Features
That shape am I
Urban experiments: Ministry in the 21st century
Motion to repeal: Against the death penalty
Brush with evil: The work of a public defender
Flea market capitalists: Disaffected and disenchanted
Remembering Brubeck
Voices
Carol Zaleski
That shape am I
The early history of Alcoholics Anonymous has always fascinated me, so I was eager to see the much heralded new documentary Bill W.
Philip Jenkins
The Vietnamese diaspora
U.S. religious communities' responses to the Vietnam War have been amply documented. What about the religious battles within Vietnam itself?
Books
What Jesus knew
Gerhard Lohfink clearly loves Jesus, and his book demands readers who share that love.
Blame it on Luther
How has Western society become so fractious, polarized and secular? Why are we powerless to curb consumerism? Brad Gregory blames the Reformation.
From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart, by Chris Haw
My first thought upon learning that Chris Haw had written a memoir about his journey to Catholicism was, Oh no—not another one.
Moral Minority, by David R. Swartz
David Swartz recovers the story of the unlikely coalition forged by progressive evangelicals in the 1960s and 1970s.