Features
Glimpse of the holy: Advent with a toddler
Pearl of great price: A girl claims her faith
Take Shelter
Artists in worship: The church as patron
New harmonies: Music and identity at four congregations
To tell the truth: Nobel winner Leymah Gbowee
Two faiths, one God? Miroslav Volf meets evangelical critics: Miroslav Volf meets evangelical critics
Melancholia
Voices
Barbara Brown Taylor
Redeeming darkness
Darkness does not come from a different place than light; it is not presided over by a different God.
Philip Jenkins
Memories of persecution
Once upon a time—and not long ago—there was another Europe. The religious story of communist Europe, in which Christians suffered horrific persecutions, is forgotten by most Americans today.
Books
In the Days of Caesar, by Amos Yong
Generous forgiveness
In Justice in Love, Nicholas Wolterstorff rejects egoism, eudaemonism and utilitarianism as inadequate ways to think about the practice of well-being.
From Disgust to Humanity, by Martha C. Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum's perspective cuts to the heart of our tendency to exclude others when they
fail to live up to expectations about how "good
people" should be.
Rethinking Poverty, by James P. Bailey
James Bailey has written a superb, creative and timely book whose
primary audience should be the U.S. Congress. Unfortunately, the
current members of Congress do not seem to possess the intellectual
wattage necessary to profit from it.