| Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans | | Posted Monday, February 06, 2006 10:49:08 AM by Rose Martins | CANAAN LAND: A RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS By Albert J. Raboteau, makes a fascinating read. The book tells the story of the African American and how their religious beliefs and practices developed into the African American church as we know it today.
 It's rich in it's descriptions and also gives a general history background which helps the reader to understand the links to the religion of the times. His book also serves as a historical foundation for black liberation theology on which so many of the African American churches of today, are founded.
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun by Faith Adiele, is a book that tells the story of Faith Adiele's life. She was born to a Scandinavian mother and a Nigerian father, and grew up in the United States living with her grandparents.
After school, she travelled to Thailand as part of a student exchange program. According to the book, in Thailand she discovered the wonders and beauty of Buddhism, and spent a Lenten season in a Thai forest temple, most of the time in religious meditation. Not only was Adiele ordained as a Buddhist nun, but she also holds the position of Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
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| | | Bargain Hunter: Books sold at bargain-basement prices at library ... | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:48:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | If you've browsed any local book rack lately, you've probably noticed that some of volumes can fetch a pretty hefty price especially hardbacks. But Friends of Linebaugh Library offers a great alternative to the high prices of book stores. From 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, Friends will host its monthly sale at the library book store, located in the basement of the parking garage. .... | |
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| | | Dr. Jacquelyn (Jacquie) Brown-Hadnot is Award Winner of USABookNews.com Best Books of 2006 in Category of Best General | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 6:49:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) November 12, 2006 -- USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of its "BEST BOOKS 2006" BOOK AWARDS (BBA) on November 1, 2006. 408 winners and finalists were announced in over 120 categories covering print, audio, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2006 and late 2005. .... | |
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| | | IRANIAN WRITERS, PUBLISHERS WARN OF INDUSTRY CLAMPDOWN | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 6:49:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Writers and publishers in Iran complain that new guidelines on censorship are preventing them from issuing new books. They say Iran's Culture Ministry is dragging its feet or blocking new titles, and even demanding that previously published books be resubmitted for approval.Fierce critics of the authorities' campaign to rein in authors and publishers warn that the moves could destroy Iran's book industry. Dozens of authors and publishers say they have been waiting months for their new books, novels, or political essays to be published.Farkhondeh Hajizadeh, an Iranian writer and an award-winning publisher, said that the licensing process for new titles has become "a monster." Over the past year, she claims, many of her books have gone unpublished."It would be better for you to ask how many of my books have been given a license these days," Hajizadeh says when asked about the number of books she has seen held up by censors.... | |
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| | | Professor discusses slavery, religion in lecture | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:48:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | Professor Emmanuel C. Eze of DePaul University in Chicago talked about how enlightenment and religion played a role in the anti-slavery movement of the 18th century in a lecture. His speech focused mainly on the role of Anthony Benezet, who was born in France and moved to Philadelphia at the age of 17 with his parents to escape religious persecution. Once in Philadelphia, he joined the Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers. Later in life, he became extremely active in the anti-slavery movement. Benezet is credited with starting the first school for slaves in 1750, which he ran out of his own home, until 1770 when he opened the Negro School in Philadelphia, Eze said. At that time, many people such as Thomas Jefferson thought slaves were incapable of learning and knowledge, so Benezet opened these schools to prove those people wrong.... | |
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| | | New surge of books taking aim at the religious right | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:47:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | IN THE FALL of 2003, Al Franken and other liberals, as if awakening from a deep sleep, charged onto the nation's best-seller lists to do battle page for page with the right-wing commentators long dominant there. A year later, George W. Bush won re-election anyway. Now, a much larger wave of books, written by authors ranging from moderate conservatives to social activists, is hitting bookstores -- just in time for the midterm elections in November -- with the religious right in their cross hairs. Although some of the nearly two dozen works aim simply to explain the evangelical movement, most are full-bore attacks, accusing conservative Christians of hijacking the Republican Party and of seeking to roll back the clock on freedoms many Americans take for granted.... | |
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| | | Harvard Wants Religion To Return To Curriculum | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 6:47:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | BOSTON -- Harvard University, founded 370 years ago to train Puritan ministers, should again require all undergraduates to study religion, along with U.S. history and ethics, a faculty committee is recommending. The surprisingly bold recommendations come after years of rancorous internal debate over what courses should be required of all Harvard students. The current core curriculum has been criticized for focusing on narrow academic questions rather than real-world issues students would likely confront beyond the wrought-iron gates of Harvard Square. The report calls for Harvard to require students to take a course in "reason and faith," which could include classes on topics such as religion and democracy, Charles Darwin or a current course called "Why Americans Love God and Europeans Don't." .... | |
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| | | Tall Soldiers, Moderate Taxes & Unwarlike Pietism | | Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:47:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | Those who enjoy long history books and have a particular interest in German history, especially in the history of Prussia, will want to read "Iron Kingdom" (Harvard University Press, 775 pages, $35). And if none of the above applies, this book can still be read for sheer pleasure, with length entirely irrelevant because many will want to read it again. It is the pleasure of discovery that Christopher Clark offers in this account of the rise and fall of Prussia. There is the black legend of a congenitally aggressive kingdom habitually led to war by bird-brained militarists. There are also inflated claims of high intellectual achievement and religious tolerance yes, the emphatically Jewish Moses Mendelssohn was an accepted intellectual leader as early as the mid-18th century, but ordinary Jews did not attain full equality in Prussia until 1919, and then not for very long.... | |
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| | | BOOKS etc.: Reviews of religion books | | Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 12:48:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | Shmuel Bar offers a much-needed account of the religious logic that inspires and justifies Islamic radicalism and its terrorist manifestations. His sections on the extremist legal justifications for attacking Americans, civilians, fellow Muslims, and particularly Israel are enlightening and useful for anyone who has wondered how religious thinking can be used to support terrorism. There are flaws in this book. Comparing classical Islamic law from the .... | |
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| | | Religion Reference Books | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:48:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | What are some of the books that should be included in the religion collection? Developing a collection is vital to any library. Here is a list of some of the basic books that you should consider for a religion collection. They will not contain highly specialized books. The focus of these books is a good overview or introduction to a topic. For your convenience author's names are linked to their location at Amazon.com. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions, by Wendy Doniger (Editor). The essential, one-volume, encyclopedia of religions. It is clear and non-judgmental. Atlas of the World's Religions, by Ninian Smart (Editor) and Ailsa Heritage (Editor). "This superbly illustrated and organized reference source is the first comprehensive visual guide to the world's religious traditions.... | |
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| | | Religion notes | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 5:06:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | A Prayer Seminar will be held at Reeders United Methodist Church, Friday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Sept. 10. Renewal Ministries, founded by Dr. Terry Teykl of Houston, Texas, will lead the seminar. Teykl has written a number of books on prayer, including "How To Pray After You've Kicked the Dog," "Pray the Price," and "Your Pastor: Preyed On or Prayed For." The seminar begins at 7 p.m. Friday with a concert of prayer led by Renewal Ministries staff, the Rev. Jeff Patton and Marion Clark and her dog, Mugsy, a Welsh Corgi. The seminar continues all day Saturday, Sept. 9, beginning at 9 a.m. with lunch and supper provided. The seminar concludes on Sunday morning with the theme, "How To Pray After You've Kicked the Dog." continued below .... | |
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