Books
Going offline to preserve the precious resource of attention
Yes, it's another year-of narrative. But Esther Emery offers a moving story about the possibility of change.
Ukraine, 1941
In Rachel Seiffert's novel, the characters' fears unite them as they watch and wait.
A book that has transformed my life of faith
For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we asked writers to choose one formative book and tell us about it.
Take & Read: Global Christianity
Philip Jenkins recommends the best recently published books in his field.
A lineage of black female scholars
Black women's contributions continue to be rendered invisible. Brittney Cooper offers a critical intervention.
Five reasons Hillary Clinton’s new book is worth reading—and three reasons it’s worth critiquing
What Happened matters. Here’s why.
Take & Read: Practical theology
Mary Clark Moschella recommends the best recently published books in her field.
Toni Morrison on the invention of the stranger
Morrison examines how Western authors define their culture by estranging others.
Dying—and living—with breast cancer
Nina Riggs's love of the world shines through her memoir, even as the ground shifts beneath her.
Take & Read: New Testament
Joshua Jipp recommends the best recently published books in his field.
Take & Read: American religious history
Grant Wacker recommends the best recently published books in his field.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
Nicole Krauss’s love letter to (an imagined) Kafka
A breathtaking novel that bleeds existential urgency from every page
The autumn of our discontent
As leaves fall from the trees, Ali Smith helps us fall into the dreams and fears of her characters.
Where should the stepkids sit at the funeral?
As family configurations change, so does pastoral care.
The earnest, hilarious Al Franken
The senator's jokes are still funny, even if Trump has made his satire obsolete.
From inertia to (small) action
Mai-Anh Le Tran bravely jumps into the space where theory meets practice.
Fashion-forward faith
Muslim women’s clothing reveals—and shapes—culture, politics, and piety.
Flannery O'Connor's demonic characters bear witness to Christ
If O'Connor's stories are shocking, that's only because the gospel is, too.
Climate change and the failure of incarnational nerve
Do we really want God to live with us in a poisoned and degraded world?