A Book Review from the Epiphany Library The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith by Marcus Borg Library section 3 B: General Christianity. Borg compares the more traditional way of looking at God “somewhere out there,” as opposed to seeing God in, around, and under us. Borg...
A Book Review from the Epiphany Library Judaism: Theology, History and Practice by Naftali Brawer Library section 7 A: The Church in the World, World Religions. This book explains Judaism. Part 1, Theology, tells about the Jewish concept of God (1 God, not 3-in-1); the Torah (the first 5 books of the...
C.S. Lewis and Narnia for Dummies by Richard Wagner Epiphany library section 12 E: Teen, Non-fiction This book for teens and adults is about C.S. Lewis and his writings. First comes Lewis’ biography with photographs – his birth in Ireland, youth and education, professorships at Oxford and Cambridge, conversion to...
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks Epiphany library section 7C: The Church in the World, Society/Human Rights/Justice. This prize-winning journalist published this book in 1995 about the lives of Islamic women in Islamic-dominated middle eastern nations. While some regimes have become less repressive toward...