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Vika PecherskyBook ReviewsFormation

The Miracle of Communion: to Know and to Love as God

'The Brothers Karamazov' shows a moment in which two people encounter each other not as objects of conquest but as beloved subjects and common persons.

Alan NobleBook Reviews

To Live Well: Bonus Question and Answer

Our interview with Alan Noble went long, so we are sharing some bonus Q and A that Noble did over email following the interview.

Joseph MinichBook Reviews

Whose Time? Whose World?

Rosa's latest book continues his probing investigation into 'modernity.' But it is unclear if Rosa's theory of resonance can do all that needs to be done.

Jonathan ClarkBook Reviews

The Forgotten Evangelicals of Colorado Springs

'Jesus Springs' is mostly fair and accurate in its treatment of evangelicalism in Colorado Springs, though it misses the diversity of the movement.

Susan Bruxvoort LipscombCultureBook Reviews

'Institutional Poverty' in Charles Dickens and Barbara Kingsolver

Though modeled after Dickens's 'David Copperfield' Kingsolver's 'Demon Copperhead' is different in several significant and deeply American ways.

Brianna LambertBook ReviewsFormation

The Beholders

An excerpt from Brianna Lambert's new book 'Created to Play'

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

The Emptiness of Atheism for a Romantic Idealist

Beha's book is a moving account of how a romantic materialist might embrace Christianity, but it is too dismissive of other approaches to belief.

Elizabeth SticeBook Reviews

The Myth of the American West

Whether or not readers agree with Nelson's interpretation of the American Dream, many will find the people in this book worth reading about.

Kirsten SandersBook ReviewsThe Magpie

The Magpie 5: Deep in Some New World

Peter Harrison's 'Some New World' is everything you might hope for in the best of academic history.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Recovering the Virtues in This Age of Vice: Four New Books

Four recent books on virtue offer a path toward moral health and rootedness in a time when vices proliferate at the speed of technological innovation.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Reading the Bible with Ten Church Fathers: An Interview with Gerald Bray

If we will attend to their wisdom, the Church Fathers can help us become more careful and engaged readers of Scripture.

Joshua HeavinBook ReviewsThe Heron

The Heron #1: New Theology Books in 2026

Josh Heavin's new theology books column previews new books from Katherine Sonderegger, Matthew Arbo, Christopher Mooney, Denise Flanders, and David Moffitt