Slavoj Zizek gives a talk at the Harvard Book store related to his recent book The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (a conversation with John Milbank).

Part 1/8:

Part 2/8:

Click here for Parts 3-8

NPR on a new film (Ondi Timoner’s We Live in Public) and novel (Ignacio de Loyola Brandao’s Anonymous Celebrity) that explore facets of public (and private) life in today’s world of new media.

Having ran reviews of two recent books on Rwanda earlier this year (Catherine Claire Larson’s AS WE FORGIVE and Emmanuel Katongole’s MIRROR TO THE CHURCH), I was intrigued by this new book  God Sleeps in Rwanda By Joseph Sebarenzi.  NPR recently reviewed the author:

I’ve been starting to dig into Shane Hipps’ most recent book Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith.  Here’s a brief interview that Rob Bell did with Shane, which gets to the heart of the issues raised in the book.

Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith By Shane Hipps $12.99

As I have been spreading the word about the upcoming Through the Consuming Fire conference, my mind was drawn back to this excellent conversation about the Church and politics from 2008′s National Pastors’ Conference — featuring Greg Boyd, Shane Claiborne and Chuck Colson.

Related books:

Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals By Shane Claiborne with Chris Haw $12.99 (Paperback)

The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church By Gregory A. Boyd $3.99 (Hardback)

God and Government: An Insider’s View on the Boundaries Between Faith & Politics By Charles W. Colson $4.99 (Paperback)

With more than a little irony, we offer you an excellent video interview which introduces Chris Hedges’ new book Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.  We will feature a review of this book in Vol. 2 #35, due out September 4.

Part 1 of 2:

Part 2 of 2:

I just finished reading Bethany Moreton’s TO SERVE GOD AND WAL-MART: THE MAKING OF CHRISTIAN FREE ENTERPRISE. I highly recommend this book both as a wonderfully-written work of history and social criticism, and — probably more importantly — a case study in the dangers of baptizing the social order as Christian.

[ The internet was out all day here in our part of Indianapolis, so I'm posting this a day late... ]

Great NPR interview with Greg Grandin, author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten City.

Here is a recording of Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s talk “Tactics from Jesus for a Good Life Now” from the 2009 Ekklesia Project gathering. This is a great preview for his book God’s Economy: Redefining the Health and Wealth Gospel, which will be out in October.

Powered by Podbean.com

Presented here are our recordings of Bill Cavanaugh’s talks from the Ekklesia Project Gathering at DePaul University on 10 July 2009.  This talk was related to his recent book Being Consumed (Click here for our review), but more specifically focused on the present economic crisis, which hit hardest after the book was released.  Cavanaugh does a superb job at getting to the heart of why the American economy crashed and lays out much to think about as the Body of Christ discerns what economic faithfulness looks like.

 EP Talk - Bill Cavanaugh - Part I [26:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 EP Talk - Bill Cavanaugh - Part II [26:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 EP Talk - Bill Cavanaugh - Part II (Q/A) [33:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download