Books
Do No Harm, by Henry Marsh
Reading about Henry Marsh’s vocation to neurosurgery, I thought about my own calling as a minister. I was startled by his depiction of detachment from patients.
Saved by Islam?
Submission is billed as a cautionary tale about Islam's threat to Europe. In fact it's more of an introspective tract on the West's ambivalence about survival.
Take & read: Fall books
Our fall books issue includes scholars' recommendations of the best recently published books in New Testament, global Christianity and American religious history, and practical theology.
A book I like to teach
We asked college and seminary professors to write about one of their favorites.
Unexpected ancestors
Few secrets are as devastating as those that make us rethink our identity. Heidi Neumark discovered one when her daughter Googled their name.
Books that transform: Eerdmans editor Jon Pott
"Academics tend to think reaching a broader audience means dumbing things down. It has to do instead with the ability to dramatize."
Fall books: Reviews
Our fall books issue's reviews include Anthony B. Robinson on Fleming Rutledge, Sarah Morice Brubaker on Stanley Hauerwas, Valerie Weaver-Zercher on Nadia Bolz-Weber, and more.
The Work of Theology, by Stanley Hauerwas
Longtime Hauerwas readers will not be surprised to hear that his new book is maddening—nor that some of the most maddening aspects are also the most rewarding.
