Essential books: Spring books

Cover Story in the April 30, 2014 issue

Human family tree from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Some rights reserved by Ryan Somma

Our fall books issue includes annotated lists of essential titles in the following subject areas:

Ron Cole-Turner on evolution and human origins

Paul Harvey on religion in the American South

Five faith facts about Trump's VP pick, JD Vance

On the first day of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will be his running mate as he seeks reelection....

by Jack Jenkins and Aleja Hertzler-McCain

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There’s no such thing as a Bonhoeffer moment

Dietrich Bonhoeffer didn’t choose to be a martyr. He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of evil.

by Victoria Barnett

Voices

Ancestral blessings

I attended a talk by a pastor who begins services by asking, “Who do you bring into worship with you?”

by Debie Thomas

Voices

Divine silence

A Quaker colleague taught me how stillness exercises agency, how it acts upon worshipers.

by Isaac S. Villegas

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