I have really been getting back into the works of Walter Brueggemann recently, his two newest books are fabulous ( An Unsettling God and Journey to the Common Good — click for our reviews) and I just picked up a used copy of his classic The Land while I was in Grand Rapids.
So, I was excited to find out about this six-part series (each segment is about an hour long) that Brueggemann gave last Fall on the book of Daniel and what it means for the people of God to be a holy people. (H/T: Ragan Sutterfield)
Part 1 – September 30, 2009:
Here are the remaining five segments:
Here is a recent video of Wendell Berry reading and commenting on his short story “Making it Home” (found in That Distant Land), in a talk given at the Wisconsin Book Festival.
If you enjoy this video, you will want to check out our recent reviews of a new Wendell Berry book and audiobook from last Friday’s issue:
Brian McLaren’s newest book A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIANITY (HarperOne, BUY NOW from ChristianBook.com) was just released last week, and now TheOoze.tv is featuring a series of videos with Brian that engage the content of the book.
Here is the first of these videos. Stay tuned to TheOoze.tv for the subsequent episodes. Watch for a review of ANKOC coming soon in the ERB!
David Dow’s new book, The Autobiography of an Execution, “is in part an exploration of the politics behind the death penalty and an argument for its abolition. It’s also a memoir; Dow delves into how this line of work has affected his family life.”
The Autobiography of an Execution.
David R. Dow.
Hardcover: Twelve, 2010.
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Why does no one today speak as boldly and as eloquently against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as Dr. King did against the Vietnam War? It’s amazing how relevant his message against American militarism is today — 40+ years later.
You need, I need and we all need to watch these videos and to be challenged by the faithful boldness of Dr. King.
The following interview with Stanley Hauerwas offers a superb counterpoint to the perspectives on leadership and culture that we see embodied in the lives of Billy Graham and Ralph de la Vega, as described in the two books reviewed above.
Here is a fabulous video which serves both as an excellent introduction to Eric Sanderson’s new book Mannahatta (to be reviewed by Brent Aldrich in next week’s issue of the ERB), and as an overview of social artist Fritz Haeg’s Lenape Edible Estate project in Manhattan (Fritz Haeg’s book Edible Estates was named as one of our Best Books of 2008.) You won’t want to miss this captivating video.
(~15 minutes long)
Mannahatta: A Natural History of NYC.
Eric Sanderson.
Hardback: Abrams, 2009.
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Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn.
Fritz Haeg.
Paperback: Metropolis Books, 2008.
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The Work of the People has recently released snippets of their forthcoming film on Stanley Hauerwas. Here two of those snippets on our fear of dying alone and on sentimentality:
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