Books
Can democracy survive social media?
Two new books offer critiques and solutions that aim to recalibrate digital politics toward the common good.
Christian Wiman’s feel-bad memoir
Zero at the Bone is extraordinary. Just don’t expect it to be delightful.
In the Hebrew Bible, love is complex
Song-Mi Suzie Park shows that ahav is dense, powerful, political, and divine.
A Job who’s read Job
Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.
Memoir of a pastor’s husband
Washed Ashore is, at its heart, about a man growing up while raising children.
The rituals we need
Religion scholar Molly Farneth shows how rituals—both civic and religious—change us and the societies we live in.
Letters to Anthropocene kids
Ethicist Larry Rasmussen tells his grandchildren the truth about the earth’s peril—and calls them to embrace its beauty.
Seeking justice for a 19th-century rape survivor
In 1894, Baylor University covered up the rape of a 14-year-old girl on campus. Two Baylor professors make the case against the university.
Burial with dignity
Allison Meier sees cemeteries as great repositories of cultural history—and as spaces deserving of reverence.
Power in the blood
Kate Clancy wants to redefine the discourse around menstruation.
A nonviolent war effort
Thomas Ricks analyzes the civil rights movement in military terms.
Impoverished by design
Sociologist Mark Rank shows how the United States systematically produces economic vulnerability.
Why is progressive activism so ineffective?
Fredrik deBoer explains why the mobilization of 2020 produced so few concrete gains.
Religion that harms
Drawing on both research and personal experience, therapist Laura Anderson explores the trauma caused by high-control religion.
Alice McDermott’s tale of American Catholics in Vietnam
What is the kindest, least condescending help that privileged Christians can offer to the wider world?
The artistic vision of Jesus
Aaron Rosen finds that Jesus looks at the world the way artists see their subjects.
Fake news at church
Three new books investigate how misinformation shapes evangelicals—and propose better ways to reason together.
A multitude of ways to love the earth
Mallory McDuff’s anthology centers non-White voices and women’s narratives in the climate justice conversation.
A story of water and faith
Abraham Verghese’s new novel tells an epic tale of a family of Thomas Christians in modern India.
Take & Read: Global Christianity
New books in global Christianity