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Sarah ReardonPoetryJournalFall 2025

Hannah's Holiday

A poetic reflection on Hannah's prayer and the son God gave her

Felicia Wu SongBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

The Tragedies of Longing for Home

Much of Kingsnorth's technological critique is very sharp, which makes his hostility toward certain left wing thinkers unfortunate and puzzling.

Kirsten SandersBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Religion's Own Worst Enemy

If the purpose of religion is to make people moral, then the moral failures of religious people disprove religion and render it obsolete.

Jeff BilbroBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Imagining Life Outside the Machine

There are a number of striking overlaps in the critiques of modernity put forth by Paul Kingsnorth and Christopher Lasch.

Rhys LavertyBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

After the Machine

Could a critical mass of people opt out of the machine and pursue more humane ways of life? In principal, certainly. In practice? That remains to be seen.

Jake MeadorCultureJournalFall 2025

Four Types of Christian Cultural Engagement

The work of cultural renewal will not come about through populism, separatism, or revanchism, but only through a principled commitment to healthy reform.

Leah Libresco SargeantBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Leah Sargeant Replies

Leah Sargeant replies to Agnes Howard, Rachel Aldhizer, and Nadya Williams's reflections on her new book 'The Dignity of Dependence.'

Nadya WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

What Has War to Do with Motherhood?

We cannot take the value and the beauty of this vulnerability for granted. Sargeant’s book makes no sense outside the Judaeo-Christian worldview.

Rachel Roth AldhizerBook ReviewsFormationJournalFall 2025

The Presence of Christ in Our Dependence

Dependence has a language. Need has a way of speaking to us and calling for help, even when it cannot do so with words.

Agnes HowardBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Dependent in the First Place

Americans prefer to think of dependence as a preparatory step before we turn into what we really are—autonomous self-makers. Sargeant skewers this folly.

Ted EslerTheologyJournalGlobalFall 2025

The Deconstruction of Evangelical Missions

The impulse to foreign missions that has grounded and shaped American evangelicalism for a century is now under attack from many sides.

Bonnie KristianBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Leftists Should Be Christian

Christman's provocative title makes some good arguments, but is burdened by sloppy argumentation and poor engagement with its sources.