Ethical Culture Review of Books
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The Ethical Culture Review of Books discusses books that raise ethical questions, whether about private life or the public good. Reviews of books that relate to Ethical Culture or have references to Ethical Culture are especially welcome. The books for review will be chosen by members of our editorial board and will include, but not be limited to, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. In most cases, the books we choose will be of general interest and accessible to most readers, but we do not rule out scholarly or specialized books.

The Review will highlight not only new books but also books worthy of revival. Through the vast resources of the World Wide Web, it is now possible to find a wide variety of books other than the latest best sellers stacked at the mall superstore. We will often direct the reader to new, used, and rare bookstores online where the books we discuss can be found. It is also still possible in your very own town or city to find excellent small bookstores as well as another wonderful source of books you may browse and borrow at no cost: the public library.

Reviewers include teachers, professional writers, Ethical Culture Leaders, and other members of local ethical societies.

The Ethical Culture Review of Books is meant to be a forum that welcomes discussion. We invite letters to our editorial board, and we will publish these letters at our discretion in full or in part. Submissions of reviews and essays are also welcome, but submission does not ensure publication.

For more information on Ethical Culture, including information on the American Ethical Union and links to local ethical societies, see the Virtual Ethical Society.  You can also find more books on Ethical Culture.

Reviewed on this site:

NEW! A Whole Life’s Work: Living Passionately, Growing Spiritually
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

The Doctor's Plague by Sherwin B. Nuland
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

A Novel Explores the Spectrum of Euthanasia
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

A Book About Balance
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

The Crossley Baby by Jacqueline Carey
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

The Health of Nations:Why Inequality Is Harmful to Your Health
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

The Midwife's Tale by Gretchen Moran Laskas
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

Blessing the Ordinary—New Books Bring Old Traditions of “Enlightenment" Down to Earth
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

Spinoza's Heresy
     Reviewed by Joseph Chuman

Oradell at Sea
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

Ecohumanism: Volume 15 of Humanism Today
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

Iris J. Stewart's Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

Paul H. Ray's The Cultural Creatives
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

Hope: Human and Wild - True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

André Schiffrin's The Business of Books
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

Clay's Quilt by Silas House
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

A World for Butterflies and The Spirit of Butterflies
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

Hitler's Pope and Papal Sin
     Reviewed by Joseph Chuman

The Cluetrain Manifesto
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

Arthur Dobrin's Love Your Neighbor
     Reviewed by Marc A. Bernstein

Roger Shattuck's Forbidden Knowledge
     Reviewed by Marc A. Bernstein

Robert Michael Pyle's Chasing Monarchs
     Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

Alfred Maund's The Big Boxcar
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

Julie Schor's The Overspent American
     Reviewed by Theresa Forsman

George Eliot's Felix Holt: The Radical
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

Richard Rorty's Achieving Our Country
     Reviewed by Marc Bernstein

Ann Jones' Women Who Kill
     Reviewed by Phyllis Ehrenfeld

Michael Chitwood's The Weave Room
     Reviewed by Meredith Sue Willis

 

 

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