TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Director The God Particle .....................................1 R. Kirby Godsey Jimmy Carter ...........................................2 Dear Reader, Dorothy Padgett Andrew Young and the Making A few days after writing these words I am traveling to Athens, Greece, of Modern Atlanta .................................3 to teach a class on Herodotus. Depending on whom you listen to, Andrew Young, Harvey Newman Herodotus was either the “father of history” (Cicero) or the “father of and Andrea Young lies” (Petrarch). Herodotus’ Histories is a large, entertaining, rambling Education Unleashed ................................4 book of stories, anecdotes, and, sometimes, a historical account of the Casey Cagle wars between Persia and Greece, East and West—telling the story of 1, 2, 3, TEAM! ...........................................5 how Greece, with a small army, kept a huge empire from absorbing the Susie Gardner and Tina Mullen West before it was known as THE West. Sleeping Above Chaos ...........................6 Ann Hite On my trip, I am preparing to take one backpack and one carryon Annie Laura’s Triumph ...........................7 suitcase to last me for twenty days. The problem is that I have about Milinda Jay fifteen books I want to take. Lightningstruck ......................................8 Ashley Mace Havird Books are like friends. If we read them they become part of the dialogue Ferrol Sams Fiction Award Winners ......9 of our life. I merely walk past a bookcase in my home and see certain Capricorn Rising ...................................10 titles or authors and without even touching them they influence my Michael Buffalo Smith thinking at that moment. They may remind me of my civic duty, my Ossabaw Island .....................................11 moral obligations, or of a time I laughed out loud. Just being in the Evan Kutzler and Jill Stuckey presence of books changes the way I act and behave. Certain authors Florida’s Civil War .................................12 like Austen, Thoreau, Plato, and Augustine send a message like a Tracy J. Revels lighthouse to a ship as I pass, insisting I stay on course and avoid the Civil War Backlist ...........................13–14 craggy shore. Reconstruction in Georgia ....................15 C. Mildred Thompson†; But on this trip, I will be with my wife, twelve students, and two introduction by William Harris Bragg colleagues—plenty of friends who will be around to keep me walking Sports and Religion Series ...................16 straight. So, maybe not fifteen books. Six. Yes, I will take six books. Dribbling for Dawah ........................................ 17 And maybe, if I leave out one more shirt, a seventh book will fit in my Steven Fink suitcase. A Cloud of Witnesses from the Heart of the City .............................................18 W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. Look through this catalog, and I am certain you will find some friends to inspire you, entertain you, and help keep you on course. Baptists in Early North America—Newport RI, Seventh Day Baptists, Vol III ................19 Janet Thorngate, editor Spring/Summer 2016 Releases .......20–21 Various Series Pages .......................20–21 The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies ..................................22 Recent Releases ..............................23–26 Marc Jolley The Melungeons Series ........................27 Introductory Courses on the Bible ......28 On the front cover: Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young meeting with President Jimmy Carter, 1977 Oval Office, The White House, Washington DC —See catalog pages 2 & 3 New Release 69 www.mupress.org 866-895-1472 1 R. Kirby Godsey is the author of four The God Particle books, including Is God a Christian? God-Talk in a “Big-Bang” World and When We Talk about God...Let’s R. Kirby Godsey Be Honest. For twenty-seven years, he served as president of Mercer University, becoming chancellor in 2006. Godsey has earned doctorates in Theology (NOBTS) and Philosophy (Tulane). Having the courage to keep faith alive, we may be startled by God’s presence in unexpected places and in unsuspecting moments The expansion of human knowledge that springs from the inquiries OTHER TITLES BY THIS AUTHOR of science can become a profound resource for our faith traditions. We need not choose between faith and reason as the rejection of reason often leads to a failure of faith. The high calling of the scientific community is to bring the realities of our universe into sharper focus. Our faith traditions enable us to discern meaning and understanding in our lives that cannot be realized by examining facts alone. Both the knowledge we are gaining from science along with the deep insights that we gain from our faith stories provide light and Is God a Christian? When We Talk R. Kirby Godsey about God... encouragement for navigating our human journeys. Paperback | $20.00t | P532 Let’s Be Honest 978-0-88146-576-1 R. Kirby Godsey The