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For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite allour discoveries, inventions, and conquests,…
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Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak. But the breakdown that followed illuminated an incontrovertible truth—that love is necessarily imbued with loss, that the one doesn’t exist without the other. German physicist Werner Heisenberg was fighting with the scientific establishment on the meaning of the…
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Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Prize, _It’s Considerate To Be Literate about Religion: Poetry and Prose about Religion, Conflict, and Peace in Our World_ is a book of nonfiction poems and prose for all readers, teen to adult.
Written as part of Dr. Cunningham master's degree program in religion, this book describes and illustrates in Part I the main tenets of religious literacy as endorsed by the American Academy of Religion. Then, Part II uses this lens of religious literacy to examine several conflicts around the globe that have revolved around religion. Part III puts it all together in a succinct and cross-referencing summary.
The lyrical nature of the poems and the very engaging pencil illustrations by Susan Detwiler give each topic traction, and the prose "Learn More" sections allow a deeper dive into the issues raised in the poems.
In addition, a lively preface explains the joy of creating words, such as “poemenclature”; a helpful introduction welcomes readers to the concept of religious literacy; a fulsome glossary defines terms used in the book; and a reading-group guide includes questions and topics for discussion and suggested further reading.
Also check out Cunningham's two children books: _Your Body Sick and Well: How Do You Know?_ and _Dinosaur Name Poems_!
