Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
by Greg Grandin
Metropolitan, 432 pp., $27.50
In 1927, to protect his rubber supply from being held up by a cartel, Henry Ford purchased a tract of land in the Amazon the size of Tennesee. His plan was to export middle-American life to the rain forest.
Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults
by Christian Smith, with Patricia Snell
Oxford University Press, 368 pp., $24.95
As developmental tasks once associated with the teen years reach into the twenties and thirties, ministry with emerging adults shows signs of becoming the new youth ministry of 21st-century congregations.
The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered
by John Witte Jr.
Cambridge University Press, 226 pp., $28.00 paperback
In this fascinating and well-written case study in the emerging conversation between religion and the law, Witte conveys an important message about illegitimacy.
