{"id":6289,"date":"2024-02-01T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.elca.org\/jle\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2024-02-02T00:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:16:51","slug":"book-review-introduction-february-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.elca.org\/jle\/book-review-introduction-february-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review Introduction: February\/March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three books reviewed this month bring additional resources to the theme of this JLE issue. Each book approaches grief and loss from a unique perspective. In <em>The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power<\/em>, Courtney Vance and Robin Smith address suicide in the African American community, offering \u201cpractical and culturally sensitive wisdom necessary for African American males to pursue strong spiritual mental health and wellness\u201d through self-care, openness, and community. Our reviewer, Rev. Dr. Richard Perry highly recommends it.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Arnison reviews and recommends two books offering a literary approach to addressing suffering. In <em>The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation<\/em> by Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke\u2019s letters to bereaved friends \u201creject any easy consolation\u2026He speaks directly to their sorrow, [with] unflinching acknowledgement of death and loss.\u201d For Rilke, the beloved ones live on in our memories and in our daily conduct as we carry forward their lives and aspirations. (This review previously appeared in JLE in Feb 2019). In a new book, <em>Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair<\/em>, Christian Wiman of Yale Divinity School addresses despair and faith through poetry (his and other\u2019s), theology, and memoir arising from his own 20 year struggle with a devastating cancer. A rich, unique and poignant book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three books reviewed this month bring additional resources to the theme of this JLE issue. Each book approaches grief and loss from a unique perspective. 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