Spring books 2017
Pedagogy of the embodied
Mark Jordan shows us Aquinas—and God—in the flesh.
The hero of Trevor Noah’s story
If you think the Daily Show host is funny, you should meet his mother.
by LaVonne Neff
Questions in Genesis
A book of essays asks, is the Bible literature? How is a blessing like an oath? And what if Eve was just hungry?
A cure for liberalism?
John Milbank & Adrian Pabst consider Western society’s many problems and offer a prescription: virtue.
by Samuel Wells
Poems of witness
Molly McCully Brown recovers the lives of women at an institution notorious for its eugenics program.
by Anya Silver
Macy Halford’s two worlds
A New Yorker staffer investigates the evangelical book that will not let her go.
When immigrants are demonized, how does the church respond? |
What Christians did—and didn’t do—about the Japanese internment.
by Paul Harvey
A president walks into a Buddhist purgatory
The new George Saunders novel turns a crazy idea into a deeply moving story.
by David Crowe
Feasting with favorite writers
The Century asked writers and teachers, Which three authors—living or dead—would you invite over for dinner?
The many colors of betrayal
When does compromise descend into treason or apostasy?
Mary Magdalene is every woman
Marie Howe’s poems present Magdalene in many forms, contemporary and ancient.
by Amy Frykholm
Preaching in the promised land
After the Great Migration, some black preachers addressed the issues their white social-gospel counterparts avoided.
The line between here and there
Two novels explore what happens when wars persist and borders are permeable.
Laughing at what’s not funny
Like Jason Micheli, I have incurable cancer. His book helped me find humor in it.