?v=1654616471\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/articles\/202303\/what-were-reading-this-month-march-2023\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"286\" width=\"501\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ATheologyofMigrationTheBodiesofRefugeesandtheBodyofChristachievesabalancethatisuncommonascholarlytheologytextthatremainsfirmlyrootedinlivedreality._1_480x480.png?v=1680182607\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/fault-lines\/a-theology-of-immigration\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"286\" width=\"501\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Fault_Lines_A_Theology_of_Immigration_None_of_us_have_a_permanent_residence_here_in_this_world_the_Reverend_Dan_Groody_says._By_Jay_Caspian_Kang_February_3_2026.png?v=1770314887\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41465052922051,"sku":"978-1-62698-487-5","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626984875.jpg?v=1747249004"},{"product_id":"all-the-way-in-a-story-of-activism-incarceration-and-organic-farming","title":"All the Way In: A Story of Activism, Incarceration, and Organic Farming","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 65, 44);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 65, 44);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Place - Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 65, 44);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"246\" width=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 92, 46);\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Winner of the Nautilus Award - Gold Medal*\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: rgb(21, 85, 41);\"\u003e*Focused Topic: Spiritual Memoir*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3_480x480_255dce24-eaeb-4c08-8274-abc47204d28a.webp?v=1707416101\" width=\"205\" height=\"47\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“With tender compassion and fierce humility, Sister Jeanne shares the wisdom garnered through a life committed to walking a path of truth and justice. 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These pages inspire us to answer for ourselves the question of what we feel called to do.”—\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Safina, Endowed Professor for Nature and Humanity, Stony Brook University \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3_480x480_255dce24-eaeb-4c08-8274-abc47204d28a.webp?v=1707416101\" width=\"205\" height=\"47\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inspiring story of one Dominican sister’s ongoing journey in religious life, moving from conventional ministries to a growing engagement with nonviolent witness, peace activism, and care for the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeanne Clark, OP\u003c\/strong\u003e, has long been inspired by the work of Passionist priest and author Thomas Berry, and the teachings of his former student Brian Swimme. A Pax Christi Long Island “Peacemaker of the Year,” she has received other awards including one from the ACLU. Clark co-founded Homecoming Farm on Long Island, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Clark_All_the_Way_In_TOC.pdf?v=1666631890\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Clark_All_the_Way_In_TOC.pdf?v=1666631890\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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We are indebted to Kathleen Deignan and Libby Osgood for their painstaking work in opening up Teilhard’s writing for daily contemplation.\"  \u003cb\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, co-author, \u003ci\u003eJourney of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(41, 112, 179);\"\u003e\"In this lovely book, two seasoned religious scholars have traced the vein of hope-filled prayer running throughout the writings of Teilhard de Chardin. Setting Teilhard’s prayers, reflections, and meditations in the format of liturgical hours, the editors have produced a creative, readable, and inspiring work.\"-\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Haught, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cosmic Vision of Teilhard de Chardin \u003c\/i\u003e(Orbis, 2021).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(41, 112, 179);\"\u003e\"Those who have been inspired by Teilhard's theology and spirituality . . . will find much to savor in this volume.\"\u003cb\u003e- J.Mathew Ashley, University of Notre Dame, Theological Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #22699a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3.webp?v=1724785113\" width=\"324\" height=\"74\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \n\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(27, 99, 17); background: white;\"\u003eThis Book of Hours is divided into eight days, and further subdivided into Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Dark. The first seven days follow weekly evolutionary themes and conclude with an eighth day, “Tomorrow,” to honor Teilhard’s vision of the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: AGaramondPro;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Noone Deignan, CND, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame, is a teaching theologian and founding director of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, Iona College. She is a founding convener of the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue and a GreenFaith Fellow engaged in interfaith environmental leadership. President Emerita of the International Thomas Merton Society, her books include \u003cem\u003eThomas Merton: A Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e. Kathleen sits on the board of the American Teilhard Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibby (Elizabeth) Osgood, CND, PhD, PEng\u003c\/strong\u003e, is an Aerospace Engineer who teaches sustainable design engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her research is on the intersection of science and faith, engineering education, and design pedagogy. 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Gandolfo makes \u003cem\u003epresente\u003c\/em\u003e a Latin American prophetic vision where everything is alive and where resurrection continues in a people’s ongoing journey toward an-other world already in our midst. Beautifully written with piercing analysis, it is a book for re-forming the church unto solidarity with all Creation.”-- \u003cstrong\u003eLeo Guardado, Fordham University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2671d1;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2671d1;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“EcoMartyrdom in the Americas\u003c\/em\u003e is beautifully written and profound in its insight. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo’s careful and compassionate analysis of the struggle for ecological justice in Latin America elucidates the concrete demands that the call to love neighbor and earth lay before people of faith and goodwill. \u003cem\u003eEcoMartyrdom in the Americas\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely and urgent call to conversion. “–\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel P. Castillo, Loyola University Maryland, author of \u003cem\u003eAn Ecological Theology of Liberation: Salvation and Political Ecology \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2671d1;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2671d1;\"\u003e“From Romero to Marielle Franco and the Guardians of the forest in the Amazon. We live among the living memories of those who were assassinated for fighting and holding our common life together. While we live our lives in cities, there are people at the frontline of the protection of the land against the capitalist extractivism that wants to devour everything. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo give us an absolutely timely book that help us understand how these ecomartyrs are the canaries of the coal mine. Unless we remember those who are gone and the ones still protecting the earth and our common living, and join in their struggle, we won’t have any world left to live. This is a desperately needed book for any one of any religion to understand the times we are living now. “ -- \u003cstrong\u003eCláudio Carvalhaes, Professor of Worship at Union Theological Seminary in New York\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2671d1;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2671d1;\"\u003e“Theology is at its best when it centers the margins, and Gandolfo’s book is an excellent addition to a prophetic legacy pleading for the interruption of extractivism. The convenience we enjoy costs too much if the price is the health and welfare of others. We are living too shortsightedly if our enjoyment of the earth’s spoils does not take into account the long-term detriment of creation.”- \u003cstrong\u003eChris Burton, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Century Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2671d1;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2671d1;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis book lifts up the witness of women and men in the Americas who have been murdered for their commitment to environmental justice and ecological liberation. The central claim here is that murdered environmental activists can and should be understood theologically by Christians as eco-martyrs. Therefore, their witness should challenge the church, especially in the Global North, to enter into solidarity with the ecological struggles of poor and indigenous communities not only in the Americas, but around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo\u003c\/strong\u003e is Edith B. and Arthur E. Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, NC. Gandolfo earned her BA in Theology at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, her MTS in Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and her PhD in theological studies at Emory University. Her published works include \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Power and Vulnerability of Love: A Theological Anthropology\u003c\/em\u003e (Fortress Press, 2015) and the co-edited volume, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParenting as Spiritual Practice and Source for\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Theology: Mothering Matters \u003c\/em\u003e(Palgrave MacMillan, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" data-mce-style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Gandolfo_Ecomartyrdom_in_the_Americas_TOC.pdf?v=1670600244\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Gandolfo_Ecomartyrdom_in_the_Americas_TOC.pdf?v=1670600244\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/englewoodreview.org\/ten-theology-books-to-watch-for-march-2023\/2\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/englewoodreview.org\/ten-theology-books-to-watch-for-march-2023\/2\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TenTheologyBookstoWatchFor_March2023_480x480.png?v=1678893838\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"228\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TenTheologyBookstoWatchFor_March2023_480x480.png?v=1678893838\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicpublishers.org\/Excellence-in-Publishing-Awards\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Best_of_the_Best_Award_Nomination_Animated_Facebook_Post_Business_Card_Landscap_8dbfc295-2890-42b8-83bc-8e116f2a28c5.jpg?v=1717424878\" width=\"399\" height=\"228\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/arts-culture\/2024\/09\/12\/review-gandalfo-ecomartyrdom-americas-248760\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Review_Martyrs_for_the_earth_Business_Card_US.png?v=1726508094\" width=\"399\" height=\"228\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/review\/books\/earth-martyrs\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/review\/books\/earth-martyrs\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/byChrisBurtonintheSeptember2023issuePublishedonAugust30_2023_1_480x480.png?v=1693406554\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/byChrisBurtonintheSeptember2023issuePublishedonAugust30_2023_1_480x480.png?v=1693406554\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42001562271939,"sku":"978-1-62698-512-4","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626985124.jpg?v=1747249042"},{"product_id":"christ-among-the-classes-the-rich-the-poor-and-the-mission-of-jesus","title":"Christ Among the Classes: The Rich, the Poor, and the Mission of the Church","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(82, 129, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(82, 129, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(82, 129, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond Place - Inclusion in the Church\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(82, 129, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" width=\"430\" height=\"246\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(32, 95, 179);\"\u003e\"A clarion call to the Christian Church to examine itself so that it might be free from the evil of classism. Tizon reminds [that] we have not been called to close the doors to meet our budget, instead, we must fight to open the doors so the whosoever may come.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eDiandra M. Darby, in \u003ci\u003eHomiletic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003e\"Christ Among the Classes is a welcomed new addition to mission studies discourse,recommended for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, and for practitioners in mission and other areas of church leadership.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eStephanie D. Nobile, Missiology: An International Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003eChrist Among the Classes is a welcomed new addition to mission studies discourse,recommended for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, and for practitioners in mission and other areas of church leadership\"Heartfelt and existentially challenging. . . . Tizon’s book points us all, and perhaps especially those working in development, toward a spiritual pathway of real and lasting change.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eCyntha Moody in \u003ci\u003eChristian Relief, Development, and Advocacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003eSimple, lucid and clear.. You may not agree with Tizon's perspectives; but as you read each chapter, I can guarantee deeper reflection and quest for God's kingdom come, on earth as it is heaven. As one, more materially endowed, living among a people and a continent of deep impoverishment and socioeconomic inequalities, Al Tizon's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChrist Among the Classes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ehas encouraged and challenged me towards my quest for a more just social order, in the name of Christ.”--\u003cstrong\u003eDr D Zac Niringiye, bishop in the Church of Uganda (Anglican)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003e\"This book provides the reader with a much-needed reminder to the essence of God's mission. By presenting practical guidelines, Al passionately argues that the church is to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in advocating for the poor. His passionate appeal to the church in the West \"to remember the poor\" has implications to the rapidly growing church in the Global South too. His perspectives give insights to the church in a context of great material poverty and flourishing of Prosperity Gospel which associates poverty with divine disfavor thereby twisting the gospel. Al's book, therefore, transmits a message of warning and hope.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eSeblewengel Daniel, Director for East Africa Sending Office, SIM, Ethiopia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003e\"I lived among scavengers in a garbage dump in the heart of the city of Manila for more than thirty years because I realized, as Al Tizon writes, classism is an affront to the God of justice. His book goes right to the heart of the matter: if the wealthy do not repent, the human race will soon perish from the face of the earth. The rich have to more towards compassion and solidarity as the book suggests, otherwise, in the face of the pandemic, the brutal invasion of Ukraine, and the devastation that will be wrought by climate change, we might have no world at all in a very short while.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eFr. Benigno P. Beltran, SVD, Office for the Integrity of Creation, Divine Word Missionaries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003e“There's a great amount of talk about justice in the larger Church. This is good and ought to be affirmed. Yet, this can also be a challenge because the topic of justice can simply be reduced to an event or a conference. In Al Tizon's latest book, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChrist Among the Classes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Tizon invites us to a deeper probe and examination of the root and consequences of classism - a subject often neglected in the pursuit of justice. In this book, he offers one of the most helpful definitions of classism and how this fundamentally impacts the \"the poor\" - and the imbalance or lack of mutuality in relationships between the haves and have nots. Be warned, this is not a feel good, fuzzy book. It's challenging, prophetic, and disruptive and yet, calls the reader - and the Church - to deeper self examination of classism, but all while calling us to follow and embody Christ. This is a challenging book but make no mistake about it, this is a must read.”-- \u003cstrong\u003eRev. Eugene Cho, President\/CEO, Bread for the World, author, \u003cem\u003eThou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis book is an important read for non-poor Christians, as it prods and pokes at some strongly-held beliefs about power, wealth, and privilege. Completion of any one of these movements by non-poor Christians will be an improvement.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e -- Paul D. Gregory, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/englewoodreview.org\/\" style=\"color: #205fb3;\"\u003eThe Englewood Review of Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAddresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in light of a biblical theology of wealth and poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl Tizon\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a PhD in missiology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. He is affiliate professor of missional and global leadership at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, and lead pastor of Grace Fellowship Community Church in San Francisco, where he and his wife reside. He has been engaged in community development, church leadership, advocacy, and urban ministry both in the Philippines and the United States. His books include \u003cem\u003eWhole \u0026amp; Reconciled: Gospel, Church, and Mission in a Fractured World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Tizon_Christ_Among_the_Classes_TOC.pdf?v=1673461055\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Tizon_Christ_Among_the_Classes_Intro.pdf?v=1673461055\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/englewoodreview.org\/al-tizon-christ-among-the-classes-feature-review\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/AlTizon_ChristAmongtheClasses_FeatureReview_480x480.png?v=1692028497\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e      \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.draltizon.com\/writing-media\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Follow_the_Author_480x480_f1239a59-f183-4741-b06c-a7503b62f81e_480x480.webp?v=1693238303\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/al.tizon.5\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"315\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CopyofCopyofFollowtheAuthor_4_480x480.png?v=1689187443\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/draltizon\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"315\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CopyofCopyofFollowtheAuthor_3_7a8af0fd-b59b-40a5-9cf3-d7c39a2cdf39_480x480.png?v=1689187438\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/al-tizon-95aba443\/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CopyofCopyofFollowtheAuthor_6_480x480.png?v=1689862701\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"181\"\u003e  \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FQKup5i7yeo\u0026amp;list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt\u0026amp;index=3\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"181\" width=\"317\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CopyofCopyofCopyofCopyofCopyofCopyofCopyofOneOnOne_BusinessCard_Landscape_1_7c652108-31c2-4bc8-a7cd-1327e35d3fd6_480x480.png?v=1709225972\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42001870291139,"sku":"978-1-62698-518-6","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Tizon_ChristAmongtheClasses.jpg?v=1747249057"},{"product_id":"9781608339969","title":"The Gospel according to James Baldwin: What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1d4e91;\"\u003e         \u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1d4e91;\"\u003eIn this concise volume, Greg Garrett has given us an immense gift: a beautifully written and accessible window into the wisdom of James Baldwin. Garrett powerfully presents Baldwin as a compassionate witness, an unyielding prophet, and even a saint in the deepest meaning of that word. Garrett lets Baldwin’s incandescent writing shine through, illuminating a path forward and allowing us to see that we can do and be better than we are.