Connie J. Larson Memorial
Connie Larson (‘73) was not only a voracious
reader of all genres of literature from science fiction to political commentary
to Christian devotional material, but also an avid listener to Minnesota Public
Radio. When the program hosted by Krista Tippett titled Speaking of Faith
(now called Being) started in 1999, she quickly became a fan. As a
reader, Connie’s instincts immediately led her to explore the books suggested
to supplement each segment.
Although Connie suffered from several life-threatening medical conditions, they
never deterred her from listening, reading, and then engaging others in
meaningful conversation about what she was learning. And she never
stopped offering ideas to improve the BU Library and its collections.
In 2005, Connie made the wonderful suggestion that the Friends of the Bethel
University Library purchase the recommended readings from Speaking of Faith,
and she began selecting the best until she became too ill to continue. The Friends have
carried on this project with gifts sent in memory of Connie.
Titles added to the Bethel University Library collection:
- Abdul-Ghafur, Saleemah (Ed.): Living Islam out loud: American Muslim women speak
- Abou El Fadl, Khaled: The great theft: wrestling Islam from the extremists
- Abou El Fadl, Khaled: Speaking in God's name: Islamic law, authority and women
- Bondi, Roberta C.: Houses: a family memoir of grace
- Braestrup, Kate: Here if you need me: A true story
- Cantrell, Bridget C.: Down range : to Iraq and back
- Carter, Jimmy: Sunday mornings in Plains: Bible study with Jimmy Carter: Bringing peace to a changing world (Sound recording)
- Claiborne, Shane: Peace keeping in Iraq or, Iraq: A sabbatical; Iraq journal 2003
- Coles, Robert: Eskimos, Chicanos, Indians
- Coles, Robert: Privileged ones: The well-off and the rich in America
- Collins, Paul: Not even wrong: A father's journey into the lost history of autism
- Comte-Sponville, Andre: The little book of atheist spirituality
- Danforth, John C.: Faith and politics: How the "moral values" debate divides America and how to move forward together
- Davis, Dena S. & Zoloth, Laurie (Eds.): Notes from a narrow ridge: Religion and bioethics
- Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer: Proceed and be bold: Rural Studio after Samuel Mockbee
- Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer: Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an architecture of decency
- Desmond, Adrian J.: Darwin
- DeWitt, Calvin B.: Earth-wise: A biblical response to environmental issues
- Dorff, Elliot N.: To do the right and the good: A Jewish approach to modern social ethics
- Dossey, Larry: Prayer is good medicine: How to reap the healing benefits of prayer
- Elder, Jennifer: Autistic planet
- Elder, Jennifer: Different like me: My book of autism heroes
- Ellis, George Francis Rayner: Before the beginning: Cosmology explained
- Elwel, Sue Levi (Ed.): The open door: A Passover Haggadah
- Foerst, Anne: God in the machine: What robots teach us about humanity and God
- Friedlander, Shems: Rumi and the whirling dervishes: Being an account of the Sufi order known as the Mevlevis and its founder the poet and mystic Mevlana Jalaluʼddin Rumi
- Gobbi, Gianna: Listening to God with children: The Montessori method applied to the Catechesis of children
- Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla: A human being died that night: A South African woman confronts the legacy of apartheid
- Griffin, Kevin Edward: One breath at a time: Buddhism and the twelve steps
- Guenther, Margaret: At home in the world: A rule of life for the rest of us
- Guroian, Vigen: The fragrance of God
- Guroian, Vigen: Inheriting paradise: Meditations on gardening
- Haffner, Debra: From diapers to dating: A parent's guide to raising sexually healthy children
- Halifax, Joan: Being with dying: Cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death
- Hecht, Jennifer Michael: Doubt: A history: The great doubters and their legacy of innovation, from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
- Hecht, Jennifer Michael: The end of the soul: Scientific modernity, atheism, and anthropology in France
- Hecht, Jennifer Michael: The next ancient world
- Helminski, Kabir (Ed.).: The Rumi collection: An anthology of translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi
- Hilfiker, David: Urban injustice: How ghettos happen
- Howe, Marie: What the living do: Poems
- Husain, Ed: The Islamist: Why I became an Islamic fundamentalist, what I saw inside, and why I left
- Hussain, Amir: Oil and water: Two faiths: One God
- Jackson, Phil: Sacred hoops: Spiritual lessons of a hardwood warrior
- Kaplan, Edward K.: Spiritual radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972
- Keith, Kent M.: Paradoxical commandments; Anyway: The paradoxical commandments: Finding personal meaning in a crazy world
- Kellert, Stephen R. & Farnham, Timothy J.: The good in nature and humanity: Connecting science, religion, and spirituality with the natural world
