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Brianna LambertBooksFormation

The Beholders

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

Daniel K. WilliamsBooks

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 SticeBooks

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 SandersBooksThe 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 WilliamsBooks

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 WilliamsBooks

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 HeavinBooksThe 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. HertzkeBooks

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 LaRowBooks

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 SearcyBooks

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 MeadorCultureBooks

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. AustenBooksJournalWinter 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.