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Abraham Joshua Heschel; essential writings.

Heschel, Abraham Joshua. (Modern spiritual masters series)

978-1-57075-919-2

Heschel (1907-1972), an exile from Nazi Germany, contributed to Judaism's spiritual renewal and was involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements and dialogues with Vatican II. Susannah Heschel (Jewish studies, Dartmouth College) introduces the life and selected published and unpublished writings of her father on topics including what makes humans receptive to God (e.g., Man is Not Alone, 1950), and the political as spiritual (e.g., in an introduction to Martin Luther King in 1967). (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

All is grace; a biography of Dorothy Day.

Forest, Jim.

978-1-57075-921-5

Forest draws from the wealth of journals and letters left by Day to present a biography of the founder of the Catholic Worker movement. He details her work during the first half of the twentieth century as a journalist and activist, her interest in the Catholic Church, the launch of the pro-union tabloid The Catholic Worker, and her lifelong fight for social justice in the name of Christ. This biography is aimed at the general reader, especially those interested in the history of the Catholic Worker movement. Hundreds of photographs are included. Mr. Forest is also the author of Living with Wisdom; A Life of Thomas Merton. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

No turning back; my summer with Daddy King. (reprint, 2007)

Brewster, Gurdon.

978-1-57075-836-2

Episcopal priest and former chaplain at Cornell U. Brewster presents this memoir looking back at the summer he spent at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta with Martin Luther King Sr. and Jr. The book tells of Brewster's own involvement in the church and the Civil Rights Movement and provides a very personal glimpse into the lives of Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. and his son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This memoir appeals to general readers interested in the Civil Rights Movement. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)