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Sechrest, Love Lazarus. Race and Rhyme: Rereading the New Testament. Eerdmans. Aug. 2022.400p. ISBN 9780802867131. $39.99. REL Using an interpretive process called associative hermeneutics, biblical scholar Sechrest (Columbia Theological Seminary; [...]

Villodas, Rich. Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World. WaterBrook. Jul. 2022.240p. ISBN 9780525654414. $24. REL Villodas, pastor of a large, diverse, and urban Christian parish, [...]

* Green, Dominic. The Religious Revolution: The Birth of Modern Spirituality, 1848-1898. Farrar. Apr. 2022.464p. ISBN 9780374248833. $35. HIST Arguing that the mid-19th century began an age of scientific and [...]

Pitre, Brant. Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus. Image. Nov. 2021.336p. ISBN 9780525572763. $27. REL Although Pitre (professor of scripture, the Augustine Inst.; Jesus [...]

Reston, James Jr. Luther's Fortress: Martin Luther and His Reformation Under Siege. Basic. May 2015.288p. notes, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780465063932. $27.99. REL This crisply written narrative details the life of [...]

* Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. color. 94+ min. In English, Russian, & German w/English subtitles. Werner Herzog & Dmitry Vasyukov, Studio Babelsberg, dist. by Music Box Films [...]

Jesus in India. color. 97+ min. Paul Davids, Yellow Hat Prods. in assoc, with Paul Davids Prods., www.jesus-in-india-the-movie.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-0-9819244-6-5. $24.95; soundtrack CD ISBN 978-09819244-7-2. $16.95. REL This [...]

Monk with a Camera; The Life and Journey of Nicholas Vreeland. color. 90+ min. Guido Santi & Tina Mascara, Alive Mind c/o Kino Lorber, www.kinolorber.com. 2015. DVD 738329166229. $29.95. REL [...]

Robinson, Marilynne. The Givenness of Things: Essays. Farrar. Oct. 2015. 304p. notes. ISBN 9780374298470. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780374714314. REL In this collection of essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Robinson (Iowa Writer's [...]

Jenkins, Philip. The Many Faces of Christ: The Thousand-Year Story of the Survival and Influence of the Lost Gospels. Basic. Oct. 2015. 336p. notes, index. ISBN 9780465066926. $27.99. REL The [...]

The Homestretch. color. 89+ min. Anne de Mare & Kirsten Kelly, Spargel Prods. & Kartemquin, dist. by Bullfrog Films, 800-543-3764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2015. DVD ISBN 9781941545201. $295 (Rental: $95). Public performance; [...]

Paths of the Soul. 115 min. In Tibetan w/English subtitles. Zhang Yang, dist. by KimStim c/o Icarus Films, www.icarusfilms.com. 2016. DVD UPC 698452212036. $29.99. REL/F Director Zhang presents a docudrama [...]

Love Is a Verb. 57+ min. Terry Spencer Hesser, dist. by MPI Home Video, www.mpihomevideo.com. 2016. DVD UPC 030306723099. $24.98; Blu-ray UPC 030306196596. $29.98. REL Fethullah Gulen is the Islamic [...]

* A Place in Heaven. 113+ min. In Hebrew w/English subtitles. Yossi Madmony, dist. by SISU Home Entertainment, www.sisuent.com. 2016. DVD ISBN 9781560867678. $24.95. F Taking its inspiration from an [...]

* The Amish: Shunned; Your Freedom or Your Family. color. 2 hrs. Callie T. Wiser, Five O'clock Films for American Experience, dist. by PBS, shoppbs.org. 2014. DVD ISBN 9781608830428. $24.99. [...]

Befriending Life: Encounters with Henri Nouwen. Doubleday. 2001. c.304p. ed. by Beth Porter & others. photogs. ISBN 0-385-50202-8. $21.95. REL Since his death in 1996, Nouwen, the popular author of [...]

