Essential books: Spring books

Cover Story in the April 30, 2014 issue

Human family tree from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Some rights reserved by Ryan Somma

Our fall books issue includes annotated lists of essential titles in the following subject areas:

Ron Cole-Turner on evolution and human origins

Paul Harvey on religion in the American South

Early Christianity, fragment by fragment

A new published volume of ancient papyri contains sayings, attributed to Jesus, that were previously unknown—including a dialogue with a disciple named Mary.

by Elizabeth Schrader Polczer

In the Lectionary

April 28, Easter 5B (John 15:1–8; 1 John 4:7–21)

In biblical Greek, the word we translate as “abide” is active rather than passive.

by Austin Shelley

Voices

How might God bless a divided America?

On a recent trip to the US, I went to church—and found myself pondering three liturgical moments.

by Samuel Wells

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