Violence

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.

Jeremiah Webster charts a via negativa in verse.

Sexual violence doesn't always allow its survivors to claim redemption.

Jewish history tells me to be both compassionate and alert. When it comes to the Palestinian conflict, I don't know how to do both at once.

Catherine Nixey is right: the early Christians were violently destructive. So were the Romans, the Persians, and the plagues that swept across the ancient world.

Michael J. Sharp had been investigating violence in the Congo when he was killed one year ago.