hope and compassion and embodiments of grace that we experience Paperback | $25.00t | P342 within our communities of faith and the new knowledge we discovered 978-0-88146-019-3 through explorations of our world, such as the now-famous discovery of the “god particle,” can come together to lead us toward a better understanding of ourselves and our world. We are learning that the universe, including ourselves, is a constellation of creative interdependence. There are no isolated entities in the world, including our individual lives. The solitary individual is a fiction. Our relational lives are central to our being. Centering The Courage A sustainable faith should engage our minds as a critical resource for Our Souls Factor Devotional A Collection of sound belief. Every believer can become a thoughtful believer and every Reflections of a Presidential Essays thoughtful person can find hope and insight for living from our stories of University President R. Kirby Godsey R. Kirby Godsey Hardback | $25.00t | H671 faith. Thinking and believing work together to enable us to live more fully Hardback | $25.00t | H652 978-0-86554-986-9 978-0-86554-985-2 enlightened lives. SEPTEMBER 2016 | RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY 5.25 x 8.25 | 112 pp. | Hardback, $20.00t | 978-0-88146-585-3 | H919 2 MERCER UNIVERSITY PRESS FALL/WINTER 2016 New Release Dorothy “Dot” Padgett organized the Carter presidential campaign Jimmy Carter effort known as the Peanut Brigade. Elected President During the Carter Administration, with Pocket Change and Peanuts she was appointed assistant chief of Dorothy Padgett Protocol at the State Department. Padgett is a former member of the Democratic National Committee, the Georgia Council for the Arts, and the Metropolitan Mental Health Association. She presently serves on The Carter Center Board of Councilors. Padgett lives in historic downtown Douglasville, Georgia. A first-hand account of the Peanut Brigade and the election campaign of the 39th President of the United States TITLES OF INTEREST How does a peanut farmer become Governor of Georgia and President of the United States? Only in America could such a story be true. As a small child, Jimmy Carter set his sights on the United States Naval Academy. After graduation in 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith, and six years later, Carter followed the brilliant Captain Hyman G. Rickover into the uncharted waters of the Navy’s nuclear submarine program. When Carter left the Navy, he returned with his young family to the fields of the family farm in Plains, Georgia. To Lasso Senator Richard the Clouds B. Russell and My Not satisfied with the climate of injustice he witnessed in his daily life, Carter The Beginning of Career as a Trial sought a political career and was elected state senator in 1962 and again in 1964. He Aviation in Georgia Lawyer Dan A. Aldridge, Jr. An Autobiography successfully won the 1970 campaign for Governor of Georgia. Hardback | $29.00t | H916 Charles E. Campbell 978-0-88146-574-7 Hardback | $35.00t | H867 In 1975, Carter announced he would run for President. Under the new Federal 978-0-88146-432-0 Election Laws only $21.8 million would be provided for the General Election Campaign. A trivial amount compared to future campaigns. An army of loyal supporters, friends, neighbors, and elected officials, known as the Peanut Brigade, joined the campaign. They traveled across the country, joining Jimmy and Rosalynn, knocking on doors, standing at factory gates, walking streets, asking voters to vote for Jimmy Carter for President. In 1976, Carter was elected the 39th President of the United States and served Negotiation The Warm one term. Since leaving office, Carter has not stopped working on behalf of not just The Alternative Springs Story Americans, but for people worldwide. to Hostility Legacy & Legend Jimmy Carter F. Martin Harmon While the basics of his story are well known, they have never been told from Paperback | $25.00t | P256 Hardback | $35.00t | H879 978-0-86554-882-4 978-0-88146-472-6 the perspective of a “soldier” in the Peanut Brigade. Dorothy “Dot” Padgett, with an earthy, honest, and Southern voice, tells the story as if new to all of us. Humor and insight abound in this direct telling of how a peanut farmer from Georgia became President and leader of the United States. The secret is in his character, his morality, and in his being truly human. SEPTEMBER 2016 | HISTORY/POLITICS/GEORGIA 6 x 9 | 544 pp. | Hardback, $35.00t | 978-0-88146-586-0 | H920 | Bibliography | Index | Illustrations New Release 69 www.mupress.org 866-895-1472 3 Andrew Young was a key aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Atlanta’s Congressional representative, Andrew Young two-term Mayor, and co-chair of the Olympic Games in 1996. Young is the and the Making author of three books, including An of Modern Easy Burden. Atlanta Harvey Newman is a professor Andrew Young, Harvey Newman, emeritus in the department of Public Management and Policy at Georgia and Andrea Young State University.