The Christian Century

Brit Bennett’s novel explores racial passing, gender transition, and family trauma.

After Stina Kielsmeier-Cook’s husband became a none, she reached out to some neighborhood nuns.

Joseph Ross’s poems are an elegy for the civil rights movement’s martyrs.

David Opderbeck’s book about theology, the law, and how we engage with both

A story of survival in the face of termination

They’re brave to do so. Do they go far enough?

Su’s book is about math and human flourishing. It’s also about how to be a teacher.

The “Letters from an American” author provides historical context for today’s threats to democracy.

The psalter’s wisdom, illuminated from five perspectives

Aharon Appelfeld’s novel of wartime survival among Jewish partisans in Nazi Europe

In Kyle Lambelet’s view, SOA Watch demonstrates the virtues of a messianic politics.

Both Agnes Howard and Brittany Bergman encourage reflection on a transformational experience.

How American evangelicalism baptized male aggression

Ross Douthat wonders what will get us beyond decadence.

The Book of Longings offers a rare glimpse into the interior lives of women in the biblical world.