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• From Val Webb, Mudgee NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  No god but God: the Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan, Random House, New York 2006.This is a highly readable account of the evolution of Islam by... More...
  
  
• From Sue Emeleus, Ermington NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  Three good books may interest you this month. Val Webb’s Like Catching Water in a Net: Human attempts to describe the Divine (Continuum, New York, 2007) is my first choice.... More...
  
  
• From Peter Willis, Belair SA
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  Too Soon Old. Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston, Hachette Australia, 2004. As a wounded healer and now well over 60 with one son dead from childhood leukaemia and one... More...
  
  
• From Peter Correy, Beecroft NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S Collins, Free Press, New York 2007 (paperback). This book raises issues which may be of interest to... More...
  
  
• From Jonathan T Dixon, Carlingford NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  The God Problem—Alternatives to Fundamentalism by Nigel Leaves, Polebridge Press 2006. The author of this 81 page book is the Warden and Dean of Studies of the John Wollaston Anglican... More...
  
  
• From Hedley Beare, Ivanhoe, Victoria
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life by Christopher Jamison, London, Phoenix Paperback, 2007 ($24.95)In 2005 the Benedictine Abbey at Worth in Sussex invited five men to sample the monastic... More...
  
  
• From Harry Graves, Wyoming NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  I have been reading Meeting Jesus Again For The First Time (Marcus Borg, Harper Collins, USA, 1995.) It richly rewards a return visit. The title is evocative. Reading the book... More...
  
  
• From David Cohen, East Blaxland NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  Great Souls: Six Who Changed the Century by David Aikman, Word Publishing 1998.The author, a former Senior Correspondent for Time magazine, has written what has been described as a book... More...
  
  
• From Clive H Norton, Dulwich Hill NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus. John Garratt Publishing, 2007. Available from Aquinas Academy 02 9247 4651.Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book was first published... More...
  
  
• From Anne B Udy, Sydney NSW
  Review posted: 15 May 2008
  Into the Silent Land by Martin Laird, OSA. Oxford University Press, New York, 2006. This book is, as Rowan Williams says, ‘a rare treasure’. The abbess of Redwood Monastery in... More...