Books
Tolerance and violence in medieval Spain
Brian Catlos offers a nuanced corrective to the competing histories of Islamic rule.
Pope Francis the populist intellectual
The pope doesn't always show off his theological talents. Does that matter?
The value of God-shaped art
T. S. Eliot and the other modernist theologian-poets knew that artists are makers of worlds.
When Christian practice (de)forms us
Do practices make us better people? Lauren Winner isn't so sure.
Christians are hospitable because Jesus is Lord
An evangelical case for pluralism
A Jewish and Christian commentary on Luke’s gospel
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington’s dialogue is most illuminating when the co-authors disagree.
Poetry for a world that’s falling apart
Jeremiah Webster charts a via negativa in verse.
James Cone and the liberating spirit of blackness
In his final memoir, Cone’s testimony resounds.
A remarkable commentary on the Qur’an and the Bible
Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.
American houses built on sand
Barbara Kingsolver shows that without truth, foundations crumble.
Take & read: New books in global Christianity
Faith’s core and its manifestations across cultures
Good reading and the good life
Reading books is a virtuous act.
Take & read: New books in practical theology
Pastoral, prophetic, and political
Take & read: New books in American religious history
An ever-renewing narrative of community formed by difference
Christian Wiman’s stubborn, slippery faith
We need faith, Wiman suggests, because poetry isn't enough.
What wondrous poems are these
James Crews's poetry is at once ecstatic, skeptical, and hopeful.
What book would you describe as beautiful?
10 writers respond.
Zora Neale Hurston brings us the voice of a former slave
Hurston's singular ear for the beauty of speech and memory brings Cudjo Lewis's story to life.
Take & read: New books in New Testament
Can we read scripture critically and theologically at the same time?
Two ways of being Christian and pro-choice
Is abortion only the lesser of evils, or can it be a moral good?