Faith
Why do we write and read poetry?
For both Paul Mariani and Mark Jarman, the mystery is theological.
Yaa Gyasi’s beautiful novel embraces faith that changes and grows
Transcendent Kingdom explores an immigrant neuroscientist’s complicated relationship with evangelical Christianity.
Why be Protestant?
Phillip Cary locates the heart of Protestantism in the gospel promise it reveals.
The weird beauty of Kay Ryan’s prose
The former poet laureate’s quirky faith is a spirituality for prankish oddballs.
A novel shot through with transcendence
Chelsea Bieker's Godshot drips with truth about motherhood, faith, and power.
To avoid risk, don’t get close to God
Sometimes faith is like encountering a grizzly bear.
Elaine Pagels’s lifelong search for the sacred
Pagels vividly recounts her spiritual experiences. But she won’t let herself be bound by any tradition.
The emergence of belief—and unbelief
Ethan Shagan chronicles the expansion of these concepts since the Middle Ages.
The Christian virtues and the art of dying
9 values that can shape the end of life in a cruciform way
Christian Wiman’s stubborn, slippery faith
We need faith, Wiman suggests, because poetry isn't enough.
Having faith in God is better than being certain about God
We don't need arguments from the pulpit. We need living water.
Take & read: New books in Old Testament
Does biblical scholarship still matter for the life of faith?
Christian Wiman and the poetry of joy
In this anthology of poems selected by Wiman, joy comes in modest and unlikely guise.
The rise and fall of Emmanuel Carrère’s faith
The Kingdom is a mess, but it refuses to be wholly dismissed.
Does humility require doubt?
Mark Stenberg takes aim at Christian certainty. I'm not certain that's our problem.
Faith on the edge: Writer Dennis Covington
"Belief is not the 'substance of things hoped for.' Faith is."