David A. Hoekema
When art comes to church
The annual ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids brings artwork—and artists—into places of worship.
Tracing the traditions of English church music
Andrew Gant's lively book tells a history of sacred song.
Faith, family, and politics in Nigeria
Two debut novels portray everyday life in Nigerian cities. They also teach Americans about our own culture.
Refuge in Uganda: A poor nation opens its doors
Uganda hosts one refugee for every 160 residents. That’s more than seven times the burden the U.S. bears.
Religious rights: Christians and Muslims in Kenya
There is an intersection in central Nairobi known as “five churches corner” (one of the buildings is actually a synagogue)....
Visions of amen: Olivier Messiaen's transcendent music
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I’m a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith.”
—Olivier Messiaen
Pomp and circumstance: Bush as commencement speaker
It was a blustery day in late April when a colleague poked his head into my office and asked, “Have you heard the news? Nicholas Wolterstorff has been replaced as commencement speaker....
The Second One Thousand Years, by Richard John Neuhaus
The Second One Thousand Years: Ten People Who Defined a Milennium. Edited by Richard John Neuhaus. Eerdmans, 126 pp., $14.00 paperback.
...Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste, by Frank Burch Brown
Frank Burch Brown is a writer capable of shifting his focus in the space of a few pages from the magnificence of Byzantine worship in tenth-century Constantinople to the Precious Moments Chapel out...
Religion unsegregated
Education, Religion and the Common Good: Advancing a Distinctly American Conversation about Religion's Role in Our Shared Life, by Martin E. Marty with Jonathan Moore
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