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Spirituality and Religion May 2023 |
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| Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Kaitlin B. CurticeWhat it is: a thoughtful and accessible call to explore the concept of resistance as it relates to the self, the spirit, and society.
Read it for: the author's moving story of growing up as an evangelical Christian and how it intersected with her indigenous (Potawatomi Nation) identity.
Book buzz: "A work of both spiritual direction and challenge toward social engagement, with welcoming, lambent prose" (Library Journal). Available on Hoopla |
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| Strong Like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, & Compassion to Move Through Hard Things... by Aundi KolberWhere it starts: with author and trauma therapist Aundi Kolber standing on a beach, overcome by a feeling of God's love and rethinking what it means to be strong.
What's inside: inspiring practices and resources to help readers reframe their understanding of strength as something that can come from a place of compassion.
Reviewers say: In addition to reflections on her own spiritual experience, Kolber "offers a healing approach that’s compassionate and personal, yet still grounded in practical psychology" (Publishers Weekly). Available on Hoopla |
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The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land
by Graciela Mochkofsky
What it is: a moving and richly detailed account of the unusual journey one rural Peruvian community took from Catholicism to Judaism, which began in the late 1940s when a young man named Segundo Villanueva read the Bible for the first time.
Don't miss: the discussion of the mixed reception members of the community received when they were finally allowed to immigrate to Israel.
Reviewers say: Prophet is "an intimate chronicle of faith" (Publishers Weekly) that is "at times inspiring, at times heartbreaking" and "always engrossing" (Kirkus Reviews).
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The White Mosque: A Memoir by Sofia SamatarNo, not those: The titular house of worship probably isn't one you've heard of, such as the Ottoman-built mosques in Nazareth and Acre, the former state mosque of Malaysia, or the 8th-century mosque in Ramla, Israel. Instead, The White Mosque described here was a small church, built in what is now Uzbekistan in 1884 in the style of a mosque.
Who built it: the followers of Prussian-born minister Claas Epp Jr., who came to Russia during a period when the Tsarist government allowed Mennonite settlement. Epp's leadership was controversial and divisive, but members of the community lived and worshipped in the area until Soviet collectivization in 1935.
About the author: Sofia Samatar is a writer best known for her fantasy and speculative fiction, including the novel A Stranger in Olondria and the story collection Monster Portraits. In The White Mosque, she chronicles the community's history and reflects on her identity as the descendant of both Swiss-German Mennonites and Somali Muslims. Available on Hoopla |
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