It's Considerate to Be Literate about Religion: Poetry and Prose about Religion, Conflict, and Peace in Our World (Poemenclature, 3) - Softcover

Cunningham, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1645384365 ISBN 13: 9781645384366

Publisher: Orange Hat Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

What is this thing called “religion,” anyway?
What does it really mean to be “religious” or “secular”?
How can you be more religiously literate?

It’s Considerate to Be Literate about Religion is a book of poems and prose for all ages. These lyrical poems and engaging illustrations give each topic traction to get youth and adults reading right into the poems and on through the expansive “Learn More!” Sections that follow each poem.

In addition, a helpful introduction welcomes readers to the concept of religious literacy; a fulsome glossary defines terms; and a section of suggested further reading offers sources for those who want to learn more.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Steven Clark Cunningham was born in Denver, Colorado. After graduating from Creighton University with majors in chemistry and Spanish, he attended medical school at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Having completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Maryland and a fellowship in surgery of the liver and pancreas at Johns Hopkins University, he now serves as Director of Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery as well as Director of Research at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He is currently completing his master's degree in religion at Harvard University. He has served as a contributing editor of Maryland Poetry Review, and his poems have appeared in that journal. In addition, his work won the literary arts contest sponsored by the magazine "The New Physician." His poems have also appeared in Chimeras, Word House Baltimore's Literary Calendar, and in the anthologies Function at the Junction #2, Pasta Poetics, and Poems for Chromosomes. "Dinosaur Name Poems" / "Poems de Nobres de Dinosaurios" (Three Conditions Press, 2009), his first full-length book of children's poetry, translated into Spanish by his wife, Myriam Gorospe, won the 2009 Moonbeam Award in both the Children's Poetry and the Spanish Language categories. His second book, "Your Body Sick and Well: How Do You Know?" (Three Conditions Press, 2020), was awarded 1st Place in Children's Nonfiction at the 26th Annual CIPA EVVY Awards Contest, sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association, and a Gold Medal in the 14th Annual Moonbeam Awards. It was also a Finalist in the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orange Hat Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1645384365
• ISBN 13: 9781645384366
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Detwiler Susan
• Number of pages: 102