Books
A Ghanaian theologian considers demons
Are they real? and other questions in Esther Acolatse’s work.
Óscar Romero’s political theology
Does sainthood risk blunting Romero’s witness? Michael Lee offers a timely inoculation.
This ridiculous “spiritual biography” of Trump is no joke
In David Brody and Scott Lamb’s book, grace for the president abounds.
Boys will be like the boys they read about
Books can’t singlehandedly destroy toxic masculinity. But they can chip away at it.
N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
The ghosts and the not-yet-dead
Jesmyn Ward’s novel is a descent into hell on earth. I couldn't put it down.
How the FBI has shaped American religion
J. Edgar Hoover's influence was even farther reaching than we know.
The world Erasmus and Luther shared
Each created a new model for church. Each paid a price.
How American Protestant missionaries helped usher in post-Protestant America
David Hollinger shows how the social gospel principles that drove mission abroad boomeranged back home.
The Second Amendment is racist at its root
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's social history highlights who's at the other end of the barrel.
The New Testament’s christological hymns are songs of resistance
They use the conventions of Jewish resistance poetry to challenge Roman occupation.
How should Christians face climate change?
We've moved on from the question of whether we should care.
Putting clergy health in perspective
Pastors and their complex relationship with their work—and with themselves
James Comey didn’t write a tell-all. He wrote a handbook.
What does ethical leadership look like?
Why Roxane Gay resists the conversion narrative
Sexual violence doesn't always allow its survivors to claim redemption.
11 adverbs for good preaching
The best preachers, says Russell Mitman, preach liturgically, eschatologically, multi-sensorily, and eight more ways that end in -ly.
What we talk about when we talk about sex
The intersection of race and sexuality is the ur-story of American culture.
The crucified Christ isn’t a tragic hero
In a comic reversal, says Terry Eagleton, the death of God incarnate reveals a fragile social order.
Can Christians transform culture?
Jamie Smith thinks it might be the other way around.
The Christian act of dissent
A riveting history of religious dissenters, from William Blake to Clarence Jordan