New Additions to the Church’s Rowe Library
In the Inspirational Section (north wall, from west end):
Robert M. Herhold, The Promise Beyond the Pain (’79). “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Written by a Lutheran pastor-friend of Lee Scott’s, “this book is about God’s strange joy which is
ever ‘seeking us through pain.’”
Immacule’e Ilibagiza, Led By Faith. Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide (’08).
A powerfully moving account, not only of her survival (unlike that of most of her family),
but of her transformation from hate and resentment to forgiveness and love.
In the Biography/ Autobio Section (west wall, north end upper)
C. Carson, editor, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (’98). An edited collection of
King’s personal notes, letters and other writings.
Barak Obama, Dreams From My Father. A Story of Race and Inheritance. Includes an excerpt
from Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope.” An important review of his developmental years.
In the Theology/ Philosophy Section (west wall, mid):
Deepak Chopra, Peace Is the Way. Bringing War and Violence to an End. (’05) Beginning with
quote from Gandhi, this persuasively urgent proposal has twelve pages of written endorsements
from such as Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Howard Thurman, Rabbi Lerner, Wayne Dyer.
R. Joseph Hoffman, editor, The Just War and Jihad. Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (’06).
Includes, chap. 6, a review of critics of Just War theories by Robert Tapp.
Michael Novak, No One Sees God (’08). The Dark Night [of the soul] of Atheists and Believers.
The struggle with and, for some, through doubt which affects believers and non-believers alike.
Paul Ramsey, editor, Faith and Ethics (’57). The theology of H. Richard Niebuhr, Yale’s seminal
theologian and ethicist, as understood by colleagues and students.
In the New Testament Section (west wall, second section from south end):
Burton L. Mack, The Lost Gospel. The Book of Q and Christian Origins (’93). By one of
Claremont School of Theology’s preeminent New Testament scholars.
In the Miscellaneous Section (south wall, bottom):
Teilhard de Chardin, Building the Earth. (’65). "The heart of the great Jesuit scientist’s vision and …
his famous essay, “The Psychological Condition of Human Unification.”
