Culture

Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 2010 RRP; $34.95 Michelle Cook is in Cape York Patrol and St Luke’s Weipa and is interested in helping members of her congregation see their work as part of their own ministry. This book provides a thought provoking introduction to the struggles in the West to integrate Christian living with paid employment. Author Esther Reed ...

Fortress Press Minneapolis, 2009 RRP: $44.95 Reviewed by Bruce Bartleet, minister at the Fassifern Uniting Church Author Magnus Zetterholm attempts to focus on Paul’s relation to Judaism and on the question of whether he should be seen as a figure within Judaism or as somehow having made a decisive break with it. Mr Zetterholm believes there are broadly three different ...

Wiley, 2006 RRP: $19.95 Phil Smith is a journalist, an elder at Pine Rivers Uniting Church, and has an interest in early church history. WHILE HUNTING for a biography of Saint Benedict at a council library I marvelled at how fiction such as The Da Vinci Code mingles with non-fiction in the religious categories. If author Rena Pederson was not ...

Templeton Press, 2009 RRP $48.95  Reviewed by Pastor Jenny Coombes of Murgon, previously a high school science teacher, now exploring the area of spirituality and excited by possibilities.  IMAGINE WALKING around a crowded room, filled with a very diverse group of people and dropping in on their conversations. Some you might feel an instant rapport with, and be able to participate fully in ...

Lion Hudson RRP $39.95 Reviewed by Bob Warrick UNITING CHURCH people often affirm that ‘we are a pilgrim people’ but how do we understand the word ‘pilgrim’? Bradley’s ‘Pilgrimage’ adds meaning to the word as it includes not only a comprehensive history of pilgrimage but also detailed descriptions of pilgrim places and routes in Europe which have been developed over two ...

Jossey-Bass, 2009 RRP $32.95 THIS IS the 85th edition of The Minister’s Manual 2010 – The Minister’s Complete Sourcebook.  In that time you would imagine that they have learned a thing or two and you would be right.  Following the Revised Common Lectionary for 2010 the book provides resources for the sermon, children’s message and worship aids (call to worship ...

Self published. New revised ed. n.d. RRP $14.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Marian Zaunbrecher, Associate General Secretary of the Queensland Synod HAVING EXPERIENCED a long drawn out period of depression in my life I am attracted to any book offering me further insights into this condition. Willkie’s book has been around since 1985. He has revised it and republished it taking ...

Templeton Press, West Comshohocken, PA, USA, 2009 RRP $33.95 Reviewed by Alan Cook, a computer enthusiast who teaches the not-so-young to use computers and looks after the PowerPoint at Wavell Heights Uniting Church. IN THIS relatively short book the author, Noreen Herzfeld, Professor of Theology and Computer Science at St. John’s University, Minnesota, explains why religion has a duty to understand ...

Templeton Press, 2009 RRP: $48.95 Reviewed by Phil Smith THIS BEAUTIFULLY published book is the result of blending wonderful skills and life experiences. The Italian authors could easily be pigeon holed as an astrophysicist and electronics engineer. Marco Bersanelli combines the former with presiding over the EURESIS scientific and cultural association. Scientific journalist Mario Gargantini invested 20 years as a ...

Templeton Press, 2009 RRP $34.95 Reviewed by Rev Heather den Houting, minister at Kenmore Uniting Church, who is fascinated by the way we hold the conversations between science and theology. THIS IS an exciting book for anyone who is interested in nature and function of the universe. Templeton Press aims to publish books that track the relationship between science and ...