Sunday, November 1, 2009

New for November 2009

Just for a change, I thought I’d offer you a list of what’s new and notable on the religion shelves for November 2009.


Controversial guru Joel Osteen has a new one out titled It’s Your Time. According to PW, it’s pretty much the same as all his others. Nice smile, though.
Presbyterian-turned-Catholic Scott Hahn is popular in some quarters, and his new one is titled Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots. From the subtitle, I’m guessing it has an apologetics as well as inspirational perspective.
Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius have authored Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. I’m not sure why we need yet another book on neuroscience and religion, but there you go.
Finally, Wayne Dyer offers wisdom from the Chinese classic in A New Way of Thinking, A New Way of Being: Experiencing the Tao Te ching. This looks like one of those “gift” books with only one sentence per artfully designed page. Perfect for the baby-boomer in your life.

2 comments:

Christy Pinheiro, EA ABA said...

I like Wayne Dyer and Osteen, although I think Osteen and his wife generally need to switch ghostwriters-- all the books do sound the same.

Derek said...

Oh, you like Osteen? I saw him on TV once and he's a likeable guy but his books aren't really my kind of thing. They're very popular though.