Books
No innocent fable
Should I tell my first-grader about the racist, imperialist, and misogynist legacies I detect in the book she's reading?
The fear loop
In our current crisis, fear is both cause and consequence.
Amy Tan on writing, family, and writing about family
Some parents are horrified when their children write books that air family secrets. Not Daisy Tan.
The rise and fall of Emmanuel Carrère’s faith
The Kingdom is a mess, but it refuses to be wholly dismissed.
What’s behind the New Testament?
There is abundant documentation of the intertestamental period. We just haven't read it.
The resentment that capitalist modernity leaves in its wake
What do terrorists and populist nationalists have in common? They're fueled by inequality.
The radiance of religious poetry
Two anthologies locate grace in unexpected places.
Pauli Murray’s many identities
The first black female Episcopal priest was also an early proponent of ideas that would develop into black feminism, intersectionality, and more.
Safe spaces in dangerous places
Laura Kipnis, sexual assault, and the question of female agency
Ralph Ellison’s theology made visible
Cooper Harriss aims to rescue Ellison from neglect and misinterpretation—by reading him alongside theologians.
Fall books: Take & read
Joshua Jipp, Philip Jenkins, Grant Wacker, and Mary Clark Moschella recommend the best new books in their fields.
The prism of Mohja Kahf’s poetry
Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.
St. Francis, holy fool
What the countercultural barefoot preacher means for Christians today
The museum of whose Bible?
The Green family's take on the Good Book is not as neutral as they let on.
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.