Books
Pope Francis’s vision of a wounded church converted by mercy
How can the church become less of a citadel and more of a field hospital?
In the beginning, God created difference
Theodore Hiebert’s deft reading elicits a fresh awareness of the legitimacy of the other in Genesis.
Religious freedom in America
Melissa Rogers considers what a healthy role for religion in American public life might look like.
New books in theological education
Reformulating the landscape in changing times
Rachael Denhollander’s account of standing up against sexual abuse
The gymnast who brought down Larry Nassar tells her story.
What we can learn from medieval views of the human body
Some ideas have morphed while others have strangely stayed the same.
How the security culture has burdened women
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz shows how the post-9/11 US has intensified control of women’s bodies.
Poems of hope, gratitude, and perspective
The devotional, political poetry of Barbara Crooker
Working through collective sin
Susan Neiman considers how Americans might learn from Germany.
Examining whiteness through “reparative writing”
Jess Row asks what happens when alienation turns to rage.
How wealth and unjust tax policy erode democracy
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman distill a complex topic into manageable takeaways.
Shaping a place where people can become more like Christ
Scot McKnight looks to Paul to define the pastoral task.
When liturgy embraces difference
Rebecca Spurrier’s study of a “disabled church” and its lessons for all Christians
How should the church respond to the colonialism that runs through its blood?
Robert Heaney believes the first step is penance.
What if we treated all of creation—plants and stars, soil and rivers—as our kin?
Biblical scholar Mari Joerstad and indigenous activist Nick Estes challenge our human-centered worldview.
Our 19 most-read book reviews of 2019
Biblical violence, Rachel Held Evans’s last book, the white church’s complicity, etc.
How did American racism get to this point?
Joel Goza explores America’s addiction to racism and racialized poverty.
A lapsed Catholic’s unexpected devotion
Searching for the Mary statue from her childhood, Sonja Livingston found much more.
Jia Tolentino’s critique of social media, its grip on us, and the people it makes rich
Our lives are shaped by the information we consume—and we can’t do much about it.
Does Matthew correct Mark’s story? Or complete it?
Matthew D. C. Larsen challenges long-held assumptions about the Gospels.