Books
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.
An anti-Enlightenment ax to grind
Craig Carter's book makes good points—and undermines them with his use of polemic.
Coming of age during the rise of Hitler
A history of the 20th century told by ordinary Germans.
Loving the creed, loving God
Ben Myers is a great teacher. His book left me fascinated not with him but with God.
Innocent on death row
Two memoirs by men who endured decades of criminal injustice before being exonerated
Pragmatic guidance for the task of healing the world
Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill challenge churches to embrace nine practices of active faith.