BOOK NOTES

 

We have sent Pilgrimage of Joy, the autobiography of Carl Ketcherside, to all those who reserved a copy. Already we have heard from a number who are delighted to read about Carl’s interesting and colorful life. We will send you a copy at $15.00 postpaid when you send a check with your order.

Back issues of this journal, loose copies, are available while they last at 40 cents each plus postage, or we will send you a random selection of 15 of them for $5.00, postpaid. Some go back 20 years and more. We also have bound volumes, seven in all, dating back to 1977, except for 1979-80, covering 12 years of publication, $70 postpaid for all seven. Or you may purchase them one by one, such as The Hope of the Believer (1989-90) at $15.00 postpaid.

You will find Mary For All Christians by John Madquarrie, a British writer, both informative and provocative, and you may find yourself drawn closer to the tradition that gives special honor to the mother of our Lord. Along the way he discusses such doctrines as the immaculate conception and the glorious assumption. $14.50 postpaid.

How would you like to read what 27 women from many denominations say about the ministry of women in the church? A new book, Women and Church, includes essays by a black-African Roman Catholic, an Anglican, a Baptist pastor, an Orthodox minister, a Pentecostal professor, etc., which shows that it relates the potential of women’s ministry to the challenge of ecumenicity. $12.50 postpaid.

The ACU Press in Abilene, Tx. is to be commended for issuing books that call for Biblical renewal and challenge Churches of Christ to reexamine their heritage. We stock three such titles: The Worldly Church, $10.00; Discovering Our Roots, $12.00; The Cruciform Church, $19.00. Prices include postage. These books are all out on the cutting edge.

Call Me Blessed by Faith Martin continues to be the most popular study on the ministry of women, persuasively presented. $10.50 postpaid.