Take & Read: Old Testament Four new books about biblical texts and their reception selected by Amy Erickson May 3, 2021
In Review: How a small group of activists took down the mining company destroying a Salvadoran watershed This time, David beat Goliath. by Jeannine Marie Pitas April 28, 2021
In Review: Meritocracy’s trail of humiliation Michael Sandel considers some alternatives. by Charles Scriven April 26, 2021
In Review: The Kindest Lie is a story about race and much more In Nancy Johnson’s debut novel, a family secret draws a successful Black woman home to small-town Indiana. by Katara Patton April 22, 2021
In Review: Why did ISIS film its destruction of ancient Assyrian artifacts in the Mosul Museum? Aaron Tugendhaft says all acts of image-breaking are also acts of image-making. by Nathan J. Ristuccia April 21, 2021
In Review: Do we still need institutions? Yes, says Yuval Levin. But only if they serve a formative function. by Anthony B. Robinson April 15, 2021
In Review: Why the death penalty came back And why it might be abolished by Amy Frykholm April 14, 2021
In Review: Donna Haskins defeats the devil Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s book about a Black woman’s life is a model of ethnographic work that centers the voice of its subject. by Elizabeth Palmer April 7, 2021
In Review: Lies about the Old Testament Brent Strawn aims to debunk mistruths that come from biblical illiteracy and anti-Semitism. by Sally Dyck April 5, 2021
In Review: How fighting for human rights can lead to idolatry Rights are good, argues theological ethicist Nigel Biggar, but they are not the only good things. by Paul Marshall March 31, 2021
In Review: Who was Henrietta Mears? A new biography of the woman who shaped the men who shaped modern evangelicalism by Jason Byassee March 30, 2021
In Review: A body in pain navigates the world Poet Molly McCully Brown’s memoir of life with cerebral palsy by Frances Kitson March 29, 2021
In Review: Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources by Jeffrey L. Johnson March 25, 2021
In Review: The real Eugene Peterson Many of my LGBTQ friends and clergy sisters have disavowed Peterson’s writings. Not I. by Katherine Willis Pershey March 23, 2021
In Review: A Black scholar’s challenge to White evangelicals Anthea Butler is clear about the disastrous legacy of racism at the heart of White evangelicalism. by Amar D. Peterman March 23, 2021