- Klein Halevi, Yossi: Memoirs of a Jewish extremist: An American story
- Komp, Diane M.: A child shall lead them: Lessons in hope from children with cancer
- Komp, Diane M.: A window to heaven: When children see life in death
- Kushner, Lawrence: Honey from the rock: An introduction to Jewish mysticism
- Larkin, Emma: Secret histories; Finding George Orwell in Burma
- Levin, Janna: A madman dreams of Turing machines
- Lewis, Franklin: Rumi: Past and present, east and west: The life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi
- Lillig, Tina: The catechesis of the Good Shepherd in a parish setting
- Marcus, Joel: Jesus and the Holocaust: Reflections on suffering and hope
- Marty, Martin E.: By way of response
- Min, Anchee: The last empress
- Mishra, Pankaj: An end to suffering: The Buddha in the world
- Mitchell, Stephen: Enlightened mind: An anthology of sacred prose
- Moore, Thomas: The soul of sex: cultivating life as an act of love
- Mukonyora, Isabel: Wandering a genereed wilderness: Suffering & healing in a African initiated church
- Nazeer, Kamran: Send in the idiots: Stories from the other side of autism
- Needleman, Jacob: The American soul: Rediscovering the wisdom of the founders
- Needleman, Jacob: The heart of philosophy
- Needleman, Jacob: Money and meaning of life
- Nhat Hanh, Thich: I have arrived, I am home celebrating twenty years of Plum Village life
- Nhat Hanh, Thich: Fragrant palm leaves: Journals, 1962-1966
- Nhat Hanh, Thich: The long road turns to joy: A guide to walking meditation
- Nuland, Sherwin B.: How we live
- O'Donohue, John: Conamara blues: Poems
- O'Donohue, John: To bless the space between us: A book of blessings
- Orange, J. Michael: Fire in the hole: A mortarman in Vietnam
- Patel, Eboo & Brodeur, Patrice (Eds.): Building the interfaith youth movement: Beyond dialogue to action
- Payne, Katharine: Silent thunder: In the presence of elephants
- Pearl, Judea & Ruth (Eds.): I am Jewish: Personal reflections inspired by the last words of Daniel Pearl
- Pelikan, Jaroslav: The Christian tradition: A history of the development of doctrine
- Pollack, Robert: The missing moment: How the unconscious shapes modern science
- Prosek, James: A good day's fishing
- Remen, Rachel Naomi: My grandfather's blessings: Stories of strength, refuge, and belonging
- Rifkin, Ira: Spiritual perspectives on globalization: Making sense of economic and cultural upheaval
- Safi, Omid (Ed.): Progressive Muslims: On justice, gender, and pluralism
- Salzberg, Sharon: Lovingkindness: The revolutionary art of happiness
- Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg & Schein, Jeffrey (Eds.): The voice of children: Siddur for Shabbat: Hebrew-English
- Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg: But God remembered: Stories of women from creation to the promised land
- Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg: Cain & Abel: Finding the fruits of peace
- Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg: What is God's name?
- Schimmel, Annemarie: Rumi's world: The life and work of the great Sufi poet
- Schulweis, Harold M.: For those who can't believe: Overcoming the obstacles to faith
- Sheinson, Yosef Dov: A survivors' Haggadah
- Spitz, Elie Kaplan: Does the soul survive?: A Jewish journey to belief in afterlife, past lives, & living with purpose
- Sullivan, Amy: The party faithful: How and why Democrats are closing the God gap
- Tarrant, John: The light inside the dark: Zen, soul, and the spiritual life
- Tickle, Phyllis: The shaping of a life: A spiritual landscape
- Tzu, Lao & Mitchell, Stephen: Tao te ching
- Ulin, David L.: The myth of solid ground: Earthquakes, prediction, and the fault line between reason and faith
- Vanier, Jean: An ark for the poor: The story of l'Arche
- Vanier, Jean: Becoming human
- Vanier, Jean: Drawn into the mystery of Jesus through the Gospel of John
- Vanier, Jean: The heart of l'Arche: A spirituality for every day
- Villa-Vicencio, Charles & Doxtader, Erik (Eds.): Provocations of amnesty: Memory, justice, and impunity
- Wallis, Jim: Faith works: How to live your beliefs and ignite positive social change
- Ward, Benedicta (Trans.): The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the early Christian monks
- Warren, Kay: Dangerous surrender: What happens when you say yes to God
- Weigl, Bruce: Archeology of the circle: New and selected poems
- Weigl, Bruce: The circle of Hanh: A memoir
- Weigl, Bruce: Song of napalm
- Weil, Andrew: Natural health, natural medicine: The complete guide to wellness and self-care for optimum health
- Wiesel, Elie: A Passover haggadah
- Wolfe, Michael (Ed.): Taking back Islam: American Muslim reclaim their faith
- Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui: Chinese religiosities: Afflictions of modernity and state formation
- Zornberg, Avivah Gottlieb: The beginning of desire: Reflections on Genesis
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