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eRobert P. Jones, president and founder of PRRI, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1d4e91;\"\u003e\"James Baldwin has often been seen as one of the progenitors for the development of Black theology given his relationship to both MLK and Malcolm X in the 1960s. In this remarkable book, Greg Garrett has brought James Baldwin from the supporting cast to an upfront starring role as an immense religious thinker in his own right committed to social justice and humanitarian living. This book is a literal 'must read'. \" -\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony G. Reddie is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture in Regent's Park College, the University of Oxford. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1d4e91;\"\u003e“Greg Garrett is correct, “it takes an artist, a saint and a prophet” to articulate the challenge that is presented to us regarding race and racial healing. But it also takes courage to hear the voice of the artist, saint and prophet and Garrett brings that courage to his work in The Gospel According to James Baldwin: What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us About Life, Love and Identity. The courage to hear Baldwin and to speak about what is heard is depicted throughout this work and will help to heal all who are willing to hear.” - \u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Meeks, Ph.D, Author, \u003cem\u003eThe Night is Long, But Light Comes in the Morning Meditations on Racial Healing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 120);\"\u003e“Though Baldwin died almost fifty years ago, Garrett’s book reminds us that his prophetic voice and vision are still alive and still prescient, still challenging us to become the people we claim to be, still pointing the way to an America we might yet become: a land where cruelty and selfishness are abhorred, and compassion and community, even curiosity and kindness are valued. A land where we listen with love, encourage with hope and make room for all, because all are welcome. This book is highly recommended for seminary and parish libraries.” - \u003cstrong\u003eHerman Sutter, Catholic Library World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1d4e91;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oEYdZmBooYo\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #204e8c;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CopyofSamiraHadid_480x480.png?v=1692371773\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaldwin’s writing offers critiques of religion, culture, and discrimination, and in the witness of his life he holds up hope and the primacy of love despite all the difficulties of the present moment. In this passionate introduction, Garrett presents the life and work of Baldwin in all his writing genres, on themes of equity, justice, and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarrett followed in Baldwin’s footsteps—from New York City to the American South, from the cafes of St.-Germain in Paris to the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin did some of his most important thinking and writing. Garrett consulted critical and cultural studies, as well as archival materials from the recently-inaugurated Baldwin Collection at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. Out of this close study of Baldwin’s words and legacy, Garrett invites new readers and longtime lovers of the great Black writer into a thoughtful exploration of his continued relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreg Garrett\u003c\/strong\u003e is, according to BBC Radio, one of America’s essential voices on religion and culture. His work has been featured in media ranging from National Public Radio and \u003cem\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e to FOX News and \u003cem\u003eThe National Review\u003c\/em\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMen’s Health\u003c\/em\u003e. Greg is co-founder and co-curator of the Long Long Way Film Festival at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, exploring racism and reconciliation through the lens of Hollywood film, and of Scene and Unseen, a similar program on race and film at Trinity Church, Wall Street. Professor of English at Baylor University, Greg has been a visiting fellow at Oxford University’s Centre for Religion and Culture and serves each summer as Theologian in Residence at American Cathedral in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Garrett_The_Gospel_according_to_James_Baldwin_TOC.pdf?v=1683729827\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.Book2look.com\/book\/9781626985391\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For Chapter 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goodfaithmedia.org\/the-gospel-according-to-james-baldwin-an-interview-with-greg-garrett-part-1\/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/The_Gospel_According_to_James_Baldwin_An_Interview_With_Greg_Garrett_Part_Two_by_Starlette_Thomas_Mar_12_2024_Feature-_Opinion_Business_Card_US_1_38999a4d-c81d-4c65-b017-d829045f3c9d.png?v=1710267392\" 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align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(20, 113, 17);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention  - Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"251\" width=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #244b83;\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-selected=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“Osberger has written a spellbinding tale. The torture the DINA inflicted, the terror of hiding, and the psychological torment of wondering whom to trust are countered with the desire to help others regardless of their station in life, faith in God, and the joy of finding like-minded people. Life can be terrifying and painful, but trusting in God provides great comfort, as Osberger found. “ \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e- Shirley J. Martyn, Catholic Library World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e\"Underneath the breakneck plot is a foundation of deep wisdom built on five decades of reflection on the traumatic events of that November. As she tells her story, Osberger, who later became a social worker and psychotherapist, outlines the United States’ involvement in Chilean politics in the 1970s, testifies to the self-giving faith of the sisters who helped one another escape, and offers a glimpse into the surprisingly solid trust in God that sometimes emerges when all seems lost.\"- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“A riveting account of terrors executed by the Pinochet regime upon the Chilean people and Catholic religious communities living among them. Osberger's narrative is heart-stopping. Her memoir witnesses to the suffering and resilience of the Chilean people, to heroic lives of her companions, and most movingly, of her own encounter with the divine in the midst of life-threatening perils.” —\u003cb\u003eKathleen M. O’Connor, Columbia Theological Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“This book had me quickly and completely riveted to the telling of the author’s experience, sparking a reliving of my own! Beautifully written, giving graphic and prophetic witness to the reality of Chile’s dictatorship.” \u003cb\u003e—Pat Farrell, OSF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e “Two years into Pinochet’s reign of terror a 22-year-old enters his house of terrors.  We meet nuns and teachers whose ingenuity outsmarts Pinochet’s intelligence police and CIA accomplices. Riveting and inspiring, Osberger places the reader there and you cannot look away.” \u003cb\u003e—Renny Golden, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Music of Her Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e “An important chapter not only in Chile, but in the Catholic church and in the modern human rights movement.”  \u003cb\u003e—Phillip Berryman, author, \u003ci\u003eLatin America at 200: A New Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e\"The story is riveting, the writing is excellent, the relevance to today's world is frightening.\" - \u003cb\u003eSr. Terri Mackenzie, SHCJ, Society of the Holy Child Jesus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"69\" width=\"414\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 1973 a CIA-assisted coup overthrew the democratically-elected president of Chile, ushering in the Pinochet dictatorship. In 1975, Kathleen Osberger, a recent graduate and lay volunteer from Notre Dame, left for Santiago to teach in a Catholic grade school. Upon arrival, she was told a secret: the religious women she would live with sheltered dissidents in the cross-hairs of Pinochet’s secret police. Given the ever-tightening vise over the citizenry, brave and prophetic people reached out to protect the dissidents’ lives in a world without due process and where detention, torture, disappearance, and death reigned. Soon, Osberger is handed a blindfold, a warrant, and must go on the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e depicts the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of nuns and priests dedicated to serving the poor, while highlighting the changing and challenged Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Osberger\u003c\/strong\u003e earned her B.A. at the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. from Maryknoll School of Theology, and an A.M. from the University of Chicago–School of Social Work Administration. Her life was shaped by volunteer experiences when she lived in San Miguelito, Panamá; Santiago, Chile; Chimbote, Perú and the South Bronx. In 1987 she began a seventeen-year relationship with the Maryknoll Lay Missioners as an instructor in their orientation to mission program. In 1993 she joined the University of Chicago Hospitals—Department of Psychiatry. Her work as a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist has centered on the issues of trauma and torture. She currently lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Osberger_I_Surrender_TOC.pdf?v=1689942911\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Osberger_I_Surrender_Chapter.pdf?v=1721059160\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: 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He continues the method of theory and case studies from earlier editions, updating the cases for the 3rd edition. In Part IV, the chapter entitled “Private Property” that appeared in the 2nd edition has been removed in the 3rd edition. Also in that part, the chapters on affirmative action and sexism have been re-ordered so that the chapter entitled “Affirmative Action” is the last chapter before the conclusion. In the 3rd edition, there is a fuller conclusion than the 2nd edition’s epilogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiguel De La Torre\u003c\/strong\u003e is an established Orbis author. He presently serves as Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. A Fulbright scholar, he has taught in Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, and Germany; and lectured in Costa Rica, Cuba, Palestine, Thailand, and Taiwan. 