Books
Daniel Richardson's Christmas picks
What CC's art director recommends
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What CC's poetry editor recommends
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What CC's news editor recommends
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.
Many parts, one pastor
Ministry today requires multiple strategies and layered identities.
A Jesus who embodies his own characters
Two refreshing new books place the storyteller within the story he tells.
Uniting the new working class
Today's laborers are more likely cleaning toilets than mining coal. But there's still a need to organize.
The work that begins at retirement
Life's later decades present distinctive virtues—and vices.
When pro-lifers were progressives
Most of us only know the pro-life movement after Roe v. Wade. But there's a fuller history—with surprising turns.
From generation to generation
Yaa Gyasi's novel reveals the freedoms and captivities we all inherit.
Merciful within limits
Pope Francis's theology of mercy has political implications.
Political religion, sanctified politics
It's odd the way this volume deals with Barack Obama. It's a shame it has to deal with David Barton at all.
A tough age for girls
Teenage girls navigate a tough landscape. There are tools the church can offer them.
The mystery of the beautiful
How can God speak through what is soft and breakable? How can we?
