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New & Noteworthy: May 2018

Four May recommendations from our culture editors.

Anna Deavere Smith in Notes from the Field
From Stage to Screen

Pulitzer Prize finalist Anna Deavere Smith brings her critically acclaimed play Notes from the Field to the screen. Based on hundreds of interviews with students, teachers, parents, and administrators, the production brilliantly highlights the disturbing U.S. school-to-prison pipeline. HBO

Love for Creation

Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World presents practical, faithful responses to environmental issues. With scientific data and comprehensive biblical theology, Douglas J. Moo and Jonathan A. Moo invite readers to explore their relationship with creation and the Creator. Zondervan

Just Conversation

The Movement Makes Us Human: An Interview with Dr. Vincent Harding on Mennonites, Vietnam, and MLK gives insights into the formation and life of the late civil rights leader and author of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech. Mennonite pastor-activist Joanna Shenk, who spoke with Harding in 2011, includes biographical notes and context. Wipf & Stock

Time-Tested Tips

Judith Valente offers a way forward through contemporary discord by looking to the past. Rooted in the wisdom of St. Benedict, How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community provides ideas for how to have a more peaceful and purposeful life. Hampton Roads

This appears in the May 2018 issue of Sojourners