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Subsequent engagement, slowed to the pace of deep deliberation, will enrich the mind and spirt of the reader through recognition of the bounty of God’s creation, the inseparability of man from creation, and importance of recognizing and honoring that connection and the responsibilities of stewardship.”–\u003cb\u003e Neil Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCatholic Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e\"Kate Rigby’s book is a stunning contribution to our understanding of extinction and its myriad challenges. It is a brilliant weaving of Christian theology, personal reflection, and environmental action. One of the most engaging books I have read in some time – destined to become a classic.” – \u003cb\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, co-director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e\"Kate Rigby’s book, ‘Meditations on Creation in an Era of Extinction’ explores the evolution of humanity's environmental impact on creation and the colonial lens and cultural biases destroying our world. The ecological crisis in Australia and around the globe is of critical concern to the First Nations people. We consider ourselves the original conservationists and our culture, law, ceremonies, and relationship with the Spirit Creator are founded on our connection and relationship with our Country. First Nations people have protested against mining, pastoral destruction, and farming erosion on our lands for centuries and our protest has fallen on deaf ears. The Western empire in its pursuit of power and wealth stole lands, committed genocide, raped, and committed all manner of atrocities and in so doing separated themselves from the Spirit Creator and creation. Land has lost its spiritual and relational value and has been replaced as an economic commodity. History clearly records the growth of empires and the destruction of land, waterways, and seas. Empire’s greed has disconnected them from the Spiritual life force of ‘Mother Earth’. I highly recommend this book as it highlights the First Nations people's relationship to land, gives rise to their voices, and provides a soul-filling and life-giving perspective.\" –\u003cb\u003e Professor Anne Pattel-Gray, Professor of Indigenous Studies and Head, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Divinity, Naarm (Melbourne)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e“In this brilliantly creative and lucid book, Rigby takes the ancient concept of the Hexameron found in early Church literature, and then brings it to life in dialogue with reflections on current eco-social issues. As the title suggests, the author is not content with simple description, but, by entering the text through personal meditation, touches the hearts of readers while also engaging the intellect in careful dialogue with scholarly works in ancient literature, contemporary sciences, ecotheology, and indigenous traditions. Rigby does not turn away from prophetic witness when considering the darker aspects of our earthly condition, and, step by step, walks the reader through scholarly material that is both profound and richly provocative. Woven into this narrative are moving stories arising from interviews of the author with those who have committed themselves to care for other creatures. There is a mystic quality to this book that is both ancient and deeply moving, since it draws its sources from contemplative practices, leading to a deep reflection on the demise of creatures that are being lost in our own lifetimes. This is a beautifully written and novel book that deserves wide readership.” —\u003cstrong\u003eCelia Deane-Drummond, director, Laudato Si’ Research Institute and senior research fellow, Campion Hall, University of Oxford\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e\"We live in a time when the sacred body of the earth is marred by a multitude of extinctions. And each extinction is decreation. In a deeply lyrical and personal manner, Kate Rigby leads us on a spiritual meditation along the creaturely paths of conservation, loss, and hope. Voices and faces of animals, fragile humans, and hidden divinities intertwine in this spiritual hymn to the ecologies of the sacred, producing one of the most surprising and intimate works of contemporary environmentalism.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eSerenella Iovino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #406bb4;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePracticing an ancient form of theological reflection on creation—the hexameron—this book attends to the entangled crises of global climate change, toxic pollution, biodiversity loss, social inequity, and ecological \u003cspan\u003eunraveling\u003c\/span\u003e. Rigby takes each day of the Genesis 1 creation narrative as the launching point for critical theological engagement with earlier commentators like Basil of Caesarea, Augustine, Abelard, and Thomas Traherne, in the contemporary horizon of planetary imperilment and ecological injustice. Informed also by both Western science and indigenous knowledge, this book highlights faith-based initiatives from around the world that are contributing to the healing of human relations with our fellow creatures and shared earthly environs. 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Anyone with an interest in or curiosity about Merton’s life, work and influence will benefit greatly from the wisdom and insights made available in this fine book.” - \u003cb\u003ePatrick O’Connell, Cistercian Studies Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e“Brings an encyclopedic knowledge of Merton’s corpus into vibrant conversation with many of the best theological and spiritual minds writing today. . . . In Horan’s very capable hands, the wisdom of Thomas Merton continues to challenge, encourage, and enlighten the way forward in hope.”\u003cb\u003e—Christopher Pramuk, author, \u003ci\u003eSophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; tab-stops: .85in; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e                 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e“Dan Horan carefully curates Merton’s ideas on various issues of contemporary Christian life, including personal identity in a digital age, racial justice, and other aspects of contemporary Christian life that reflect the search for meaning and wholeness. . . . A rich and excellent resource.”—\u003cb\u003eIlia Delio, OSF, Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology, Villanova University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e“Daniel Horan offers a kaleidoscope of those Mertonian themes and issues that continue to plague and enlighten us, made all the more relevant in the contemporary idiom of his own fresh style and insight.”—\u003cb\u003eKathleen Noone Deignan, CND, PhD, founding director, Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, Iona University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e“Engage Merton! This is what Daniel Horan is inviting readers to do. Demonstrating the cross-generational appeal, timeliness, relevance, and profound challenge of Merton’s writings, Horan illuminates intersections of contemplation and prophecy, spirituality and social justice, in essays that are as informative and illuminating as they are readable. Here is a Merton course in a book!”—\u003cb\u003eChristine M. Bochen, past president, International Thomas Merton Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e“Horan captures Merton’s voice of conscience screaming at us to confront the challenges of our time: racial justice in the age of Black Lives Matter, religious tolerance in the midst of religious pluralism, ecological conversion in relation to the poor and the rest of creation. It is a must-read for all people of good will.”—\u003cb\u003eJoseph Cheah, author, \u003ci\u003eAnti-Asian Racism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e“It is recommended to all academic libraries.”- \u003cb\u003eDaniel Boice, Catholic Libary World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #3b69ae;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"68\" width=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3.webp?v=1724785113\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"\u003eEngaging Thomas Merton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"\u003e is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that highlight the enduring relevance of his thought in addressing the pressing concerns of our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"\u003eDaniel P. 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, has been called “the church’s least likely yet most plausible saint.” \u003cem\u003eFrom Union Square to Rome, \u003c\/em\u003efirst published in 1938, offers the first account of her dramatic conversion to Roman Catholicism, a story later expanded upon in her classic memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Loneliness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this concise and passionate work, Day’s purpose was to give an account to her comrades in the radical movement of how she came to embrace Christ and the Catholic Church. She reveals how God was present in all the steps of her journey: in intimations of the sacred, in her experiences in the struggle for social struggle, in times of loneliness and confusion, in her experience of love, her joy in the birth of her daughter, and even in the painful price she ultimately paid for her faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with a new foreword by Pope Francis, this edition is also illustrated by a selection of photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy Day,\u003c\/strong\u003e co-founder of the Catholic Worker, has been called \"the church's least likely yet most plausible saint.