Winter 2011: Best new books
Winter 2011: Best new books
Hitler’s Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress
Richard Weikart ’80
A professor of modern European history at California State University, Stanislaus, Weikart examines how Hitler’s belief in evolutionary ethics influenced Nazi policies of eugenics, euthanasia and racial exterminations. The book was recently released as a paperback.
Available at amazon.com.
Two Traditions One Space: Orthodox Christians and Muslims in Dialogue
George Papademetriou ’66 MTh
For centuries Orthodox Christians and Muslims have co-existed in close proximity. This work examines the historical connections as well as contemporary efforts at dialogue promoting understanding between the followers of these two religions.
Available at somersethallpress.com.
New From TCU Press
Home Truths: A Deep East Texas memory
Gerald Duff
Duff’s memoir of growing up in East Texas and the Gulf Coast community of Nederland, where he deals with intrusive family members, judgmental classmates and marital bliss and misery, will ring familiar to anyone who has ever lived in a small town.
To purchase: 1.800.826.8911
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