Books
Interpreting Jesus’ healings as a conflict with purity laws is dead wrong
Jesus’ conflict, Matthew Thiessen argues, was with the forces of death.
Envisioning part-time clergy as a blessing rather than a sign of decline
Revitalizing lay leaders to bring congregations new life
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another
Essays for a time of isolation
Jordan Kisner writes about seeing the world and the self.
We need our screens right now. But what about later?
Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.
The white Christian nationalist scam
Journalists Katherine Stewart and Anne Nelson unveil the mechanisms behind the rise of a movement.
A humble God?
Matthew Wilcoxen traces the idea from Augustine through Katherine Sonderegger.
The big business of evangelical Christian publishing
Daniel Vaca details the marriage of missionary zeal and financial reward.
Multigenerational rage, holy listening, and the unveiling of another way
A conversation between Parker Palmer, Stephen Lewis, Matthew Wesley Williams, and Dori Baker about the book Another Way
Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible is a believable climate fable
The dystopian novel feels about 15 minutes away from becoming reality.
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
Three children’s books to help start the conversation
Imagination as a lens for making sense of the world
Cultivating a shared Christian imagination
A non-Christian’s argument for Christianity’s positive influence
Tom Holland doesn’t shout that secularists have no clothes. He whispers that they bear a Christian label.
What is ecopiety?
The stories we tell about consuming our way to a healthy environment
How deaths of despair reached white communities
Two economists tell the story and suggest reforms.
How asylum seeker Rosayra Pablo Cruz got her children back
Pablo Cruz and Julie Collazo tell a story from the migrant detention crisis.
Journeying with the Lakota people
A historical overview of a people’s battles and victories
Seeing disability through a lens of wonder
Brian Brock’s book is both academic and deeply personal.
Why be Protestant?
Phillip Cary locates the heart of Protestantism in the gospel promise it reveals.
Karl Barth’s gift to the church
Kimlyn Bender has produced a reading guide to assist nonspecialists.