Gifts of comfort and joy

In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.

Books in the December 7, 2016 issue

A Gathering of Spirits, © Jan Richardson (janrichardson.com)

Eleven writers make their selections:

This article appears in the December 7, 2016 issue.

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

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

Ros Schwartz’s translation of The Need for Roots makes Weil’s masterpiece feel as urgent today as it was in 1943.

The “great American game” is played to win and to exclude. Lamar’s halftime show made the case for turning our attention to something better.