New CC content on democracy, womanism, 1 Corinthians, Zionism, and more.
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** Books!
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Twice each year, CC publishes a books issue. And it’s that time of year again! These are some of my favorite issues of our magazine. They help me identify books to add to my (ever growing, already-too-long-for-my-lifetime) reading list, and even for the books that don’t make that list, I learn a lot from the insightful reviews. If you’re a subscriber, you’ll be able to download a PDF of our entire spring books issue later this week.
But waiting is no fun, so I have a few of those reviews in this email for you. Scroll down for a review of historian Heather Cox Richardson’s book that connects many separate attempts to subvert US democracy ([link removed]) . Another review covers Mitri Raheb’s critique of Christian Zionism ([link removed]) (both the conservative and liberal varieties). We also rolled out a brand new type of article in this books issue: Trending Topics. In this one, my colleague Jessica Mesman sums up five new books on Israel and Jewish identity ([link removed]) .
I also wrote one our new Trending Topics articles, so stay tuned! In the meantime, scroll down for even more great content, like a book review about a womanist reading of 1 Corinthians ([link removed]) , a poem about a poem (about the environment ([link removed]) ), and more.
Email me: What book is next up on your to-read list?
Jon Mathieu
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** Connecting the dots ([link removed])
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“Heather Cox Richardson is skilled at connecting dots. She links the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, six months into Trump’s presidency with the anti-Catholic mobs of the 1830s, the Klan rallies of the 1860s, and anti–New Deal demonstrations of the 1930s.”
review by Randall Balmer
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** Mitri Raheb takes on Christian Zionists (even the liberal ones) ([link removed])
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“Palestinian Lutheran pastor and theologian Mitri Raheb draws a bold line connecting the settler colonialism of Western Christendom with the application of Zionism in Israel and the Palestinian territories.”
review by Emilee Walker-Cornetta
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** Trending topics: Israel and Jewish identity ([link removed])
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For our new Trending Topics series, CC associate editor Jessica Mesman reviews five books on Israel and Jewish identity.
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** In the Lectionary for April 28 (Easter 5B) ([link removed])
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In biblical Greek, the word we translate as “abide” is active rather than passive.
by Austin Shelley
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** Centering Chloe and decentering Paul ([link removed])
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“Mitzi J. Smith depicts the intersections of freedperson status, multiple ways of knowing, and disdain from Paul as a map that connects Apollos, Chloe, and Black women.”
review by Jeremy L. Williams
** Poem about the Environment ([link removed])
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“I have written the awful poem to rescue nature,
a poem that starts: Alaska’s melting.
The poem walks like a toddler wielding an axe. ...”
poem by Jeanne Murray Walker
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