Marvin M. Ellison

A Matter of Death and Life

History & Biography

“Because dying, like living, is seldom neat and tidy, finding a trustworthy guide about these matters is a precious gift. Equipped with wisdom hard earned from her years as a hospital chaplain, Alice Hildebrand reflects on the challenges and benefits, the risks and joys of accompanying an aging, somewhat cantankerous, yet beloved father through to his final days. No cheap sentiment here. Only fierce tenderness and savvy encouragement to honor one’s feelings, come what may.”

Embracing Disruptive Coherence

Theology

“In these pages Kathleen Talvacchia gives readers a treat: a smart, provocative analysis of how ‘coming out’ for LBGTQ folks is an ongoing process, not a singular event, involving far more than disclosure of identity. As she carefully maps out, coming out is a life-altering practice of ‘coming into’ the kind of community that encourages truth-telling and relational integrity. In her hands, moral wisdom shimmers and shakes in delightful ways.”

I Win, We Lose

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Kudos to editor Rick Stecker for bringing this volume to print because, God knows Snow's kind of savvy cultural critique and compassionate wisdom is welcome sustenance for the journey.”

There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother

Theology

“Warning! Handle this timely exploration of 'religionless Christianity' with care. Its potent medicine provides a wise and witty--yet deadly serious--antidote to mindless dogmatism, heartless moralism, and other forms of toxic religiosity.”

Unfinished Lives

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In telling these 'stories that trouble the soul' about the hateful murders of fourteen LBGTQ people who were selected for execution simply because of their non-conforming sexual orientation and gender presentation, Stephen Sprinkle has courageously refused to bury the victims in silence or go along with the cultural amnesia that tries to suggest 'it was all a mistake' and 'they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.' No, anti-gay violence is an intentionally employed weapon of mass terror, and religion is often its accomplice. With a fierce determination to honor our dead by telling the truth out loud and proud, Sprinkle calls the community to take up the queer theological tasks of, yes, remembering and mourning, but also of community resistance and organizing to end the violence against us, against all peoples.”