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February 2012:
A Dangerous Dozen: 12 Christians who Threatened the Status Quo But Taught Us to Live Like Jesus
By the Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, PhD
Foreward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Review:
As Canon C. K. Robertson readily admits, any selection of 12 exemplary Christian saints and prophets who “threatened the status quo,” once it reaches beyond the more obvious choices, is by nature subjective and open to being challenged. But with his sometimes surprising choices, Robertson introduces his readers to a fascinating and quite diverse cast of characters that is definitely worth knowing better.
Spanning five continents and 2,000 years of Christian history—and ranging from Paul of Tarsus to Oscar Romero and the Chinese church leader K.H. Ting and from Mary Magdalene to Sojourner Truth and Dorothy Day—these 12 portraits ought to inspire and give all of us a little more courage to follow the Nazarene troublemaker by living the gospel more faithfully and without worrying too much about rocking the boat.
—Meinrad Scherer-Emunds, Executive Editor, U.S. CATHOLIC
SkyLight Paths Publishing says: Meet 12 fascinating Christian change agents who were unafraid to ask what God would have them do in the face of life’s realities—and unafraid to go ahead and do it.
Paperback: $16.99
Available at bookstores or from SkyLight Paths Publishing: 800-962-4544 or shop online at www.skylightpaths.com
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January 2012:
Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist
By Ronald Rolheiser
Review:
Catholics have long relied on Oblate priest Ronald Rolheiser as a spiritual guide firmly grounded in the Catholic tradition yet also attentive to many graces outside “church.” Our One Great Act of Fidelity continues that tradition, offering a comprehensive yet accessible spirituality of the Eucharist that connects its ritual to the day-by-day journeys of those who celebrate it.
In doing so he affirms the grace to be found in life’s joys as well as its sorrows: “The eucharistic person is not the noble antihero who luxuriates in despair,” he writes, but “the grace-merry person who, while sharing fully in the tears of this world, is ultimately distinguished through his or her laughter.”
—Bryan Cones, Managing Editor, U.S. CATHOLIC
Image Books says: From the author of the bestselling The Holy Longing comes a book about the central expression of faith for hundreds of millions of Christians: the Eucharist.
Paperback: $18
Available at bookstores or from Image Books, a division of Random House: 800-733-3000 or shop online at www.ImageCatholicBooks.com
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