Month: June 2013

Editors: Paul Harvey & Edward J. Blum Publisher: Columbia University Press – 462 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar Twenty-two scholars write on major themes in this book on a diverse range of religious traditions in the United States. Among these themes are: The growth and spread of evangelical culture The mutual influence of religion and politics The rise of fundamentalism The role of gender and popular culture The problems and possibilities of pluralism Among the benefits that students, researchers, scholars and readers in general can derive from this study are: An extensive glossary listing crucial concepts, groups, historical...

Author: Melvin Delgado Publisher: Columbia University Press Book Review by: Deekay Daulat The statistics are sobering. In 2004, two thirds of all adults were either overweight or obese. And 16 percent of all children and adolescents were overweight. An additional 34 percent of these youngsters were at risk for becoming overweight. Melvin Delgado presents lots of data that helps the reader look at the dimensions and understand the true extent of the obesity epidemic in the United States The figures he cites showing great weight gain across all age groups in recent years are alarming, to say the least....

Editors:  Jennifer A. Erickson Cornish, Barry A. Schreier, Lavita I. Nadkarni, Lynette Henderson Metzger, and Emil R. Rodolfa Publisher: Wiley – 540 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar Over the decades since Europeans came to the shores of what was first called India by Christopher Columbus, prejudice and bias has existed in the hearts and minds of some people against others based on ethnicity and race, which later enlarged to include age, disability, language,  sexual orientation and size. With gradual, better understanding of people who act, behave, look, talk and think differently discrimination has lessened considerably. But there is...