Fall books: Take & read

Joshua Jipp, Philip Jenkins, Grant Wacker, and Mary Clark Moschella recommend the best new books in their fields.

Books

October 4, 2017

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

Joshua Jipp on New Testament

Philip Jenkins on global Christianity

A majority of Michigan Jews voted for El-Sayed, polling suggests, but divisions remain

For some Jews in Michigan, the election of Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim with sharply critical views toward Israel, as their US senator represented a stark new reality....

by Yonat Shimron

Features

Bonhoeffer’s warning

In a 1939 essay, he compares the German and US churches—and asks what Christian freedom looks like when political pressure overwhelms theological clarity.

by Victoria J. Barnett

Features

Waking up in a no-longer-red state

Here in Texas, Republican dominance just collapsed in an evening. The state was also the site of some earlier signs of the national blue wave to come.

by Benjamin J. Dueholm

Features

The rise of the American Muslim public servant

It turns out that organized Islamophobia has given American Muslims the incentive to organize as well.

by Celene Ibrahim and Rahma Ibrahim

Fall books: Take & read

Joshua Jipp, Philip Jenkins, Grant Wacker, and Mary Clark Moschella recommend the best new books in their fields.

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A majority of Michigan Jews voted for El-Sayed, polling suggests, but divisions remain

Bonhoeffer’s warning

Waking up in a no-longer-red state

The rise of the American Muslim public servant