\" In this early autobiographical work (originally published in 1938), Day offered the first account of her dramatic conversion, a story later expanded in her classic autobiography, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Loneliness\u003c\/em\u003e. In this concise and passionate work her purpose was more specific: to give an account to her former comrades in the radical movement of the steps that led to her to embrace Christ and the Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Union Square to Rome\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading book for those just learning about the woman Pope Francis named as one of four great Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto: Courtesy of Marquette University Archives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover design: Regina Gelfer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso of Interest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca 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height=\"258\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f6332;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_480x480.jpg?v=1664387696\" width=\"282\" height=\"54\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_From_Union_Square_to_Rome_TOC.pdf?v=1697116754\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_From_Union_Square_to_Rome_Chapter.pdf?v=1697116754\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: 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For when human beings claim to take God’s place,  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey become their own worst enemies.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si’,\u003c\/em\u003e his historic encyclical of 2015, Pope Francis firmly established ecological concerns as central to the agenda of Catholic Social Teaching. Along with a spiritual framework on care for creation, he outlined such issues as climate change, biodiversity, and the peril facing our oceans, and offered a comprehensive guide to integral ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, comes a shorter but even more urgent call: \u003cem\u003eLaudate Deum, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich focuses specifically on the climate crisis. 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It serves both as an introduction to Thomas Berry and a lucid distillation and commentary on what, to my mind, is Berry's own best work; namely, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Work: Our Way into the Future. \u003c\/i\u003eBrown's volume will sit next to my worn copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Work\u003c\/i\u003e as its treasured companion.” \u003cb\u003e–Larry Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, NYC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 71, 15);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 71, 15);\"\u003e“Elegant, timely, and lucid. Brian Brown explores and explains central themes in Thomas Berry’s call for a deep reorientation of societies that are headed towards ecological ruin and social deterioration. . . . With clarity and purpose, Brown probes the meaning of Berry’s proposals in his writings about the ‘great work,’ a new story, the problems of advanced capitalism, the necessity of a new ecological and social orientation, and the need for grace and hope. This profound book is academically sound and accessible to all seeking a viable and hopeful future. What could be more needed in these troubled times?”\u003cb\u003e –Heather Eaton, professor, University of Saint Paul, Ottawa, Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 71, 15);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 71, 15);\"\u003e“This brilliant commentary on Thomas Berry's essays joins Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim's \u003ci\u003eThomas Berry: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, having the distinction of being written by scholars who knew Thomas personally, who lived with him, who taught his vision for decades. These rare books provide insights that will be cherished for centuries as unique pathways for understanding Thomas' historic work.”\u003cb\u003e –Brian Thomas Swimme, professor, California Institute of Integral Studies; author, \u003ci\u003eHidden Heart of the Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Noosphere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eOn the 25\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary of publication of Thomas Berry’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Great Work, a\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e pioneer in ecological theology offers insights not only to Berry’s work but to the vital work before all of us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eWhile collective attention to and action for ecological justice has gained momentum in recent years it has been accompanied by a rise in despair, gloom, and an insidious fatalism in the face of multi-national intransigence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eEarth’s Journey into Hope \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003econsiders the impact of Berry’s landmark text amid the dire immediacy of present ecological crises. With Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Brian Edward Brown reflects on where we have been to energize today’s movements for ecological well-being.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eFor all readers concerned with this dilemma \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eEarth’s Journey into Hope \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a way forward, encouraging us to remember our cosmic past and to step into our planetary future with the spiritual energy of Thomas Berry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eBrian Edward Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e, an undergraduate and graduate student of Thomas Berry at Fordham, earned his doctorate in History of Religions. He is the co-founder of The Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue at Iona University, NY where he has taught for decades in religious studies. He also holds a juris doctor, focusing on Earth jurisprudence in both Berry’s work and in Indigenous American tribal traditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eand \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eJohn Grim \u003c\/b\u003eare co-editors of the Ecology and Justice Series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCover design:  Ponie Sheehan\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCover photo:   “Great Red Oak” by Judy Emery. 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Floyd-Thomas holds a light to help us live our faith more deeply as we walk toward our better selves as individuals and as a nation.” \u003cstrong\u003e–Emilie M. Townes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Religion and Black Studies, Boston University School of Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e“Floyd-Thomas lays bare what critical race theorists have always suspected: . . . whiteness is not only property but has a lease on God. This brilliant text bridges the growing chasm between liberation theology and political analysis with equal degrees of poignancy and timeliness. . . . Read this text in order to work together and think to transform American society and culture for the better.” \u003cstrong\u003e–Blanche Bong Cook, Curt and Linda Rodin Professor of Law and Social Justice, Loyola University Chicago School of Law\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e“With his customary blend of historical scholarship and ethical urgency, Floyd-Thomas makes a learned, astute, and highly relevant case for a morally-based critical race theology steeped in Black liberationist, womanist, feminist, and queer theological perspectives. If life, love, and liberation are not at the core of your religion, he asks, why not?” \u003cstrong\u003e–Gary Dorrien, author, \u003cem\u003eA Darkly Radiant Vision: The Black Social Gospel in the Shadow of MLK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e“A long overdue moral and theological reckoning with the historical catastrophe that is the allegiance between white supremacy and American Christianity. . . . This book’s mix of history, theory, theology, and contemporary political analysis hacks at the underbrush of our racially enfeebled religiosity while inspiring us toward a new and more just way.”\u003cstrong\u003e –Brittney Cooper, professor, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and Africana studies, Rutgers University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 49, 61);\"\u003e“Readers will be challenged and inspired by this magnificent book and its important call to recognize the depth of our humanity and our moral obligations. . . . For any who believe a transformative and liberative Christianity is still possible, this book provides a powerful way forward. I highly recommend it. Pick it up, read it, and be the better because of it!” \u003cstrong\u003e–Anthony B. Pinn, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Black Practice of Disbelief\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b3968;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eics and Intersectionality Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\n\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eA clarion call to reclaim the essence of faith and the soul of a nation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eIn \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eCritical Race Theology \u003c\/em\u003eJuan Floyd-Thomas examines the entangled roots of white supremacy, white Christian nationalism, and the raging culture wars in America. In this provocative and courageous work Floyd-Thomas charts a path for a revitalized social gospel for the 21st century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eDrawing insights from critical race theory, Black liberation theology, and prophetic Christianity, Floyd-Thomas proposes “critical race theology” as a framework to confront racism, exclusion, and oppression within American Christianity and society. Challenging the self-righteous distortions of conservatives, he calls on clergy and believers to truly embody the liberating spirit of Jesus's radical ethic of love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eFor students, scholars and readers of contemporary theology, this timely volume provides a hopeful vision of a future where human dignity, social equality, and spiritual renewal can flourish in a nation reborn. