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Spirituality and Religion May 2024 |
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| Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine ColdstreamIn this candid and thought-provoking memoir, former nun Catherine Colstream reflects on her time as a Carmelite at Akenside Priory in northern England, the circumstances that motivated her to join the order, and the internal conflicts that eventually led to her departure. |
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| To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah FeldmanWell-researched, accessible, and timely, this sobering exploration of modern Judaism surveys the religion's different schools of thought, practice, and identity. Don't miss: the discussions of Israel as a concept and as a modern nation-state, which the author takes great pains to differentiate between while encouraging readers to confront issues like nationalism and the ongoing war in Palestine. |
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| The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammonNPR correspondent Sarah McCammon examines the recent, relatively sharp decline in membership in evangelical churches, drawing interviews with others who left their churches and on her own experience being raised in a strict religious environment. Don't miss: the exploration of how responding to large cultural shifts has shaped evangelical churches since the 1970s. |
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| Reading Genesis by Marilynne RobinsonJust as she does in her fiction, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson pairs her love of literature with her interest in theology in this thought-provoking close reading of the book of Genesis. Topics include: the "show, don't tell" storytelling rule of thumb, character archetypes as applied to biblical figures, and concepts like grace and justice. |
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