Gilkey, Langdon. On Niebuhr: A Theological Study. Univ. of Chicago. 2001. c.250p. index. ISBN 0-226-29341-6. $29. REL Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was one of the most influential American theologians of the [...]

Schlabach, Gerald W. For the Joy Set Before Us: Augustine and Self-Denying Love. Univ. of Notre Dame, dist. by Univ. of Chicago. Jan. 2001. c.264p. permanent Paper. index. LC 00-010689. [...]

Atheism: A Reader. Prometheus. 2000. c.350p. permanent paper. ed. by S.T. Joshi. index. ISBN 1-57392-855-0. pap. $20. REL Joshi (H.P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West) here offers selections from [...]

LaNoue, Deirdre. The Spiritual Legacy of Henri Nouwen. Continuum. 2000. c.208p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8264-1283-1. $22.95. REL At his death in 1996, Nouwen, a Dutch Roman Catholic priest who spent [...]

Parables: A New Look at Familiar Stories color. 60 min. Hans Spatzeck-Olsen, Paraclete Pr., PO Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653; 508-255-4685. 2000. ISBN 1-55725-261-0. $54.95. REL Each of the four [...]

Schmidt, Leigh Eric. Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment. Harvard Univ. 2000. 352p. illus. index. ISBN 0-674-00303-9. $37.50. REL The mid-19th-century was a time of religious revival in [...]

Sire, James W. Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling. Inter-Varsity. Sept. 2000. c.252p. index. ISBN 0-8308-2273-9. pap. $14.99. REL In some Christian denominations the intellectual life [...]

Monroe, Ann. The Word: Imagining the Gospel in Modern America. Westminster/John Knox. Jun. 2000. c.208p. permanent paper. index. ISBN 0-664-22141-6. $21.95. REL Monroe, a journalist specializing in religious topics, visited [...]

Smith, Christian. Christian America?: What Evangelicals Really Want. Univ. of California. Apr. 2000. c.270p. permanent paper. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-520-22041-2. $27.50. REL Unlike Linda Kintz's Between Jesus and the [...]

Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community color. 59 min. Northern Pictures & Pro Video Prods., dist. by Pro Video Prods., 325 Lake Ave. S., Suite 605, Duluth, MN 55802; 218-727-4112. [...]

Elshtain, Jean Bethke. Who Are We?: Reflections on Culture at the Millennium. Eerdmans. Mar. 2000. c.200p. ISBN 0-8028-3888-X. $20. REL In this work, originally a series of lectures called 'The [...]

Railway to Heaven color & b/w. 60 min. Mountain Automation Corp., PO Box 2324, Fort Collins, CO 80522-2324; 800-487-3793; 1999. ISBN 0-936206-68-3. $19.95. HIST Using archival photos, motion pictures, and [...]

The Eternal Pity: Reflections on Dying. Univ. of Notre Dame, dist. by Univ. of Chicago. (Ethics of Everyday Life). Feb. 2000. c.124p. ed. by Richard John Neuhaus. ISBN 0-268-02756-0. $25; [...]

Hopkins, Dwight N. Introducing Black Theology of Liberation. Orbis. 1999. 192p. ISBN 1-57075-2869. pap. $15. REL Both of these well-written and easily accessible books situate black theology in the context [...]

Cone, James H. Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998. Beacon, dist. by Houghton. 1999. c.240p, permanent paper, index. ISBN 0-8070-0950-4. $24. Both of these [...]

Pillars of Faith: Martyrs to Christianity color. 48 min. Cromwell Films, dist. by Kultur, 195 Hwy. 36, West Long Branch, NJ; 732-229-2343. 1999. ISBN 0-7697-7001-0. $19.95. REL From a British [...]

Merton, Thomas. The Intimate Merton. HarperSanFrancisco: HarperCollins. Dec. 1999. c.400p, ed. by Patrick Hart & Jonathan Montaldo. LC 99-33239. ISBN 0-06-251620-5. $28. REL This is a one-volume condensation of Merton's [...]

