Fall books: Take & read

Books in the October 12, 2016 issue

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Our fall books issue includes scholars' recommendations of the best recently published books in their fields:

Matthew L. Skinner on New Testament

Philip Jenkins on global Christianity

Grant Wacker on American religious history

Mary Clark Moschella on practical theology

This article appears in the October 12, 2016 issue.

Against killing children

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.

by Wendell Berry

Features

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

Voices

After every election, I turn to Tolstoy

His challenges to the left and right alike are devastating and timely.

by Julian DeShazier

Ted Cruz on stage at America Fest with pyrotechnics and multiple screens with his face projected behind him

Features

The quiet rise of Christian dominionism

Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.

by Keri Ladner

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Against killing children

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After every election, I turn to Tolstoy

The quiet rise of Christian dominionism