Edwin T. Dahlberg
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Edwin T. Dahlberg, Pastor, Peacemaker, Prophet (Biography)
New Edition in paperback from Judson Press in July, 2010
In celebration of Judson Press's 185th anniversary, and in support of its interest in renewing titles in the social justice category, Judson
is issuing a second edition of Edwin T. Dahlberg's biography. The narrative text is the same, with an added foreword by Rev. Paul
Raushenbush, Associate Dean of Religious Life at Princeton University and editor of the 100th anniversary edition of Walter Rauschenbusch's "Christianity and the Social Crisis." "Reading this book is like being offered a front row seat on a historical journey that traverses the classic American immigrant search for
religious freedom, the hard work of a family in a new land, a call to ministry, and into the most important religious debates and political
movements of the mid-twentieth century." from the Foreword by Paul Raushenbush
Edwin T. Dahlberg is an historical figure in the 20th century search for peace and justice. Nationally recognized as a Protestant church leader, he preached that without both social justice and personal evangelism the Christian Gospel is not complete. But always, first and foremost, he was a competent and caring pastor to his church congregation.
Dr. Dahlberg was President of the National Council of Churches from 1958 to 1961, successfully defending it against Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges of Communist infiltration during the Cold War era. He also encouraged Martin Luther King Jr. at a time when others were telling Dr. King to "go slow".
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Access to Medical Care
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Access to Medical Care
With so many conflicting opinions on health care filling the news media
and TV talk shows, it is important to understand, not only how the government
is trying to reduce rapidly increasing medical care costs, but what you, the reader,
can do to reduce your own medical costs while improving the quality of your
medical care, regardless of what finally emerges from Congress.
Dr. Dahlberg examines many of the factors affecting medical costs and suggests
some common-sense ways of controlling them.
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Bridge Ahead
“Well at least you don’t look like your picture, thank God!” The Dean
of Albany Medical School looked at me critically, glancing down again
at my application for the next year’s entering class. “Your college grades
aren’t all that special. What makes you think you can be a doctor?”
Not a good start for my medical career. But that's why the wise
pre-med student applies to about ten medical schools. Two
accepted me: Temple (in Philadelphia) and Syracuse. I chose Syracuse
because, as a resident of New York State, I might be eligible for a
state scholarship. And I got one; it paid all but $50 of the tuition each
year. Maybe I could hope to become a doctor after all. That's what I
mean by saying God puts unexpectyed bridges in the road ahead; I
would discover this many times over the years.
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Flame Tree
a novel of modern Burma When he took a break from American medical practice by returning to Burma to teach for a month, Dr. George Daniels and his wife, Vienna, had not expected to get involved in a war. But a renegade colonel with his own agenda disrupts the balance of power between the dictatorship and the insurgent hill armies, flooding the Thai border with refugees. George discovers information crucial to ending the conflict, and his wife is held hostage to prevent his using it at the Flame Tree truce conference.
Flame Tree is a story of an ordinary man who has always tried to avoid confrontation, but now finds himself in a mediator's role between a dictatorship and rebel armies fighting for survival.
It is also a story of a nation that has been seeking unity and peace with justice for more than fifty years. Flame Tree offers a vision of what the next steps toward that goal might be, when each side is willing listen to the other and negotiate in good faith. More about this book
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