Books
Crisis and opportunity in the American Catholic Church
Massimo Faggioli is the most articulate interpreter of U.S. Catholicism today.
The fall and rise of Holy Russia
Since the Soviet collapse, Christianity has flourished. This poses its own challenges.
The cool piety of young Muslim hip-hop fans
John O'Brien brings readers into teenage boys' frustrations and laughter as they struggle to integrate their different worlds.
Gifts of comfort and joy
In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.
How a woman sounds in the pulpit
Preaching is an embodied act. Do women perform it differently from men?
Beyond plastic saints
Stories of Christians working in the world offer hope that heals.
Dinosaurs, tigers, and pop ballads
Amid the puzzles of life, there is still pleasure in learning and listening.
Lifting the spirit
I've been inspired this year by Shonda Rhimes, the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Paul Angone.
Messengers of hope
This Advent, the people who have spoken most clearly to me are women and people of color: Aisha Hinds, D. L. Mayfield, Eddie Glaude, and Liz Theoharis.
Tales of different lands
Literature and film from England, Hungary, Japan, and Korea
Grace alive among us
Grace is an exchange, says Terra Schwerin Rowe—but not an economic one.
Proclaim the hope but proclaim it slant
Consolation comes to me at unexpected angles.
Jagged, trustworthy joy
I've hungered this year for art that honors complexity.
Books about living well
Insights from three scholars and one shepherd
The pleasures of good poems
This year, I've read the poetry of Mark Jarman, Tess Taylor, and Nicole Sealey with gratitude.
Hanging in there for love
Faithfulness isn't always pious or sweet.
Finding God in the sewer
Struggle on against the powers as if this desperate situation were nothing—because even now it is nothing.
Jewish history through Christian eyes
Must Christianity always define itself against Judaism? The Didache didn't.
Undocumented immigrants in their full humanity
Lauren Markham documents the bravery of two migrant brothers from El Salvador—and their mistakes, too.
Kamila Shamsie’s novel is filled with perfect coincidences
Of all the coffee joints frequented by all the British citizens-of-Pakistani-descent in all of Amherst, Massachusetts, she walks into his?