Books
The silence of focused attention
Erling Kagge fears that the practice of stillness is endangered.
How the culture wars made Trump
The demons of the white evangelical past
In the Fearless Dialogues movement, people try to truly see each other
Gregory Ellison II's book evokes the sort of honest conversations he has been convening.
A book about ethics—and nearly everything else
John Stackhouse's real-world ethics primer covers just about every subject, but it leaves out an important one.
How Wendell Berry helps us negotiate our post-agrarian condition
Something is lost when we no longer know the art of filling a wagon.
The talented Tara Isabella Burton
In Burton's debut novel, Louise and Lavinia represent the possibility that compulsive self-disclosure is a form of self-concealment.
A deep history of women’s cultural criticism
Michelle Dean's book isn't exactly a group biography. But it is a highly entertaining feast of quotes, anecdotes, and analysis.
In The Baghdad Eucharist, an Iraqi Christian family weathers Saddam, U.S. invasion, and ISIS
Sinan Antoon's acclaimed novel, now out in English, sheds light on the realities faced by Christians in Iraq.
Letting Augustine be Augustine
How to capture the urgency of Confessions? New translations by Sarah Ruden and Peter Constantine offer very different approaches.
Steven Pinker’s absolute faith in reason
"This is not a book of Enlightenolatry," writes Pinker. But it is.
How a doctor finds hope at a Jerusalem hospital
Pediatric oncologist Elisha Waldman explores a city's complexities as he reflects on his patients' spiritual needs.
Helping white people talk about racism—with each other
Carolyn Helsel's guidebook is insightful, sensitive, and deeply practical.
Theodicy in real life
William Abraham's theological affirmations of faith are shadowed by a persistent question: Why don't they work?
A writer’s careful, surprising attention
J. D. Daniels writes beautiful letters to no one. They aren't for everyone.
The coming-of-age novel comes of age
If old age is another country, three novelists are exploring not just the peaks and valleys but also the rough places in between.
The remarkable life and martyrdom of Lin Zhao
As Chinese communism turned to violence, Zhao turned to Christ. Lian Xi tells her story in memorable fashion.
When Rome succumbed to the elements
What brought down the Roman Empire? Kyle Harper says it was plague and cold climate.
The questions private prisons raise
Is private management more efficient? Is it wrong to profit from punishment? Is the whole idea immoral in concept?
Will the real fundamentalists please stand up?
What counts as fundamentalism? David Harrington Watt and Sathianathan Clarke give contrasting answers.
A Christian apologist's memoir of suffering
Telling the story of his wife's tragic illness, Douglas Groothuis combines lament with grace-filled love.