Susan B. Thistlethwaite

A Dream Unfinished

Theology

“The collective voice of A Dream Unfinished is the voice of the 21st century asking, 'Why are we always only given two choices? Why just margin or center, white or nonwhite, rich or poor; why always just one or the other?' And that leads to the most liberating question of all: 'Who set things up this way?' What an enormous help this book is.”

Abortion

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Yitzhak Rabin once said, 'You don't make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies.' Lloyd Steffen has taken a huge step in the direction of peace among enemies in this reader on abortion. He brings together the responsible views from all sides of this critical controversy. We have a long way to go to peace, but peace begins with listening.”

Boundary Leaders

Work, Money & Leadership

“Gary Gunderson invites us to find our 'secret name' as boundary leader. Start this journey. The religious leader/the civic leader must meet on the boundary and accompany our society through healing and transformation. There is urgency to this task. Get going!”

Healing Violent Men

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“David Livingston treats domestic violence as gravely as any other form of torture and asks, 'What is the path to authentic repentance and reconciliation for the batterer? What is the responsibility of the Christian community?' Livingston has made a serious contribution toward the struggle for truth, justice, and reconciliation in the home.”

Radical Charity

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Want to be a happier person? Give generously, especially to those in poverty. That is the astonishing argument Chris Marlin-Warfield makes in Radical Charity. Marlin-Warfield turns the whole concept of charity on its head. Instead of judging the poor or feeling superior to them, realize that through charity you are entering into a profound relationship with God, with the poor, and with your own soul. This book confronts our current culture of cruelty from the heart of Christianity, as well as from sound socio-economic research. It makes sense! And here’s an amazing thing. You will feel a lot happier after you have read this book and started to practice radical charity. Get going!”

The Feminine Unconventional

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“These marvelous stories! This volume is a woman's canon presented with scholarship and wit. I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

The Nonviolent God

Theology

“Those who would claim that the God worshiped by Christians justifies violence -- either the violence of war or that of racism, sexism, or economic exploitation -- will now have to contend with this richly textured book by Denny Weaver. . . . Makes the compelling claim that the God of Jesus does not deal with the world by violence and thus neither should humanity.”

Where the Spirit Is

Preaching & Worship

“Where the Spirit Is is a unique and fascinating work in which R. Shea Watts uses his own personal and very complex experience growing up Pentecostal to explore the work of the Spirit. . . . This book conducts a very complex dance, interweaving searing personal experience with sharp insights into academic analysis. Watts dances away from simple condemnations or praise and keeps pressing the fundamental question of liberative praxis: ‘What then can be done to flesh out freedom in the present age?’”