Books
What makes local communities thrive?
James and Deborah Fallows traveled around the U.S. to find out.
Is evangelicalism at war with science?
It depends which evangelicals you’re asking.
On patrol at the border
When Francisco Cantú took a job as a border patrol agent, he didn’t consider the cost to his humanity.
Harrison Scott Key’s dreams
Is the desire for greatness a temptation or a vocation?
Do Christians owe special respect to state authority?
Government enjoys no special immunity from moral judgment, argues Jason Brennan.
From the psych hospital to the jail
Two new books provide a devastating vision of America’s mental health crisis.
Dwelling together in scripture’s room
How can preachers and listeners develop a practice of lingering with the text?
The black activist women of 100 years ago
Amy Jacques Garvey, Mittie Maude Lena Gordon, and the “back to Africa” movement
Identifying white fragility
Real talk about racism requires getting past knee-jerk reactions.
A novel about centuries of Jewish-Christian relations
James Carroll tells a story of faith, reason, and freedom.
Bridging the gulf between conservative Christian colleges and the arts
Does immersion in secular music and literature strengthen faith? Does it destroy it?
When illness undoes us
Deanna Thompson's book about cancer takes us where we don't want to go but must.
All identities are intersectional
Identity markers are necessary, argues Kwame Anthony Appiah. They're also inadequate.
What created the unnatural disaster in Flint
Mona Hanna-Attisha and Anna Clark explore the crisis from inside and out.
The beauty of doing things by hand
What does it mean to make things, and why does it matter?
How Christian-Jewish intermarriage became normal
Samira Mehta shows how some interfaith families mediate diverse traditions.
Which new books deserve a spot under the Christmas tree?
We asked our contributing editors to each pick two.
A story that puts you in an Amazon warehouse worker’s shoes
Heike Geissler’s account of her time at Amazon is far more than a workplace exposé.
A Pennsylvania family destroyed by fracking
Eliza Griswold tells the story of an industry and the people it hurts.
Our narratives about nation-states
Is an organized state the pinnacle of progress? James Scott doesn’t think so.