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This is a brilliant book by brilliant scholars who provide a different platform for conversation than picking through the same old texts. It provides good conversation for people who are generous and curious about who God is and who we are in God.

Though the book is ostensibly a history of music, it is a project that contributes to the present-day reckoning with the definition of “evangelical” and those who claim the slippery term.

Rift, by author Cait West, offers an evocative and raw perspective on the very real implications of patriarchal structures within both restrictive fundamentalist cults as well as greater culture as a whole. 

The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning by Peter J. Hotez is a short, frightening analysis of the rise of anti-science sentiment in the United States and throughout the world. In it, Hotez argues that “anti-science has become a dangerous social force that threatens both our national security and global stature as a nation renowned for its research institutions and universities (xii).” Hotez is particularly well-suited to provide such analysis and warning. He is a well-respected pediatrician and scientist.…

What can I say to convince you to read this book? I’m not sure I can. But I can tell you reading Abram Van Engen and the poetry he explores will bless you and enrich your life. Why not take the invitation and give this book—and poetry--a try?