Publishers Weekly - 27.01.2020

Spring Religion & Spirituality

World by Tara Isabella
Burton (Apr. 28, $28, ISBN
978-1-5417-6253-4). Burton,
a columnist at Religion News
Service, tours contemporary
forms of American spiritu-
ality by looking at personal
faiths that mix ritualistic,
personal, and political
practices.

RANDOM HOUSE
The Hope of Glory: Reflections on
the Last Words of Jesus from the
Cross by John Meacham (Feb. 18, $22,
ISBN 978-0-593-23666-6). Pulitzer
Prize–winning historian Meacham
explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as
recorded in the Gospels, combining his-
torical and theological insights to reflect
on the heart of the Christian story.

REGNERY HISTORY
Drinking with Your Patron Saints:
A Sinner’s Guide to Who They Were
and What to Drink in Their Honor by
Michael P. Foley (Mar. 17, $19.99, ISBN
978-1-68451-047-4). Foley follows up
Drinking with Saint Nick to provide cock-
tails and stories in honor of different
patron saints, including Our Lady of
Guadalupe, St. Boniface, St. Florian,
St. Jude, and St. Patrick.

REVELL
Guiding the Next Great Generation:
Rethinking How Teens Become
Confident and Capable Adults by
Jonathan Catherman (Mar. 17, $16.99
trade paper, ISBN 978-0-8007-3657-6).
Catherman looks to guide adult Christians
on how to instruct 21st-century youth on
becoming confident and
capable adults.

ROWMAN &
LITTLEFIELD
Remix Judaism:
Preserving Tradition in a
Diverse World by Roberta
Rosenthal Kwall (Feb. 25,
$30, ISBN 978-1-5381-
2955-5). Kwall sets out a

process of selection, rejection,

and modification of rituals

that allows for a focus on

Jewish tradition rather than

on the technicalities of Jewish

law.

SALEM

Once a Shooter:

Redemption of a High

School Gunman by T.J.

Stevens (Apr. 14, $22.99,

ISBN 978-1-68451-019-1). Stevens, who

walked into a high school in Burke, Va.,

with a rifle in 1982, explores the epiph-

anic transformation that stopped him

from carrying out his planned execution

of nine hostages and then himself. Book

royalties will be donated to a charity that

hosts events for troubled teens.

SCHOCKEN

Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse

(Feb. 4, $16 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-

8052-1174-0). Wisse, a professor of com-

parative literature at Harvard, argues that

Jewish political weakness has increased

Jewish vulnerability to scapegoating and

violence, and has led power-seeking nations

to perpetually cast Jews as targets.

SHAMBHALA

How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A

Survival Guide for Modern Life by

Craig Hase and Devon Hase (Apr. 21,

$18.95, ISBN 978-1-61180-798-1)

offers Buddhist-inspired advice for

staying grounded in a chaotic world,

from a candid husband-and-wife team.

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: 50th

Anniversary Edition by Shunryu Suzuki

(June 2, $16.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-

1-61180-841-4). This new

edition of an American Zen

classic covers Suzuki’s insights

on meditation, such as posture

and breathing in zazen, as well

as his thoughts on the percep-

tion of nonduality.

SHE WRITES

Broth from the Cauldron:

A Wisdom Journey

Finding

Venerable

Mother

Coming this May

“ I met Dhammananda decades ago,

and although our time together was

short, the memory of her clarity and

unshakable dedication and, above

all her kindness, has stayed with

me. Cindy Rasicot’s loving account

of her own transformation through

knowing her is a joy to read.”

—Sylvia Boorstein, author of

Happiness Is an Inside Job

Distributed to the trade by Ingram

Publisher Services

ISBN, Paperback: 978-1-63152-702-9, $16.95

ISBN, E-book: 978-1-63152-703-6, $9.95

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