Books
What's new this Advent?
Four of the best new resources for individuals, congregations, and families
Two new (very different) Old Testament translations
Is it man or humanity? Ark or chest?
Why don’t the Gospels describe Jesus’ appearance?
Joan Taylor's top-notch scholarship reads like a detective thriller.
An economist’s call for a politics of global solidarity
Daniel Cohen asks: When our culture of growth collapses, what will society look like?
Is our democracy doomed to become more and more exclusionary?
Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens offer a discouraging diagnosis—and some specific remedies.
How I got schooled by Franchesca Ramsey’s hilarious memoir
Ramsey shows the high stakes (and common mistakes) of online activism.
Who is genetic analysis for?
There are ethical reasons to think twice before sending off your DNA.
Tolerance and violence in medieval Spain
Brian Catlos offers a nuanced corrective to the competing histories of Islamic rule.
Pope Francis the populist intellectual
The pope doesn't always show off his theological talents. Does that matter?
The value of God-shaped art
T. S. Eliot and the other modernist theologian-poets knew that artists are makers of worlds.
When Christian practice (de)forms us
Do practices make us better people? Lauren Winner isn't so sure.
Christians are hospitable because Jesus is Lord
An evangelical case for pluralism
A Jewish and Christian commentary on Luke’s gospel
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington’s dialogue is most illuminating when the co-authors disagree.
Poetry for a world that’s falling apart
Jeremiah Webster charts a via negativa in verse.
James Cone and the liberating spirit of blackness
In his final memoir, Cone’s testimony resounds.
A remarkable commentary on the Qur’an and the Bible
Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.
American houses built on sand
Barbara Kingsolver shows that without truth, foundations crumble.
Take & read: New books in global Christianity
Faith’s core and its manifestations across cultures
Good reading and the good life
Reading books is a virtuous act.
Take & read: New books in practical theology
Pastoral, prophetic, and political