Take & read: The best new books in Old Testament, theology, and ethics

Books

April 26, 2017

Our spring books issue includes scholars' recommendations of the best recently published books in their fields:

Jacqueline Lapsley on Old Testament

Ben Myers on theology

Jonathan Tran on ethics

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When religion joins the UFO conversation

“The nexus of religion, technology, and culture is more interrelated than most people assume,” says professor and filmmaker Brett Robinson.

Interview by Jessica Mesman

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The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.

By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence.

by Mac Loftin

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Churches are closing. What should they do with their assets?

Invested Faith offers one possibility: give them to social entrepreneurs doing transformative work.

by Martin B. Copenhaver

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Body counts: The dark side of Christian history

With its long coastline, rugged mountains and haunting sand dunes, Oman is a paradise for desert lovers, hikers and boaters. Muscat, the capital city, is a gem—its arched white buildings and flat roofs squeezed between the blue ocean and black mountains. Yet call me an egghead, but what I remember most from a trip to Oman is a booklet I read there with an ominous title: Body Count: A Quantitative Review of Political Violence Across World Civilizations (2009). In it, author Naveed Sheikh claims that “the Christian civilization emerges as the most violent and genocidal in the world history.” Compared to Islam, Christianity is a clear winner: 31.94 million deaths by Muslims to 177.94 million deaths by Christians.

by Miroslav Volf

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