The
Vol. 1, No. 4 –
Diving for pearls in the endless stream of books (Eccles. 12:12B)
Chris Smith, editor
“A Vision of Disparities Reconciled”
A review of
Robert Adams’
Why People Photograph.
By Brent Aldrich.
Robert Adams has been photographing around his home in the American West since the 1970s. His earliest images of tract houses and suburbs meeting the landscape were part of a seminal photography show in 1975, the New Topographics, photographers interested in documents of place.
Central to
Using the model of coherence of vision and structure, several essays in this volume are about individual photographers working alongside or before
Just as
Much of
Why People Photograph is useful for a people who desire the reconciliation of all the world to the order of God at the Creation. Robert Adams believes that art is best suited to help us imagine this order as found in the context of a fallen world: “Art is a discovery of harmony, a vision of disparities reconciled, of shape beneath confusion. Art does not deny that evil is real, but it places it in a context that implies an affirmation; the structure of the picture, which is a metaphor for the structure of the Creation, suggests that evil is not final.” (181)
Why People Photograph.
Robert Adams. Trade paperback. Aperture. 1996.
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Used Book Finds
The bread-n-butter of our bookstore business is the sale of used books, and we do a fair amount of scouting around for used books each week. In this section we will feature some of the interesting books that we have found in the past week. Generally, we will only have a single copy of these books, so if you want one (or more) of them, you’ll need to respond quickly.
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue:
Black Theology in the Slave Narratives.
Dwight
Trade Paperback. Orbis Books. 1991.
Very Good. Clean pages / Moderate wear.
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Liberating Grace.
Leonardo Boff. Trade Paperback.
Orbis Books. 1979. Very Good.
Clean pages / Minimal wear.
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The Last Temptation of Christ.
The Novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Trade Paperback. 1990 Printing. Very Good.
Clean pages / Very minimal wear.
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Reviewed Elsewhere
Poet Luci Shaw reminisces about the life and work
of her friend the late Madeleine L’Engle.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2008/001/10.8.html
“Madeleine L’Engle. A powerful woman, large-hearted, fearless, quixotic, profoundly imaginative, unwilling to settle for mediocrity. Tall and queenly, she physically embodied her mental and spiritual attributes. I remember occasions when, in church during Advent, she would rise to full height, spread her arms wide like the Angel of the Annunciation, and declare, “Fear not!” in a tone that allowed no gainsaying. It was a challenge impossible to ignore.
She loved God and his children, but this didn’t keep her from questioning and questing in pursuit of truth, which she never equated with fact. Without ever being a scientist herself, she had an uncanny understanding of some of the principles of physics, and the thrust of her life was to integrate her sense of the largeness, diversity, and unity of the universe with the spiritual principles she found in Scripture and her daily practice and rule of life. … ”
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2008/001/10.8.html
Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.
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Madeleine L’Engle’s Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art.
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Other books by Madeleine L’Engle: [ Amazon.com ]
Peace Activist Michael Westmoreland-White provides a wonderful
introductory bibliography to the life and work of
of Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://levellers.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/king-bibliography/
“There are numerous biographies of King, but many are written for children or are hagiographic (reinforcing the plastic saint mistake) or have numerous factual errors due to poor research. But there are 2 excellent one-volume biographies on King:
David J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Vintage Books, 1986) which won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
Stephen B. Oates, Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Harper & Row, 1982).
If you have time and can either afford it or have access to library copies, I also highly recommend the 3-volume work by Taylor Branch which chronicles King’s public life in the context of the wider social history of the U.S. at the same time.
Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 (Simon & Schuster, 1988).
Taylor Branch, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965 (Simon & Schuster, 1998).
Taylor Branch, At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968 (Simon & Schuster, 2006).
… ”
Read the full bibliography:
http://levellers.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/king-bibliography/
David J. Garrow. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC.
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Stephen B. Oates. Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr..
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The Jesuit magazine
to the work of the musical group The Hold Steady
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10562
“ … Since their 2004 debut, Almost Killed Me, The Hold Steady have fashioned what can perhaps best be described as a literary and musical universe, populated by recurring characters seeking hope and forgiveness amidst their own brokenness and the harsh realities of life at the margins of polite society. Their most recent album, 2006’s Boys and Girls in America, with a title borrowed from Jack Kerouac, has garnered extensive critical praise, with many commentators recognizing influences as diverse as Bruce Springsteen and the poet Jim Carroll. Combining a classic sound with literary imaginings perhaps more at home in a Flannery O’Connor story, The Hold Steady are a bold new voice on the rock scene, providing much-needed spiritual depth and sophistication to an audience hungry for more than the latest musical fashion. …”
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http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10562
The Hold Steady has free mp3 versions of several songs here:
http://www.theholdsteady.com/mp3s.php
The latest cd from The Hold Steady:
Boys and Girls in America.
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