Books
Catholicism and the secular state
The intertwining of the Catholic Church and politics, from World War I to Trump
Ross Gay’s fierce, radiant joy
To love the world as an American black man is a subversive act.
Fiction that makes prisons visible
How three novelists depict the reality of incarceration
A personal discipline of Talmud study
Ilana Kurshan shows how the practice of Daf Yoni gave structure to a life made formless and void.
Horror and hope in the face of climate change
Jim Antal calls for a green reformation among churches.
How the American opioid crisis got so big
Two journalists unpack the history, the scale of the epidemic, and who’s to blame
A northerner explores Christianity in the American South
James Hudnut-Beumler profiles churches, ministries, and movements with long-held traditions and potential for change.
Disability and the good life
Theologian Shane Clifton rethinks virtue ethics from his wheelchair.
A 40-year-old takes 40 hikes
How Roger Owens walked his way through a midlife crisis of faith
Walter Rauschenbusch then and now
William Pitts examines the era when the Social Gospel was new—and controversial.
Trying to make amends
In Chigozie Obioma’s new novel, forgiveness is no light matter.
Baby steps toward Christian unity
Allen Hilton profiles churches that are uniting people across ideological differences.
A maid bears witness
Stephanie Land's memoir reveals the intimacy and power of a housecleaner’s labor.
An act of solidarity with LGBTQ Methodists?
J. Philip Wogaman tried to surrender his ordination. Would this have helped?
Dazzling essays from flyover country
There are two conditions Meghan O'Gieblyn can't escape: Christianity and Midwesternness.
Christian humanism in a technocratic world
Alan Jacobs's biography of T.S. Eliot, Simone Weil, W.H. Auden, Jacques Maritain, and C.S. Lewis
Dismantling anti-Jewish readings of the Passion story
Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine reminds us, was a Jew.
Still resisting Constantine
According to Reformation scholar Jason Mahn, the birth of Christendom was a sort of Fall.
Monastic wisdom for a non-cloistered world
After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Paul Quenon wrote a memoir.
Crossing the boundary between theology and science
Essays that consider the natural order as God's creation—in a way scientists might recognize.