2016-06-30
REVIEWS

Did Jesus Make a Difference?
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
By Thomas Cahill
Reviewed by Marcus Borg

From East to West
Voices of Insight
Edited by Sharon Salzberg, Foreward by Mirabai Bush
(Shambhala)
Reviewed by Tracy Cochran

Sacredly Commonplace
The Best Spiritual Writing 1999
Edited by Philip Zaleski
(HarperSanFrancisco)
Reviewed by Margaret Meyers

The surprising Catholic boom
Surveying the Religious Landscape: Trends in U.S. Beliefs
by George Gallup, Jr. and D. Michael Lindsay
(Morehouse Publishing, 1999).
Reviewed by Randall Balmer

Toward a Just and Caring Society: Christian Responses to Poverty in America
Toward a Just and Caring Society: Christian Responses to Poverty in America
By David Gushee
Reviewed by Michael Reinke

Wooden Churches: A Celebration
Wooden Churches: A Celebration
With an introducion by Rick Bragg
(Algonquin Press)
Reviewed by Lauren Winner

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Books of the Century
Four different groups of experts created lists of the best spiritual and religious books of the century.

The Evolution of the Book and Our Religious Lives
by Phyllis Tickle

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