In Review: Lyz Lenz’s midrash on pregnancy and motherhood Lenz blends storytelling and critique to explore the role of myths in defining women’s bodies. by Kristel Clayville October 9, 2020
In Review: Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race. by Jason Byassee October 8, 2020
Take & Read: Practical theology Five books that introduce new voices to the conversation by Mary Clark Moschella October 7, 2020
In Review: Marilynne Robinson’s new Gilead novel makes Jack Boughton make sense Everything in Jack is a marvel. by Philip Christman October 7, 2020
In Review: Douglas Ottati’s liberal piety The theologian starts by recognizing that we know enough to live fully in response to God’s grace. by Stephen Healey October 6, 2020
In Review: N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering. by Jason A. Mahn October 5, 2020
In Review: Sexual assault is a public health issue Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan’s study of agency, consent, and sex on college campuses by Frances Kitson October 1, 2020
In Review: Can the religious left be as effective in Washington as it’s been on the streets? Jack Jenkins’s book is informative and persuasive, if not exactly unbiased. by David Gushee September 29, 2020
In Review: Michael Cohen’s tell-all about Trump is mostly about himself The moral lessons of his humiliation and imprisonment seem fairly limited. by Elizabeth Palmer September 24, 2020
In Review: The artist at the end of the world Scott Russell Sanders’s essays balance ecological despair with the promise of human creativity. by Tom Montgomery Fate September 24, 2020
In Review: Are we trapped by the way others see us? Brit Bennett’s novel explores racial passing, gender transition, and family trauma. by Katara Patton September 21, 2020
In Review: When your partner loses faith After Stina Kielsmeier-Cook’s husband became a none, she reached out to some neighborhood nuns. by Elizabeth Felicetti September 17, 2020
In Review: Dr. King’s voice in verse Joseph Ross’s poems are an elegy for the civil rights movement’s martyrs. by Philip C. Kolin September 11, 2020
In Review: The law in our lives David Opderbeck’s book about theology, the law, and how we engage with both by Chris Hammer September 10, 2020
In Review: Louise Erdrich’s novel gives names, faces, words, and life to the Chippewa Turtle Mountain Band A story of survival in the face of termination by Joshua B. Grace September 1, 2020