New and Noteworthy

Four February culture recommendations from our editors.
My Little Book of Big Freedoms
My Little Book of Big Freedoms
What We Need

My Little Book of Big Freedoms: The Human Rights Act in Pictures , illustrated by British writer-illustrator Chris Riddell, is a pocket-sized booklet with winsome illustrations of 16 freedoms and protections we might take for granted, including life, freedom, justice, belief, thought, togetherness, love, and mercy. Amnesty International U.K.

Life Together

How can families of all shapes and sizes nurture human dignity, service, and the common good in the home and society? In Schools of Solidarity: Families and Catholic Social Teaching, Mary M. Doyle Roche offers practical, joyful guidance, with questions and activities for discussion and reflection. Liturgical Press

True Wealth

For many believers money, debt, consumerism, and tithing are touchier topics than are sex and politics. In The Christian Wallet: Spending, Giving, and Living with a Conscience, pastor and author Mike Slaughter, with Karen Perry Smith, fearlessly explores how to bring light and life to our finances. Westminster John Knox

Awaken and Rise

Writers literary and theological, classic and contemporary provide wise and beautiful companionship on the journey to resurrection in All Shall Be Well: Readings for Lent and Easter, co-edited by Michael Leach, James Keane, and Doris Goodnough. Orbis

This appears in the February 2016 issue of Sojourners