Essential books: Spring books

Cover Story in the May 2, 2012 issue

Our spring books issue includes the following annotated lists of top titles in specific areas: Allan G. Padgett on science and religion, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore on marriage, Walter Brueggemann on the Psalms.

This article appears in the May 2, 2012 issue.

The church cannot bless war

A Christianity that affirms the state’s wars is not Christianity. It is idolatry.

by C. Andrew Doyle and Stanley Hauerwas

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The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.

By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence.

by Mac Loftin

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What do we mean when we say something is “in the Bible”?

A new database of more than 900 biblical translations presents a prism of cultures, languages, and meanings.

by Jost Zetzsche

Ted Cruz on stage at America Fest with pyrotechnics and multiple screens with his face projected behind him

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The quiet rise of Christian dominionism

Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.

by Keri Ladner

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