Kin(g)
I’m afraid this poem needs some explanation. In the inspiring uprisings against autocrats, kings, and despots in the Arab world we have seen the renewal of the modern revolutionary effort to replace monarchical rule with popular constitutional government. (See my earlier ethics blog “The Father and the People” of February 7.) Traditional kingship, we often [...]
Books on Worship Now in Digital Format
I have embarked on a project to make available some of my writings that are out of print or inaccessible. This began with the production of Blessed Be the Bond at the instigation of my friend Richard Hunt (see my earlier blog on this). To this list I am now adding two books on worship. [...]
On Constitutions, Covenants, and Preambles
It is July 4 – the American summer festival of extravagant patriotism, razzle-dazzle festivities, hot dogs, hamburgers, and (for many) beer. It is also a moment when the punditry and intelligentsia ponder this republic’s founding principles. Since most Americans can’t distinguish the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) from the Constitution (drafted September 17, 1787, [...]
Blessed Be the Bond
My earlier book on marriage and family entitled Blessed Be the Bond is now available free on this website. First published in 1985, this is its third edition, thanks to the encouragement, labor, and support of Prof. Richard Hunt, a long-time teacher and researcher in this area. This little book seeks to bring together in [...]
« go back — keep looking »William J. Everett
In my teaching career I authored eight books and numerous articles in social ethics and religion. After over thirty years of academic work — in Germany, India, and South Africa as well as in the United States — I wanted to turn my hand to a poetically written novel to probe the issues of ecological and human reconciliation.
When I am not writing, I create furniture for worship settings. For more about my work, go to www.WisdomsTable.net, where you will also find galleries of artwork by my wife Sylvia, whose ancestors were the original inspiration for Red Clay, Blood River. READ MORE...
Red Clay Blood River
Red Clay, Blood River is a story told by Earth about two brothers from Germany and an enslaved South African woman whose lives bind together America’s “Trail of Tears” and South Africa’s simultaneous “Great Trek” of 1838.