New & Noteworthy
Titles published less than 6 months ago.
Author:
Leymah Gbowee & Carol Mithers
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia’s women together—and together they led a nation to peace.
“A culturally significant collection that explores the challenges of reconciling pleasure with piety.”—Kirkus
“In Love Wins, Rob Bell tackles the old heaven-and-hell question and offers a courageous alternative answer." - Brian McLaren
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
"Beal's exciting book offers both fascinating history and a new and insightful way to approach the 'sacred text'." -John Shelby Spong
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
Karen Armstrong now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.
Author:
Jennifer Wright Knust
Recommended By:
Rev. Anne Robertson, MassBible Executive Director & Mike Colyott, MassBible Resource Director
Bible scholar Jennifer Wright Knust addresses the big questions that dominate today's discussions and debates when it comes to sex and the Bible
Author:
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
“This book is a powerful and prophetic work of public theology for our idolatrous times." -- Cornel West
Author:
Robert E. Putnam & David E. Campbell
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America.
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
A loving, hard-working, godly couple has long been denied a family of their own. Finally, the wife makes a deal with God.
Author:
John Buehrens & Rebecca Ann Parker
A House for Hope suggests that liberal religious commitment is based on expansive love for life rather than adherence to narrow dogma.