A few weeks ago I turned in the final version of the index for Brian Walsh and Steven Bouma-Prediger’s new book, Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement. Compiling an index for a book is tough work, but one of the benefits, of course, is that you get to read the book several times before anyone else gets to. I know several of my readers over at CatholicAnarchy.org know Brian Walsh’s work very well, and you won’t be disappointed with this one. Rumor has it that he and Sylvia Keesmaat are working on a book on Paul’s letter to the Romans, similar in style to their popular Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire.
Here is the description of Beyond Homelessness from the Eerdman’s website:
This book goes far beyond covering the subject of homelessness as the social problem we all recognize in our cities. Mass emigrations, displaced families, and human alienation from the earth all mark our times. In critiquing contemporary North American culture, Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian Walsh discuss various forms of homelessness — socioeconomic, ecological, and psycho-spiritual — and creatively show how biblical attentiveness and Christian faith can heal the profound dislocations in our society.
Ending each of their chapters with a moving biblical meditation, the authors also interact throughout with characters and themes from current literature and popular culture — from Salman Rushdie to Barbara Kingsolver, from the Wizard of Oz to Bruce Cockburn.
Beyond Homelessness is due out at the end of May.
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