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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.

Jake MeadorCultureBook Reviews

The Liberalism of George Smiley

We often do not think of democratic liberalism has possessing its own sort of moral excellencies, yet the model of George Smiley suggests that we should.

Lucy S. R. AustenBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026

Man and Machine

The history of the book shows us that human frailty and cruelty have led to horrors, and that human goodness and strength have created powerful change for the better.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

Creating Membership

For Berry and the Christian tradition, authentic political community is a thing that can be created, not merely something that arises from nature.

Katy CarlBook Reviews

A Passage Through the Dark

Can story outdo wrongheaded calculation, political machination, and ideological influence, all to awaken and regenerate our capacity to choose the good?

Andrew KaufmannBook Reviews

George Scialabba’s Utopian Hopes

Scialabba's wandering meditation on hope is not without flaws, yet it remains instructive and worth engaging on many distinct levels.

Elisabeth Lasch-QuinnBook Reviews

Lucky to be Grateful

If we have loved something good with a deep and faithful love, then even if that thing is lost, we still have cause for gratitude.

Matthew LoftusBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026

Deconstructing Pessimism

We should find hope in the fact that it is actually quite difficult to truly embrace pessimism

Nathaniel MarshallBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026

To Dabble or Not to Dabble

Amateurism is wonderful, but asking it to serve as a subversion of capitalism and hustle culture is to misunderstand what it is.