Book Reviews Archive

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

Posted June 27th, 2008 in Book Reviews 0 Comments

by James Howard Kunstler
Grove Press NY, 2005 (with 2006 epilogue)
Whew, now that title is a mouthful.  But it describes what this book is all about — a compelling depiction of a series of converging trends that are about to alter life as we know it on this planet, and doom-and-gloom predictions of what this new [...]

Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization and World Religions

Posted June 27th, 2008 in Book Reviews 0 Comments

by Rosemary Radford Ruether
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005
In this book, one of our most insightful feminist theologians weaves together themes essential to the understanding of our world right now: “corporate globalization and its challenges, interfaith ecological theology, and ecofeminism.�?
These themes are essential.  Corporate globalization represents the dominant economic model seeking control of the world [...]

The Great Turning - From Empire to Earth Community

Posted June 27th, 2008 in Book Reviews 0 Comments

by David Korten
Barret-Kohler Publishers, Inc. & Kumarian Press, Inc., 2006
It is David Korten’s argument that, like it or not, we are faced with a momentous choice in this generation, and that choice will determine whether or not this era is looked upon as the time of ‘the great turning’ or ‘the great unraveling.’
No argument here.  [...]

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