Rev. Dr. Ray Silverman Discusses Helen Keller's How I Would Help the World on Online with Andrea

April 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Swedenborg Foundation Press
Media contact:  WJ Carrel


West Chester, PA – Rev. Dr. Ray Silverman, author of the introductory essay to humanitarian Helen Keller’s How I Would Help the World (Swedenborg Foundation Press, April 2011, $11.95, 112 pages, paperback, ISBN-13 978-0877853367) will be interviewed by host Andrea Garrison on On-line with Andrea at Blog Talk Radio on the Internet, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 4:30 pm PT (7:30 pm ET). The interview is live and will be posted for replay 24/7 following the taping.  The Internet address is blogtalkradio.com/onlinewithandrea/2011/04/05/helen-keller-provides-wisdom-for-these-times.  Call-ins are welcome at (347)426-3895.

20th century American heroine Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf, spent a lifetime dedicated to helping the blind and the malnourished around the world.  What Silverman brings forth is a glimpse of her private life and what it was that inspired her to rise above the darkest of times personally and professionally.  The secret behind Helen’s invincible optimism was her discovery of wisdom contained in Emanuel Swedenborg’s teachings. She wrote about the importance of love and truth over materialism and selfishness as a way to help heal the world.

Rev. Silverman serves as College Chaplain and Assistant Professor of Religion at Bryn Athyn College, Bryn Athyn, PA. He is the editor/reviser of Helen Keller’s Light in My Darkness (Chrysalis Books 1994, 2000), and has co-authored with his wife, Star, Rise Above It: Spiritual Development through the Ten Commandments (Touchstone Seminars, 2000, 2005).

Rev. Silverman has lectured nationally and internationally on theories of Biblical atonement.  He has a Ph.D. in English and Education from the University of Michigan, and a Master’s degree from Wesleyan University. He is a member of the Society for Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion.

Radio host Andrea Garrison produces her weekly two-hour program, Online with Andrea, on the Internet at Blog Talk Radio.  Topics on her program include explorations of “health, fitness, body, mind, heart, soul, spirit, the spoken word, art, music, dance, theater, film, the environment, planet earth, and beyond.”  Garrison is also the author of the highly praised book The Crossing Over of Mattie Pearl, also available on CD and DVD.

The Swedenborg Foundation, housed in a historic building in West Chester, PA, publishes the writings of Swedish scientist and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The non-profit organization, founded over 150 years ago, also publishes works that relate to Swedenborg’s influence on the arts, religion, theology, psychology, and literature.  Much of his writing relates to a deeper understanding of Christianity, often referred to as the New Church. A number of well-known people have been fascinated and/or influenced by Swedenborg’s insights – Helen Keller, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Honoré de Balzac, Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Jung, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, August Strindberg, DT Suzuki, and Dr. Mehmet Oz.  See swedenborg.com for more information.

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