Books
What is English Christianity?
Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English church.
When Frances Perkins took on the bigots
According to historian Rebecca Graham, FDR’s labor secretary saved tens of thousands of refugees from the Nazis—and narrowly avoided impeachment.
Priced out
Patrick Condon builds on existing inequality research to focus on one big problem: the price of urban land.
When monsters preach
In the mythological universes created by horror films, Jesuit priest Ryan Duns finds insights about God.
A Christian case against capitalism
Liberals, writes Phil Christman, accept the political need to keep liberal billionaires happy. Leftists don’t think there should be any billionaires.
What do people in their 20s want from church?
Churches try all kinds of tricks. But new research indicates that the answers are surprisingly traditional.
The prison writings of Alexei Navalny
Patriot is a posthumous memoir of resistance to Putin. It is also, at its core, a love story.
The apocalypse of dying
In a collection of short stories and theopoetic interludes, two pastors throw readers into the visceral body horror of end-of-life care.
Mother Emanuel’s long struggle
In his history of the Charleston congregation, Kevin Sack frames the 2015 mass murder as the culmination of 200 years of persecution.
Between the synagogue and the streets
Chaim Grade’s characters give voice to the questions, quarrels, and quiet devotions of European Jews on the cusp of the Second World War.
Inside ‘the new American fascism’
Katherine Stewart explores the strange alliance seeking to impose its antidemocratic vision on the US—one Moms for Liberty meeting at a time.
The morality of Jesus reinterpreted
Writing primarily for post-evangelicals, ethicist David Gushee examines 40 biblical texts.
Seeking racial solidarity at a Cincinnati megachurch
Hahrie Han follows four people—two Black and two White—through their church’s racial justice program.
A brief history of hating liberalism
Kevin Schultz explains why White liberals are under fire—from all sides and from within.
Teresa of Ávila speaks again
In a striking new translation, Dana Delibovi revives the wit, wisdom, and beauty of Teresa’s poetry.
The fish wars
The Boldt Decision wasn’t just about salmon. It was about broken treaties and tribal sovereignty.
Sola natura
Richard Higgins offers a remarkably full account of Henry David Thoreau’s ever-evolving faith.
A diary of small apocalypses
In Charlotte Wood’s novel, an atheist is driven by climate despair to an isolated convent, where she grapples with layers of grief.
A history of muscular Christianity in the US
Paul Putz traces the influence of evangelicalism on sports, from the birth of the YMCA to Colin Kaepernick.
Christology without supersessionism
Chris Green invites Christians to a humbler reading of scripture—one that listens, learns, and refuses to displace Israel’s voice.