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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

Allen D. HertzkeBook Reviews

Why Religious Freedom Matters

Over time, the fusion of faith with political power traduces the credibility of co-opted religious leaders and saps the vitality of religious commitments.

Eddie LaRowBook Reviews

The Insufficiency of Reenchantment

Carl Trueman's new book makes the case for why reenchantment won't do the things that Christian critics of modernity hope that it will.

Steven SearcyBook Reviews

The Artist’s Pen Bodying Forth the Poet’s Imagination

This book ought to be in every public library, with hopes that readers will discover a winsome introduction to poetry or find a lost delight rekindled.