Violence

In order to stop it, we have to understand it.

In Knife, the novelist goes back to Chautauqua, where he was nearly killed in a 2022 attack.

As Cobra Kai’s final season is about to air, we are living in the aftermath of the political backlash to The Karate Kid’s softer kind of power.

Luke Mogelson turns his keen powers of observation on the worsening polarization in this country.

Peacemaking is a crucial part of the Christian life—but it isn’t just about war.

Christianity is, finally, a story in which communication prevails over violence.

Peter Leithart argues that the sacrament’s violence is surprisingly good news.

In her new movie, the filmmaker’s fascination with the myth of masculinity unfolds in 1920s Montana.

My daughter wants to know. Even as a biblical scholar, I don’t have a good answer.

From farms to churches, no place feels safe.

We know what violence is, but what counts as religion?

My mother grew up in a violent home. But violence was not the totality of her life.

How do you construct a narrative in the aftermath of communal trauma?

A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another

Facing the “intolerable trouble” of antiblack violence

Jess Row asks what happens when alienation turns to rage.

In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.

Evoking the murders of unarmed black men, this collection is meant to appall us.

At the border, survivors of violence present their scarred bodies as testimony.

We don't have to choose a political party. We do have to name the problem for what it is.