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJuan M. Floyd-Thomas \u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor, African American religious history, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. He is co-founder and executive board member, the nationally-renowned Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG), and president, Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion (SRER).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCover design:  Regina Gelfer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCover photo:   Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/racial-justice-and-the-catholic-church?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=d7cbacb48\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/51qM2XxuE4L_360x_32cc2930-c316-4816-93d8-bd2efbe32b73.webp?v=1713361672\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"260\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/resurrection-hope?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=c97836426\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Resurrection-Hope.cover._720x_d77e3f5c-7955-424f-b648-d3c9a52afe39.webp?v=1713361732\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"258\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/unlearning-white-supremacy-a-spirituality-for-racial-liberation?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=e33b8a097\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626984660_360x_1.webp?v=1713361821\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"258\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; 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mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 114, 160);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicmediaassociation.org\/2025-cma-book-awards\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Popular_Presentation_of_the_Catholic_Faith_11.png?v=1751383317\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 114, 160);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVoted one of the Best Books of 2024 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 114, 160);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 114, 160);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpirituality and Practice Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #385723; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e“In the community of saints, all together are companions in memory and hope. Together, all together, they are becoming something strange and growing and great, instruments of change. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #385723; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGreen Saints for a Green Generation\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e taps beautifully into this dynamic for the sake of our suffering Earth, which cries out for no less.”—\u003c\/span\u003eFrom the Foreword by Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #385723; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e“A splendid array of new voices and new visions for new generations of Earth caretakers!”—\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Noone Deignan, CND, founding director, Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, Iona University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e“These fresh views from women theologians and practitioners stirred my spirit, renewed my hope, and called me to a more vibrant engagement of the demands of our time. Uplifting and challenging! I loved it.”—\u003cstrong\u003eSimone Campbell, SSS, 2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e“This book is an invaluable collection of remarkable people. Their lives are shining examples of dedication in the face of great odds. They will be a source of enduring inspiration for the Great Work ahead.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e“Much like healthy ecosystems and the green saints elevated in this book, the contributing writers to this book are diverse and vibrant. . . . This book is timely, relevant, and important. I recommend it!”—\u003cstrong\u003eJulia Walsh, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration; author, \u003cem\u003eFor Love of the Broken Body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 70, 171);\"\u003e\"A gift to those who are already deeply committed to lives of integral ecology and those who may be so inclined but need new sources of encouragement, example, and spiritual help  . . . \"—\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Pope Kehoe\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Merton Annual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #385723; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;\"\u003eYoung scientists, sisters, and theologians of the “green generation” reflect on “saints”—canonized and not—who offer hope and inspire us towards ecological action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 47.4pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d; background: white;\"\u003eIn \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eLaudato Si’ \u003c\/i\u003ePope Francis established care for creation as one of the central themes of Catholic social teaching. Yet that ecological consciousness has yet to take root \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003een masse \u003c\/i\u003eamong the Catholic faithful. In \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eGreen Saints for a Green Generation \u003c\/i\u003eyoung Catholic women on “saints”—canonized and not—who connected their faith to concern for the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d; background: white;\"\u003eThe writers include a wide range of figures, from the traditional, such as Sts. Clare of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMarguerite Bourgeoys\u003cspan style=\"color: #2d2d2d; background: white;\"\u003e, to contemporary figures like Thomas Merton, author Toni Morrison, and the Martyrs of the Amazon. \u003c\/span\u003eBy connecting these key figures to environmental responsibility, the contributors encourage the not-yet informed to become active, inviting younger generations to join the ecological movement, to take taking on the responsibility from their elders, and to shoulder the ecological burden for themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLibby (Elizabeth) Osgood, CND, PhD, PEng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e, is co-editor with Kathleen Deignan of \u003ci\u003eTeilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (Orbis, 2023). She is also an aerospace engineer who teaches sustainable design engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is a religious sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e:  Flora x. Tang, Céire Kealty, Sister Jessi Beck, PBVM, Amirah Orozco, Sister Celia Ashton, OCD, Libby Osgood, CND, LaRyssa D. 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line-height: 115%; color: rgb(89, 33, 31);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(89, 33, 31);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e BOOKSTORES: Please place your orders with Jeff Gould jgould@maryknoll.org \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"45\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(89, 33, 31);\"\u003e“A staggering achievement. In this incredible saga of mid-twentieth-century America, Jim Douglass links the deaths of four of our greatest disrupters to a government mindset that set out to destroy them before they could change the world we knew. Douglass makes history truly alive in a way that helps us really remember what these stories mean for our country.”—\u003cb\u003eOliver Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/pages\/advance-praise-for\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Advance_Praise_for_Tending_Call_A_Liberation_of_Vocation_By_L._Callid_Keefe-Perry_Coming_February_2026_2.png?v=1762207856\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eHere at last is the long-awaited sequel to James Douglass's bestselling work,\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eJFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. That book, unlike most books that posit a conspiracy in JFK's assassination, focuses less on \"who dunnit\" as on \"why they dunnit.\" Douglas's answer was to trace the steps by which JFK moved from being a traditional Cold Warrior to a prophetic commitment to peace, willing to risk his own life in order to avoid nuclear war. In particular JFK's partnership in pursuit of peace with ostensible adversary, Nikita Khrushchev, caused him to be regarded as a traitor by elements of the military-industrial-intelligence complex who deployed the mechanisms of the National Security State--which had previously targeted foreign \"threats\"--to neutralize the President of the United States. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThis new volume necessarily returns to the story of JFK, and demonstrates how the same story was enacted again and again in the deaths of his brother, Bobby Kennedy, as well as the killings of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In each case, American figures who made a prophetic commitment to peace and social transformation were regarded as enemies of the state who had to be eliminated. Douglass believes that this hidden history holds a key to recovering and advancing their mission, and setting our country and the world on a path to peace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eJames W. Douglass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e is a longtime peace activist and writer. He and his wife Shelley are co-founders of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, WA, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality in Birmingham, AL, where they now live. His other books include The Nonviolent Coming of God, Resistance and Contemplation, Gandhi and the Unspeakable, and JFK and the Unspeakable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eCover design: Michael Calvente\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003ePhoto of Robert F. 