Carter Heyward

And Yet . . .

Christian Living

Foreword

“I suspect . . . that for Pedro, to write is to pray, which is why And Yet . . . is in truth a prayer book. This is a splendid collection, a precious gift to me as a seeker of honesty, compassion, and sacred truth.”

Communities of Resistance and Solidarity

Theology

“In this book Sharon Welch contributes to a vital conversation, namely, in what sense feminist liberation theologians (for that matter, all honest theologians) must acknowledge both the relativist insights of their truth-claims and the ethically normative value of their work. This is a critical dialectic and Welch's theology helps sharpen it.”

Intersectional Theology

Theology

“Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw offer a remarkable resource to the churches. The authors lift up the concept of intersectionality as a theological prism through which our lives, collectively and individually, can be more honestly assessed and appreciated. The book is an open window into new depths and breadths of what is involved in thinking truthfully about God and ourselves as radically relational beings who can find ourselves, and one another, only at the intersections of our many, varied, and evolving identities. Intersectional Theology is a brief, readable introduction to Christian theology at its most truthful best.”

Open Your Eyes Toward Living More Deeply in the Present

Christian Living

“What a read! Gail Stearns calls this 'a practical book for progressive people of faith.' It is that, and it is also a magnificent theological statement for our times. In Open Your Eyes, Stearns pares down some essentials of Christian life: living in the present, living with suffering, living in compassionate community. Her writing is clear, her faith strong, her mind sharp, and her witness to a very human and loving Jesus is as compelling as any I've come across. Best of all, she pays serious respect to other faith traditions. This is a marvelous testimony to what a compassionate, soulful, liberating Christianity can be.”

Sex, Race, and God

Theology

“Sex, Race, and God is the impassioned manifesto of a white feminist's reckoning with the meaning of race-including her own whiteness-in doing theology. We should be discussing, and acting on many of Thistlethwaite's insights for quite some time. She has made a vital contribution to the feminist theological enterprise and to the critical relationship between back and white women in it.”

What She Will Become

Fiction

“Thistlethwaite raises serious moral and spiritual questions of good and evil in this intriguing historical fiction drama. . . . Its themes are utterly contemporaneous. Adding a spirited counterpoint to the violence and wickedness of some of the characters are sweet portrayals of the jubilant homecoming tradition of the Black church; the feistiness and wit of the hero’s Hungarian immigrant and socialist worker family; and the ubiquitous presence of ‘Miss Bea,’ a small terrier who will steal every open heart.”