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Cover Story in the October 18, 2011 issue

Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Job and His Friends, oil on canvas, 1869.

Our fall books issue includes the following annotated lists of top titles in a few specific subject areas, selected by experts in the field:

Marti J. Steussy on the book of Job

S. Mark Heim on atonement

Karen-Marie Yust on children's ministry

This article appears in the October 18, 2011 issue.

The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.

By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence.

by Mac Loftin

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J. D. Vance, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the parable of the Good Samaritan

The vice president’s mangling of the Christian ordo amoris is just a smokescreen for the largest deportation operation in American history.

by Mac Loftin

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Martin Marty’s unfinished conversations

The historian’s energetic affirmation of the unfinished—whether books or lives—invariably made encounters with him memorable events.

by W. Clark Gilpin

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Mariann Budde stoked fires of mercy

It’s been said that a sermon should be judged by its impact beyond the moment when it’s preached. In the last month, the bishop’s sermon at the National Cathedral has been making a difference.

by Katherine Willis Pershey

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The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.

J. D. Vance, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the parable of the Good Samaritan

Martin Marty’s unfinished conversations

Mariann Budde stoked fires of mercy