Remember the Harry Potter Sunday last fall? You can learn more about the Christian and ethical themes in the series in God and Harry Potter at Yale by Rev. Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio (201 T), now in...
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In the Church Library – January, 2012
Three new books offer help for your spiritual life: Naked Spirituality, a Life with God in 12 Simple Words is by Brian McLaren (248 M). The author presents a four-stage framework for understanding the...
Church Library – December, 2011
Last April the cover story in Time Magazine was entitled What if there‘s no Hell? It was a discussion of Rob Bell’s latest book Love Wins; a Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person...
In the Church Library – “Inside Islam” DVD
If you missed the September program on understanding Islam, sponsored by the Yorktown clergy, the church library has purchased the DVD Inside Islam; What a Billion Muslims Really Think. The Gallup poll...
Church Library – May 2011
Kicked Out, edited by Sassafras Lowrey, with a foreword by Judy Shepard, the mother of Matthew Shepard, is a collection of stories told by the teens who were kicked out when their parents learned that...
Church Library – April, 2011
N. T. Wright, who wrote the series of New Testament studies recently added to the Library, has also written several books about Christian belief and life. Why do we expect justice? Why do we crave spirituality?...
Church Library – February 2011
Mitch Albom, author of the best-seller Tuesdays with Morrie, has written another inspiring book, Have a Little Faith (call number 201 A). It begins when an elderly rabbi from Albom’s old hometown...
Church Library – January 2010
Speaking of Faith; Why Religion Matters—and How to Talk About It(200 T) is by creator and host of public radio’s Speaking of Faith program Krista Tippett, who has spent countless hours doing just...
Church Library – February 2010
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Penn-sylvania schoolhouse in 2006, attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by...
Church Library – May 2010
The Great Emergence; how Christianity is Changing and Why (270.8 T), Phyllis Tickle, long an astute observer of religion, examines a once-every-500-years trend within Christianity she calls “the...