Books on Nature by Rupp and Merton

January 22, 2003 - 12:00 PST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY

Books on Nature by Rupp and Merton Chosen for Spiritual Book Associates' Spring Season

Notre Dame, IN - January 23, 2003. Books on nature by Joyce Rupp and Thomas Merton are among the Featured Books for Spiritual Book Associates' Spring 2003 season.

Spiritual Book Associates is a popular Catholic book club with members worldwide. It was founded in 1934 by Fr. Francis X. Talbot of America magazine, who called SBA "the book club of the soul." Spiritual Book Associates is now part of Ave Maria Press.

During the year, each Spiritual Book Associates member receives the same 8 Featured Books. Featured Books are delivered to members in September, October, November, December, February, March, April, and May.

To be chosen as a Spiritual Book Associates Featured Book, a book must go through a rigorous selection process. Spiritual Book Associates editors read many manuscripts from a variety of publishers. Only those upcoming books that are both very readable and substantial become Spiritual Book Associates Featured Books. Each year there's a mix of serious books and lighter books.

Because Spiritual Book Associates editors know that people are very busy, SBA books usually run between 128 to 160 pages long. SBA books have traditionally been hardbound.

The Spring Featured Books are:

February
Joyce Rupp
Rest Your Dreams On a Little Twig

March
James Langford, ed.
Walking With God in a Fragile World

April
Mary Sherry
Sometimes I Haven't Got a Prayer and Other "Real" Catholic Adventures

May
Thomas Merton, Kathleen Deignan, ed.
When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature by Thomas Merton

Joyce Rupp's newest book, Rest Your Dreams on a Little Twig, is SBA's February Featured Book. Rupp's work is extremely popular with readers. This is Rupp's first book of poetry and was generated by Rupp's observations on nature. It's a very discussible book that should be a big hit, and will especially hit home as winter turns to spring.

In Walking With God In a Fragile World, renowned spiritual writers wrestle with the problems of the human condition in the post-9/11 world. The book is right on point as the international community is looking for peaceful solutions to problems of violence around the world. Contributors include Elie Wiesel, Theodore Hesburgh, Frederick Buechner, Stanley Hauerwas, William Sloan Coffin, Wendy Doniger, Karen Armstrong and others.

Do "real" Catholics question why they do or don't do things, like fasting, going to confession, praying the rosary? Mary Sherry tackles these challenging questions with humor and surrender in Sometimes I Haven't Got a Prayer and Other "Real" Catholic Adventures, which is the Featured Book for April.

When the Trees Say Nothing: Writing on Nature by Thomas Merton is the first collection of Merton's work on nature. It was edited by Kathleen Deignan, CND, the founder of the Iona Spirituality Institute, and is the May Featured Book.

Each Featured Book has its own Readers Group Guide, which helps makes the Spiritual Book Associates program an attractive choice for reading groups. Because all readers get the same Featured Books, readers all over the world are reading and discussing the same books at about the same time. The SBA program is popular with parish and school librarians who recognize SBA as a reliable, ready-to-go spiritual reading resource.

Members also have access to the Spiritual Book News newsletter. Spiritual Book News is designed to keep people up-to-date with books that are worth reading. There is no obligation to buy any of the books profiled in Spiritual Book News.

Spiritual Book News, like the Readers Group Guides, is available at spiritualbookassociates.org. The web site features Special Offers and a monthly, opt-in newsletter called Spiritual Book News Extra, which delves into the Catholic position on current events.

SBA keeps its prices very low. Members in the U.S. get 8 Featured Books for only $64, with no delivery charges for the Featured Books. The price for Canadian delivery is $85 a year, and for other international delivery, $95 a year. (All prices are quoted in US dollars.)

For a limited time SBA has a special Spring 02 promotion offer. Until Feb 28, 2003, anyone who buys a new subscription for themselves or a new gift subscription by calling Marge at SBA and using the code "Nature" will get 8 Featured Books, 2 Bonus Books, and a copy of Henri Nouwen's With Open Hands, all for only $64. This offer is not good on the SBA web site, and is not good with any other offers. It's available only for U.S. delivery.

Contact: Maureen Walsh
Director of Marketing
Spiritual Book Associates
P.O. Box 428
Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
800-282-1865
Walsh.110@nd.edu
http://www.spiritualbookassoc.org

KEYWORDS: Spiritual Book Associates, Joyce Rupp, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Deignan, James Langford, Mary Sherry, Elie Wiesel, Theodore Hesburgh, Frederick Buechner, Stanley Hauerwas, William Sloan Coffin, Wendy Doniger, Karen Armstrong. Category: Book Club, Catholic Books, Catholic Publications, Catholic Libraries

Contact

Spiritual Book Associates (Ave Maria Press)
http://www.spiritualbookassoc.org
IN, US
Maureen Walsh - Director of Marketing, 800 282-1865

Keywords

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