Books
Take & read: Old Testament
An annotated list of the best new titles
Mother's Day picks
Looking for a gift for a mother in your life? Here are some possibilities.
Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin, and Octavia Butler imagine a new future
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Take & read: Theology
An annotated list of the best new titles
Laughing at what’s not funny
Like Jason Micheli, I have incurable cancer. His book helped me find humor in it.
Take & read: Ethics
An annotated list of the best new titles
Dorothy Sayers, Charles Williams, and W. H. Auden discuss their unconventional love lives
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Emily Dickinson and Søren Kierkegaard joke about considering the lilies
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
The beauty of Charles Spurgeon
My temptation to spurn the evangelical preacher slipped away when I opened this volume.
Pathologically moral
In her memoir, comedian Maggie Rowe lays bare a struggle with excessive guilt that rivals Martin Luther’s.
What we need from scientists
It’s hard enough to distinguish fact from fiction. Then there’s the matter of interpretation.
The isolation of Wallace Stevens
A new biography reveals the poet’s devotion to his vocation. It also reveals his loneliness.
Clash of cultures
Pontius Pilate shows us what happens when the historical and the eternal intersect.
Michael Eric Dyson takes white America to church
Dyson’s sermon on racism is inspiring, but will it speak to those who need to hear it most?
How spiritual practices can foster creativity
The most useful essays in this new collection are the ones that tell stories from parish ministry.
A novel for frightening times
Han Kang’s main theme is the dignity and the cowardice that atrocity brings forth from people—often the same person.
The new illuminated manuscript?
When I learned that white evangelical women are drawing and painting all over their Bibles, I was caught between judging and celebrating the phenomenon.
Reading evangelical history with one eye closed
Frances FitzGerald gets the religious right wrong—along with the evangelical tradition generally.
Are open borders the most ethical approach to immigration?
David Miller’s book doesn’t offer policy solutions. It does help us think clearly.
Kierkegaard in translation
The Danish philosopher thought faith had become too easy. This book doesn’t have that problem.