Tracy K. Smith’s lovely, unflinching poems
Smith is acutely aware of injustice and violence—and remarkably hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation.
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Vincent van Gogh, Still Life With French Novels and Rose, oil on canvas, 1887.
Tribalism is natural. It's also destroying us.
Amy Chua considers why we cling to people who look and act like us.
Take & read: New books in theology
Theology lives in the space between apocalypticism and Christian Platonism.
Why human rights and global ethics are inadequate concepts
In a globalized world, Michael Ignatieff argues, grand moral values have failed. What's left is virtue.
Take & read: New books in ethics
What does hope look like in the face of racism?
Radical orthodoxy steps into the pulpit
The movement's plucky proponents have been known for their philosophy more than their preaching. Until now.
A life worth living, but for how long?
In their new novels, Dara Horn and Chloe Benjamin play with themes of mortality and free will.
In praise of (imperfect) images
Depictions of Jesus reveal God—but never adequately.
Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, cranky nonfiction
Robinson's essays are sometimes tedious. Yet they provide glimpses of the capacious faith undergirding her novels.
We asked some of our favorite novelists and poets to tell us about three recent works of fiction that speak to them in a deep way.
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