Mathewes-Green, Frederica. At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy. Tarcher: Putnam. 1999. c.288p. permanent paper. ISBN 0-87477-987-1. $22.95. REL In the tradition of [...]

The Lost Ark color. 50 min. Transmedia Prods. & Dandelion, dist. by Acorn Media, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 350, Bethesda, MD 20814-3015; 301-907-0030. 1999. ISBN 1-56938-279-4. $19.95. PARAPSYCH Journalist Bruce [...]

Nouwen Then: Personal Reflections on Henri. Zondervan. 1999. c. 176p. ed. by Christopher de Vinck. ISBN 0-310-22462-4. $16.99. REL Next to Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen--a Dutch Roman Catholic priest who [...]

Ford, Michael. Wounded Prophet: A Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen. Doubleday. 1999. c.256p, bibliog. index. LC 98-50277. ISBN 0-385-49372-X. $23.95. Next to Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen--a Dutch Roman Catholic priest [...]

Hutchison, Robert. Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's Jun. 1999. c.496p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-312-19344-0. $29.95. REL Investigative reporter Hutchison [...]

Radical Grace. 86 min. Rebecca Parrish, dist. by Cinema Guild, www.cinemaguild.com. 2015. DVD ISBN 9780781515313. $99.95; acad. libs. $350. Public performance; closed-captioned. REL In 2012, the Vatican instituted a study [...]

Faith & Doubt: Science and Religion in the Search for Truth. 69 min. David Wollert, Blank Slate Studios, blankslatestudios.org. 2015. Blu-ray UPC 709317891584. $19.99; streaming @ vimeo.com. $14.99. Public performance. [...]

Holloway, Richard. A Little History of Religion. Yale Univ. Sept. 2016.256p. illus. index. ISBN 9780300208832. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780300222142. REL Covering all of the major religions, Holloway (former bishop of [...]

Chaplains: On the Front Lines of Faith. 117+ min. Martin Doblmeier, dist. by Virgil Films, www.virgilfilmsent.com. 2016. DVD UPC 829567119723. $19.99. Closed-captioned. REL Doblmeier, award-winning producer of films on religious [...]

States of Grace. color. 75 min. Helen S. Cohen & Mark Lipman, Open Studio Prods., dist. by New Day Films, www.newday.com. 2015. DVD ISBN 9781574484014. $95; acad. libs. $350; Blu-ray [...]

McGreevy, John T. American Jesuits and the World: How an Embattled Religious Order Made Modern Catholicism Global. Princeton Univ. Jun. 2016. 328p. illus. maps. notes, index. ISBN 9780691171623. $35; ebk. [...]

Wilson, A.N. The Book of the People: How To Read the Bible. Harper. Jun. 2016. 224p. notes, bibliog. ISBN 9780062433466. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062433480. REL Recognizing the Bible's great influence [...]

Grieving the Sudden Death of a Loved One: Guidance for When the Unthinkable Occurs. color. 60 min. Charity Spatzeck-Olsen, dist. by Paraclete Pr., 800-451-5006; www.paracletepress.com. 2012. DVD ISBN 9781612612416. $59.95. [...]

Vauchez, Andre. Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint. Yale Univ. 2012. c.416p, tr. by fr. French, Michael F. Cusato. maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780300178944. $35. [...]

* The Calling. color. 77+ min. David A. Ranghelli, Pleasant Avenue Pictures & Charterhouse Films, www.thecallingdocumentary.com. 2012. DVD UPC 884501114318. $22.95; public performance $74.95; acad. libs. $245. REL Diocesan priest [...]

Duffy, Eamon. Ten Popes Who Shook the World. Yale Univ. 2011. c.160p. illus. index. ISBN 9780300176889. $25. REL These portraits of ten highly influential popes were originally broadcast on BBC [...]

Allen, John L., Jr. A People of Hope: Archbishop Timothy Dolan in Conversation with John L. Allen Jr. Image: Crown. Nov. 2011. c.240p. ISBN 9780307718495. $25. REL In 2009, church [...]