How I Review Books

 

Theme: Dissemination

Introduction 1, Introduction 2

Wrap-up: What’s Important? The goal, the story, the lesson or the symbol?

The Sacred Depths of Nature by Ursula Goodenough

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits, and Commentary

Part 2: Quotations — Emergent Religious Principles, Religious Naturalism

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits, and Commentary

Part 2: Quotations – Stories we tell ourselves, Decisions that make us act

The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits, and Commentary

Part 2: Quotation — Evolution, Happiness and Personal Identity

The Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin

Part 1: The Author, Technical Bits, and Commentary

Part 2: Quotation — We live by Narrative

 

Theme: Change

Introduction

Wrap-up: The Ebb and Flow of Religion

Touching Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Part 2: Quotations, Recommendations and Final Thoughts.

Darwin, Divinity and the Dance of the Cosmos by Bruce Sanguin

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Part 2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts

Welcome to the Wisdom of the World by Joan Chittister

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Part 2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts

The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Part 2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts

Theme: Exploration, and the Stories we Tell Ourselves

Introduction

Wrap-up: Lessons Learned

With or Without God by Gretta Vosper

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Part2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts

The Faith Instinct by Nicholas Wade

Part 1: Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Part 2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts

God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens – God is Not Great Part 1:  Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Christopher Hitchens – God is Not Great Part 2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts

God: A Biography by Jack Miles

Jack Miles – God: A Biography Part 1:  Author, Technical Bits and Commentary

Jack Miles – God: A Biography Part 2: Quotes, Recommendations and Final Thoughts