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color: rgb(50, 111, 202);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(50, 111, 202);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword By Elizabeth A. Johnson  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"\u003e\"I recommend it to people who long for fresh, new voices in the contemporary theological discourse, and are prepared to make some effort to discover riches.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eMary Thorne, Tui Motu Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e\"For Schutz, Christianity witnesses to a God who wills abundant life for all and who calls us to participate in making universal flourishing a reality. With this, \u003ci\u003eA Theology of Flourishing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a hopeful engagement with scripture and tradition to meet our challenging times.” \u003cb\u003e–Jessica Coblentz, associate professor, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e“With deep scholarship and lyrical prose, Paul J. Schutz . . . proposes a new paradigm for a theology that is radically reoriented to flourishing as God’s intent for creation . . . beautifully tracing through Scripture, great early theologians, medieval mystics, and masters of modern theology, including Elizabeth Johnson, Karl Rahner, Ignacio Ellacuría, and Johann Baptist Metz. \u003ci\u003eA Theology of Flourishing: The Fullness of Life for All Creation\u003c\/i\u003e offers a joyful vision of God’s love, ever-present in the Spirit, renewing hope for the lovers of the earth and all families of life, and issuing a powerful call to action for a praxis of justice and care for our common home.” \u003cb\u003e–Erin Lothes, Center for Earth Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e “Paul Schutz is a gifted theologian, and this book reads like a gift to the academy, church, and society. His theology of flourishing is illuminating and revitalizing. This is a rich, timely, and invaluable book.” \u003cb\u003e–Marcus Mescher, associate professor, Xavier University; author, \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Encounter: Christian Neighbor Love as a Practice of Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 108, 199);\"\u003e“The whole of sacred scripture bears witness to God’s desire that all creation might enjoy mutual, abundant life. In this book, Paul Schutz . . . contends that, if we take flourishing as the end-goal of creation seriously, then other aspects of our Christian doctrinal tradition—from incarnation to salvation—will be changed according to this central theological principle. Anyone interested in reflecting on these themes and considering what abundant life and flourishing looks like in the age of climate crisis will appreciate this book!” \u003cb\u003e–Daniel P. Horan, professor, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eProposing a groundbreaking theological approach to what it means to truly thrive, \u003cem\u003eA Theology of Flourishing\u003c\/em\u003e reframes Christian thought around the concept of abundant life for all of creation. Drawing from scripture, tradition, and contemporary theology, Schutz argues that flourishing is God’s fundamental intention for the universe. Suitable for students and scholars alike, this timely work confronts modern crises of injustice, inequality, and ecological destruction while constructing a fresh, hope-filled vision of Christian life for the well-being of all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003ePaul J. Schutz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is associate professor of religious studies, Santa Clara University. 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This book exposes a perspective we will not get from the industrialized press. . . . This is a very important book!” \u003cb\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(26, 106, 137);\" id=\"LPlnk150556\" name=\"x__Hlk198220944\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e—Tink Tinker, professor emeritus, American Indian Studies, Iliff School of Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 106, 137);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 106, 137);\"\u003e“An urgent and much-needed volume, as walls—physical, psychological, and spiritual—have been increasingly built to separate communities, races, and nations. . . . Theological depths, astute historical analyses, and resources to combat apartheid, global racism, militarized violence, and external and settler colonialism.” \u003cb\u003e—Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 106, 137);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 106, 137);\"\u003e“Racialized communities live on the same side of different walls. And our role is to \u003ci\u003eTear Down These Walls\u003c\/i\u003e. With intellectual honesty, analytical brilliance, and political courage . . . an impressive array of voices forge new paths toward transnational consciousness. . . . A must read for everyone interested in liberationist projects and decolonial justice.” \u003cb\u003e—Santiago Slabodsky, Florence and Robert Kaufman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies, Hofstra University, NY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 106, 137);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_32_33c0d0d1-5d85-41c0-ada9-0e121dd37c23.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"49\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eETHICS \u0026amp; INTERSECTIONALITY SERIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAll too often, justification for building walls (physical or virtual) is advanced by those benefiting from said wall to mask oppressive social, political, and economic structures. Tear Down These Walls is a comparison study on the impact of walls upon colonized people living in occupied lands. We are told that walls must exist to keep out terrorist (as per Israel), punish anti-democratic systems (hence the Cuban embargo), keep out caravans of illegals seeking to freeload off our generosities (as per anti-immigrant U.S. citizens). Seldom do we explore the impact of walls on those constructed as a threat and as an Other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eMiguel A. De La Torre\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis professor of social ethics and Latinx studies, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMitri Raheb\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, Palestine.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eCover design:  Melissa Romano\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eCover image:  Photographs by Mitri Raheb\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/a-theology-of-migration-the-bodies-of-refugees-and-the-body-of-christ?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=1893f34ac\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body of Christ - Orbis Books\" src=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781626984875_300x300.jpg?v=1726756318\" width=\"215\" height=\"329\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/living-without-borders?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=aaa93c31a\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Living with(out) Borders - Orbis Books\" src=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9781626981669_300x300.jpg?v=1548244733\" width=\"215\" height=\"329\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/globalization-spirituality-and-justice?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=182442166\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/978-1-62698-150-8_300x300.jpg?v=1726756658\" alt=\"Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice - Orbis Books\" width=\"215\" height=\"331\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; 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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; layout-grid-mode: line;\"\u003eETHICS AND INTERSECTIONALITY SERIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; layout-grid-mode: line;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; layout-grid-mode: line;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I strongly encourage organizers and scholars of organizing to pick up this book and read it thoroughly, engage it, talk about it with a colleague, and use it to challenge and rethink and reframe your own experience.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Ernesto J. Cortés, Jr., national co-director emeritus, Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; layout-grid-mode: line;\"\u003eWhile coming from varied backgrounds and experience, collectively the contributors to \u003ci\u003eOrganizing Visions\u003c\/i\u003e offer a vital overview of the current state of Christian social ethics and its rich relation to organizing movements. \u003ci\u003eOrganizing Visions \u003c\/i\u003emakes the case that Christian social ethics emerged out of and in conversation with major social movements in U.S. history and is defined today by a commitment to studying these movements to grasp where they may be going.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors include the editors and:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Baker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, The General Baker Institute\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalinda Elizabeth Berry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eK. B. Brower\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Bargaining for the Common Good,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eAction Center on Race \u0026amp; the Economy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStacey Floyd-Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Vanderbilt University\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Hayes-Mota\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Santa Clara University\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Laarman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, United Church of Christ minister; former executive director, Progressive Christians Uniting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Moe-Lobeda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eChurch Divinity School of the Pacific\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristophe D. Ringer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Chicago Theological Seminary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Melissa Snarr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Vanderbilt University\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Strife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e formerly of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, NYC\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(87, 66, 35);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eColleen Wessel-McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Earlham School of Religion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"131\" data-start=\"115\"\u003eGary Dorrien\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and a Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books in theology, philosophy, social ethics, political economy, and intellectual history. His most recent work is the memoir \u003cem data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"496\" data-start=\"437\"\u003eOver from Union Road: My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life\u003c\/em\u003e. He also serves as Canon Theologian at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCharlene Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e has been a community organizer for over twenty years, working with national and local organizations to develop comprehensive grassroots organizing and political strategies as well as policy and power analysis.