Books
Take & read: New books in American religious history
An ever-renewing narrative of community formed by difference
Christian Wiman’s stubborn, slippery faith
We need faith, Wiman suggests, because poetry isn't enough.
What wondrous poems are these
James Crews's poetry is at once ecstatic, skeptical, and hopeful.
What book would you describe as beautiful?
10 writers respond.
Zora Neale Hurston brings us the voice of a former slave
Hurston's singular ear for the beauty of speech and memory brings Cudjo Lewis's story to life.
Take & read: New books in New Testament
Can we read scripture critically and theologically at the same time?
Two ways of being Christian and pro-choice
Is abortion only the lesser of evils, or can it be a moral good?
A Ghanaian theologian considers demons
Are they real? and other questions in Esther Acolatse’s work.
Óscar Romero’s political theology
Does sainthood risk blunting Romero’s witness? Michael Lee offers a timely inoculation.
This ridiculous “spiritual biography” of Trump is no joke
In David Brody and Scott Lamb’s book, grace for the president abounds.
Boys will be like the boys they read about
Books can’t singlehandedly destroy toxic masculinity. But they can chip away at it.
N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
The ghosts and the not-yet-dead
Jesmyn Ward’s novel is a descent into hell on earth. I couldn't put it down.
How the FBI has shaped American religion
J. Edgar Hoover's influence was even farther reaching than we know.
The world Erasmus and Luther shared
Each created a new model for church. Each paid a price.
How American Protestant missionaries helped usher in post-Protestant America
David Hollinger shows how the social gospel principles that drove mission abroad boomeranged back home.
The Second Amendment is racist at its root
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's social history highlights who's at the other end of the barrel.
The New Testament’s christological hymns are songs of resistance
They use the conventions of Jewish resistance poetry to challenge Roman occupation.
How should Christians face climate change?
We've moved on from the question of whether we should care.
Putting clergy health in perspective
Pastors and their complex relationship with their work—and with themselves