Books
A maid bears witness
Stephanie Land's memoir reveals the intimacy and power of a housecleaner’s labor.
An act of solidarity with LGBTQ Methodists?
J. Philip Wogaman tried to surrender his ordination. Would this have helped?
Dazzling essays from flyover country
There are two conditions Meghan O'Gieblyn can't escape: Christianity and Midwesternness.
Christian humanism in a technocratic world
Alan Jacobs's biography of T.S. Eliot, Simone Weil, W.H. Auden, Jacques Maritain, and C.S. Lewis
Dismantling anti-Jewish readings of the Passion story
Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine reminds us, was a Jew.
Still resisting Constantine
According to Reformation scholar Jason Mahn, the birth of Christendom was a sort of Fall.
Monastic wisdom for a non-cloistered world
After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Paul Quenon wrote a memoir.
Crossing the boundary between theology and science
Essays that consider the natural order as God's creation—in a way scientists might recognize.
An anti-Enlightenment ax to grind
Craig Carter's book makes good points—and undermines them with his use of polemic.
Coming of age during the rise of Hitler
A history of the 20th century told by ordinary Germans.
Loving the creed, loving God
Ben Myers is a great teacher. His book left me fascinated not with him but with God.
Innocent on death row
Two memoirs by men who endured decades of criminal injustice before being exonerated
Pragmatic guidance for the task of healing the world
Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill challenge churches to embrace nine practices of active faith.
What makes local communities thrive?
James and Deborah Fallows traveled around the U.S. to find out.
Is evangelicalism at war with science?
It depends which evangelicals you’re asking.
On patrol at the border
When Francisco Cantú took a job as a border patrol agent, he didn’t consider the cost to his humanity.
Harrison Scott Key’s dreams
Is the desire for greatness a temptation or a vocation?
Do Christians owe special respect to state authority?
Government enjoys no special immunity from moral judgment, argues Jason Brennan.
From the psych hospital to the jail
Two new books provide a devastating vision of America’s mental health crisis.
Dwelling together in scripture’s room
How can preachers and listeners develop a practice of lingering with the text?