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Stauffer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis associate director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice, Vanderbilt Divinity School. 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text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 91, 86); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e Advance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 91, 86);\"\u003e“A wonderfully grounded book! Explaining how to make earthy prayers with everyday life, and how relational practices activate hope, O’neil Van Horn offers an intelligent spiritual manual for a climate-haunted world.” \u003cb\u003e–Willis Jenkins, Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics, University of Virginia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 91, 86);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 91, 86);\"\u003e“This hope—free of optimism and dogmatism, passivity and certainty—practices its possibility \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e. Even as we read, Van Horn enlivens our courage, our care, our communing: and so he seeds and ferments, mends and bakes a better world with us.” \u003cb\u003e–Catherine Keller, George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology, The Theological School, Drew University; author, \u003ci\u003eNo Matter What: Crisis and the Spirit of Planetary Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"48\" width=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, O’neil Van Horn explores how slow, still, and often quiet practices can cultivate hope for ourselves, each other, and our planetary home. With an accessible beauty, he shows how the ordinary things we do—mending, seed-saving, composting, and birding—can become new parables that might help us make hope where it is least felt and most needed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eMeditative, inviting, and prayerful, Van Horn’s writing compassionately makes space and time for readers to experience the meaningful practice of hope.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; layout-grid-mode: line;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eO’neil Van Horn\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor, theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. He holds a PhD in philosophical and theological studies in religion from Drew University and was a Louisville Scholar from 2021 to 2023. With a background in organic agriculture and sustainability, he is author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (Fordham University Press).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eCover design:  Ponie Sheehan\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eCover image:   Megan Suttman\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; layout-grid-mode: line;\"\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/the-ethics-of-doing-nothing-rest-rituals-and-the-modern-world-1?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=8e6f72bab\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eClick Here For Chapter 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=o%27neil+van+horn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Follow_the_Author_5.png?v=1739472263\" width=\"316\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fore.buzzsprout.com\/1269704\/episodes\/13923015-4-7-theopoetics-and-planetary-politics-with-o-neil-van-horn\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/4.7_Theopoetics_and_Planetary_Politics_with_O_Neil_Van_Horn.png?v=1741284557\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/article\/opinion\/our-pandemic-slowdown-has-been-good-planet\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Our_pandemic_slowdown_has_been_good_for_the_planet_What_if_we_kept_it_going.png?v=1741284703\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oneilvanhorn\/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Follow_the_Author_8.png?v=1739472519\" width=\"316\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/articles\/202510\/what-were-reading-this-month-october-2025\/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/What_we_re_reading_this_month_October_2025_2.png?v=1761570759\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50534919209261,"sku":"978-1-62698-640-4","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/VanHorn_Makinghope2A.jpg?v=1743442261"},{"product_id":"strangers-in-the-province-of-joy-practicing-radical-hospitality-on-the-us-mexico-border","title":"Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US - Mexico Border","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e*Advance Praise and Reviews*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e“An incredibly uplifting story of how one community’s relentless hospitality and grace reveal the way to repair the deep damage we have done to the people of the Americas, to the border and to our spirit. These are the kind of heroes we need in America today. A must-read.” \u003cb\u003e—Beto O’Rourke, former congressman and author, \u003ci\u003eWe’ve Got to Try\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e“Recounts a reservoir of community, ingenuity and commitment\u003ci\u003e. . . . \u003c\/i\u003eJUST WHAT WE NEED in this moment.” \u003cb\u003e—Simone Campbell, SSS, author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Nun on the Bus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003eAn important, necessary, and heartbreaking book.\u003cb\u003e—Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\"Annunciation House is well-known to anyone working in immigration for the care and attention they give to migrants. In the same way, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eattends to the story of Annunciation House and the people who made it the beacon of hope it is today.\" \u003cb\u003e—Alejandra Oliva, author of \u003ci\u003eRivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e“Annunciation House is a rare beacon of hope in an increasingly dysfunctional immigration system. Mary Fontana provides the first detailed history of Annunciation House, documenting how volunteers motivated by faith provided “radical hospitality” to hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and persecution.\"\u003cb\u003e—Robert Moore, El Paso journalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg height=\"42\" width=\"421\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis is the story of America writ small—a nation founded by immigrants and its shifting, oft-contradictory attitudes toward them. Since 1978, El Paso’s Annunciation House has welcomed over half a million people: migrants and refugees, doing what humans have always done to find sustenance and safety, and volunteers seeking meaning and purpose. Through this chronicle of their individual journeys, Mary Fontana exposes the forces driving global migration and challenges readers to confront the borders in their own hearts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eMary Fontana\u003c\/b\u003e has supported migrant hospitality efforts in El Paso for over two decades. She has written about the border for\u003ci\u003e America\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorderLore\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsequence\u003c\/i\u003e. Learn more at maryfontana.com.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/trails-of-hope-and-terror?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=51d79f4cb\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"307\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TrailsofHopeandTerror_a2f114de-ef52-408c-8009-2f5ad208fe5d.jpg?v=1756137384\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/jesus-was-a-migrant?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=jesus+was+a+migrant\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"307\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" 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This is no abstract appeal, but a concrete welcome into the world-remaking practices already being lived by attentive communities.” –\u003cstrong\u003eAmanda W. Daloisio, co-managing editor, The Catholic Worker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow can our meals reroot us in the soils of creation? How can our foodways uproot and replace the desecrating system of factory farming? The contemplative-prophetic approach to food that is found in these pages weaves together religious, scientific, and culinary wisdom for our relationships with food, meals, and each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e directs the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, Iona University, where he serves as a clinical lecturer in religious studies. He received the university's Catherine McCabe Award for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching in 2023. Jim is a GreenFaith Fellow and is actively involved in a number of lay Catholic communities committed to embodying ecology and social justice, including Agape Community, Hardwick, MA, Benincasa Community, Guilford, CT, and Maryhouse Catholic Worker, New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover design: Ponie Sheehan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover art: Bos Taurus © 2025, Sus Domesticus © 2025, Gallus Domesticus © 2025, and Oncorhynchus Nerka © 2023 by Angela Manno. www.angelamanno.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/an-ecological-theology-of-liberation?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=ecological+theor\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; 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