Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Disappearing Religions
Pamela Paul recommended Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms by Gerard Russell and Living the Secular Life by Phil Zuckerman, and discussed Habits of the heart by Robert Neelly Bellah and others. Greg Cowles discussed The Boston girl by Anita Diamant, The Keeper by Tim Howard, and Deep down dark by Héctor Tobar.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms by Gerard Russell is an illuminating exploration of several ancient, rapidly disappearing religious communities scattered throughout the Middle East.
Recommended“Gerard Russell joins us to talk about these religions and others which he writes about in his new book heirs to forgotten kingdoms Journeys into the disappearing religions of the Middle East”
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Living the Secular Life
Living the Secular Life by Phil Zuckerman is a sociological exploration of non-religious living that offers insights into how millions of people find morality, community, and meaning without relying on traditional religious frameworks.
Recommended“Phil Zuckerman will be here to talk about his book living the secular life new answers to Old questions”
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Habits of the heart
Discussed“or um they don't identify with a specific religion but they have a personal religion what used to be called shiism by Robert Bella and habits of the heart”
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The Boston girl
Discussed“Anita diamant famous for The Red Tent has a new novel out called the Boston girl that's new at number 12”
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The Keeper
Discussed“at number 16 the soccer goalie Tim Howard uh who became very famous over the summer um making save after save for the United States team in the world cup has a memoir written with Ali Benjamin called The Keeper that's new at number 16”
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Deep down dark
Discussed“and at number 15 um the longtime Los Angeles Times journalist Hector Tobar uh has his um fourth book it's his second non-fiction book it's called deep down dark and that tells the story of the Chilean miners”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
“now it's all John Green and Divergent”
“Anita diamant famous for The Red Tent has a new novel out called the Boston girl that's new at number 12”
“he's at number eight with the burning room so they share the list together all right”