Books
While we wait
It's Advent. What are we waiting for?
Poverty's lifelong damage
Decades worth of data have proven that poverty shortens lives. Will anyone respond?
Saint or devil incarnate?
Empress Theodora is mainly known through the writings of a man who hated her. But there's more to her story.
Agrarian agape
Norman Wirzba views theology and ecology through 1 John 4:8, "Whoever does not love does not know God."
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Witnesses to war
Ordinary people from Syria, Libya, and Iraq shed light on the costs of conflict.
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Black critiques matter
Criticism of the slave trade from 200 years ago speaks to us today—and not just about race.
Millay the poet, Millay the woman
Readers won't easily trace Edna St. Vincent Millay's personal life in this collection.
Faith, family, and politics in Nigeria
Two debut novels portray everyday life in Nigerian cities. They also teach Americans about our own culture.