William Johnson Everett

Between Heaven and Earth

Arts & Literature

“Out of life's elemental shards de Gruchy fashions images that help re-frame our lives. Welling out of the depths of her Christian faith, her message leaps across boundaries of race, place, and creed to link us in our common experiences between memory and hope, heaven and earth. Open this book and let your eyes see the world a little more deeply, a little more lovingly, even, as Emily Dickinson said, a little more slant.”

Faith Facing Reality

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“John de Gruchy’s lifelong immersion in South Africa’s struggle for a just society has been deeply formed by his engagement with the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In these reflections he helps us see how Christian faith demands a risky wrestling with the realities of this world—whether its science and technology, its twisted histories of oppression and liberation, or our own ambiguous responses to the mysteries of death, love, and transcendence.”

Going Against the Stream

Theology

“Out of his long conversation with the work of Diterich Bonhoeffer, John de Gruchy illuminates the meaning and vocation of the church as a non-conforming community of freedom. In the face of South Africa’s apartheid or the seduction of artificial intelligence, he celebrates every person as an embodied soul living into the mystery of God’s love. This is an invitation to a life of beauty and joy in the transformation of our lives.”

In the Land of the Living

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Here's the salt for words that have lost their savor. From psalm and prophecy, ancient liturgy and prayer, In the Land of the Living brings fresh meanings to our ears and souls.”

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This book is not only an expos? of the negative ways Protestant theology and ethics have distorted society's treatment of offenders, but it also offers theological and practical paths to the work of restorative justice that lies at the heart of the gospel and the church's proper mission. A must-read for pastors, chaplains, theological educators, and all those who know something to be terribly wrong with our present system of incarceration, retribution, and execution.”