Books
The legacy of “religionization”
Marianne Moyaert provides a helpful but somber history of the ways European Christians have imagined people of other faiths.
The moral cost of rechargeable batteries
In the DRC’s cobalt mines, desperate workers earn a few dollars a day to help power our digital lives.
Some good press for Paul
Biblical scholar Susan Grove Eastman brings the apostle into conversation with today’s world.
Simone Weil’s anti-fascist blueprint
Ros Schwartz’s translation of The Need for Roots makes Weil’s masterpiece feel as urgent today as it was in 1943.
Did the mainline church pave the way for Christian nationalism?
Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood plumb history to show how the Protestant mainline has intertwined church and state interests.
The role of judgment in Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s sophomore novel
Most reviews of Long Island Compromise blame the characters’ misery on their family’s wealth. But the reality of their predicament is far more serious.
Unlocking the gates of Genesis through poetry
Jessica Jacobs breathes new life into ancient voices.
The religious practice of community organizing
Aaron Stauffer offers a nuanced study of the radical social gospel and broad-based organizing.
The magic of Amy Leach’s world
The essayist playfully contrasts the apocalyptic, fundamentalist worldviews of her childhood with the teeming abundance of life that she found later.
Elie Wiesel’s defiant faith
Journalist Joseph Berger documents the writer’s work, his activism, and the belief in God that he never fully renounced.
How a boy band star from Boston became the beloved Imam Tay
Taymullah Abdur-Rahman demonstrates that friendship across religious difference can elicit personal and social transformation.
The heart of embodied theopoetics beats for liberation
A new edited volume seeks not to replace traditional, White male–focused theopoetics so much as to reshape the subject altogether.
Hope as an act of love
Theologian Norman Wirzba’s account of hope is compelling precisely because it is so grounded in harsh reality.
The legacy of Black activist teachers
Almeda Wright’s impeccably researched profiles explore the connections between religion, education, and social action.
The brokenness of Christology
Sarah Coakley explores ruptures on the cross, in the Eucharist, in Spirit-filled people, and between Judaism and the church.
The women who would be war heroes
Kristin Hannah’s novel is based on military nurses’ firsthand accounts of their experiences in Vietnam.