[Dialogue] (Read this one) JWM Book Announcement/Special Offer

[John Cock]

Sorry for this second e-mail: first one messed up on Betty's e-mail
address.
Just in case this one does, it is <bpesek at kanbay.com>. And sorry cannot
send a "prettier" copy on the lists. The original looked sharp.

Please do NOT click "reply" to whole list serve but the e-mail link
within 
the text. Sorry lists do not allow attachments; contact one of the team
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7 November, 2004
 
Colleagues:
 
An announcement many of us have been waiting for: the book of Joseph
Mathews' talks is in publication and nearing completion. Currently the 
projection is that it will be off the press in January-February 2005.
The 
book contains 32 of his talks, including some RS-I lectures he once
gave.  
It also includes a "Foreword" by Bishop Jim remembering some of Joe's  
early days in which his oratory was already evident. 
 
The book has four sections, each with an introduction (two by me, and
one each by George Holcombe and John Cock.) George Walters has written
the "Postlude" and Betty Pesek a note about the "Archives" and the
accessibility of Joe's files for additional research. We suspect that
this book is the first of many that will publish more of his talks and
will elaborate further on the themes he introduced.
 
The book is entitled Bending History: Selected Talks of Joseph W.
Mathews. It is approximately 300 pages at a cost of $19.95 USD. If you
reserve/place your order prior to 1 December, 2004, the special offer
price will be $17.45 plus $2.50 postage: total of $19.95 in USA. (Reg.
mail in USA and Priority Global outside USA is additional.)
 
First, reserve your special offer copy(s) by e-mail to Betty Pesek: 
<mailto:bpesek at kanbay.com> (remember, do not reply to list serve). 
 
By Dec 1, make your cheques out to Resurgence Publishing Corp. @ $19.95,
in USA, and send them, along with your order, to Betty Pesek, 4750 N.
Sheridan Road, Chicago IL 60640. She has kindly agreed to oversee
distribution until another volunteer steps forward. 
 
We on the editorial team are convinced that the book is a first step in
getting the theological perspective that Joe embodied more widely
distributed. As a starting point, we hope to see the book read and
discussed in groups inside and outside the church and in seminaries
internationally. This means getting it beyond our "in house" network. So
if you have contacts who might benefit from and be open to Joe's
insights, please help them get access to the book. (We've tried to edit
out most of the unintelligible jargon and the wholly masculine pronouns
in order to preserve the genuine offense rather than the spurious ones.)
 
I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. It's been an
unbelievable treat to work on this project.
 
John Epps
Kuala Lumpur