The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography
Jacobs' work illustrates the Book of Common Prayer's ever-evolving role in global Christianity against a variety of historical backdrops.
Jacobs' work illustrates the Book of Common Prayer's ever-evolving role in global Christianity against a variety of historical backdrops.
Susan Jacoby’s new biography of Robert Ingersoll is a missed opportunity, regurgitating tired, over-stated New Atheist talking points.
Scalia’s book exemplifies a recent shift from conceiving of sin as moral transgression, to viewing it as false worship.
A generous attempt at acquainting an urban, secular audience with young, post-culture war Evangelicals buries stereotypes, but it raises a question it cannot answer.
While Wallis’s conceptual framework for Christian political engagement is solid, his attempt to translate that framework to concrete action points is disorganized and unconvincing.
Asma’s rejection of egalitarianism as the ultimate social virtue makes room for grace and the search for a values based on more than mere equality of treatment.
The Village offers fascinating pictures of bohemians and radicals, but this book presents an ultimately disillusioning picture of their lifestyle.
Anderson’s book contains many bits of wisdom about how to question well, but struggles to speak about questioning in ways that are relatable to the uncommitted and agnostic.
The church can, and should, have more than just rules and prohibitions to offer young people negotiating the sexual mores of modern life.
Drawing on Augustine and twentieth-century French philosophy, Bell makes a case against our capitalist economy before offering an unexpected alternative.