by Norman West | Jan 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Religion, Social Science
10,000 religions. Can they all be wrong? Can any be right? Well, certain members of all of them believe they are. The result is a world pushed this way and that. Separation and conflict ensues. James T. Houk is a professor of anthropology at Our lady of the Lake...
by Norman West | Jan 12, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science & Technology
There is certain to be a goodly amount of violence, as commonly understood, associated with climate change. However, as defined by the author, you and I are certainly doing violence by just living our comfortable lives as the world’s consummate consumers. The...
by Norman West | Sep 21, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Education, Parenting & Families, Religion, Social Science
This book covers a tough subject with effects that run the gamut from subliminal to deadly. Ken Wytsma has exposed the muscle and bone behind racism and I believe that reading this thought-provoking book will help us shed our prejudices and begin to heal the rifts in...
by Norman West | Aug 17, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion
The fear in the subtitle, Saving Our Faith from a Culture of Fear, isn’t the external fear brought on by too much exposure to the news, or only partly, it’s a fear to engage in a full life of Christian service. Not only in our personal lives, but the life...
by Norman West | Jul 12, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Science & Technology
Drawdown is a wonderful, impressive book, both in form and content. It’s sized appropriately for a coffee table, features heavy, satin finished paper and is lavishly furnished with photographs. While that’s very nice, the content is where it shines brightest. The main...