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Cover Story in the October 18, 2011 issue

Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Job and His Friends, oil on canvas, 1869.

Our fall books issue includes the following annotated lists of top titles in a few specific subject areas, selected by experts in the field:

Marti J. Steussy on the book of Job

S. Mark Heim on atonement

Karen-Marie Yust on children's ministry

This article appears in the October 18, 2011 issue.

Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return

A collective Lenten fast from making purchases at Target has been lengthened into a “full-out boycott,” Jamal Bryant, pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch and one of the leaders of the campaign, an...

by Adelle M. Banks

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The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.

By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence.

by Mac Loftin

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Evangelical fantasies in Amish country

I grew up in the Quiverfull movement. In the tourism industry of Shipshewana, Indiana, I see a lot that looks familiar.

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Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene?

In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.

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