Books
Messianic protest against the School of the Americas
In Kyle Lambelet’s view, SOA Watch demonstrates the virtues of a messianic politics.
Pregnancy is undeniably beautiful and bizarre
Both Agnes Howard and Brittany Bergman encourage reflection on a transformational experience.
Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s history of the manly godly man
How American evangelicalism baptized male aggression
Stuck in an imperial system that has outlived its promise
Ross Douthat wonders what will get us beyond decadence.
Sue Monk Kidd imagines Jesus with a strong-willed wife
The Book of Longings offers a rare glimpse into the interior lives of women in the biblical world.
Is LGBT equality economically beneficial for all?
Crunching the numbers with M. V. Lee Badgett
Interpreting Jesus’ healings as a conflict with purity laws is dead wrong
Jesus’ conflict, Matthew Thiessen argues, was with the forces of death.
Envisioning part-time clergy as a blessing rather than a sign of decline
Revitalizing lay leaders to bring congregations new life
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another
Essays for a time of isolation
Jordan Kisner writes about seeing the world and the self.
We need our screens right now. But what about later?
Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.
The white Christian nationalist scam
Journalists Katherine Stewart and Anne Nelson unveil the mechanisms behind the rise of a movement.
A humble God?
Matthew Wilcoxen traces the idea from Augustine through Katherine Sonderegger.
The big business of evangelical Christian publishing
Daniel Vaca details the marriage of missionary zeal and financial reward.
Multigenerational rage, holy listening, and the unveiling of another way
A conversation between Parker Palmer, Stephen Lewis, Matthew Wesley Williams, and Dori Baker about the book Another Way
Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible is a believable climate fable
The dystopian novel feels about 15 minutes away from becoming reality.
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
Three children’s books to help start the conversation
Imagination as a lens for making sense of the world
Cultivating a shared Christian imagination
A non-Christian’s argument for Christianity’s positive influence
Tom Holland doesn’t shout that secularists have no clothes. He whispers that they bear a Christian label.
What is ecopiety?
The stories we tell about consuming our way to a healthy environment