Ron Chernow depicts the American financier’s apotheosis and his decline. These days, our economy serves markets, neither God nor Morgan. Review by Will Bryant

Nathaniel Lee Hansen’s debut short story collection was lost in the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, but his sensitive, realistic depictions of normal life deserve more attention from readers. Review by Mark Bennion

Douthat provides a refreshingly candid take on why the religious journey is the proper response to the human experience. Review by Jake Casale

Malcolm Foley calls readers to renounce the world, the flesh, and the devil, and imagines a material world upended by obedience to the radical call of Christ. Review by Andy Stager

Maddox’s latest poetry collection tackles suffering straight on—which means mingling the real darkness with real light. Review by Gloria Heffernan

Dan Davies lays out why the systems we’ve built for ourselves are driving us to disaster and despair. Review by Charlie Clark

A tour of a liturgical year in the life of a gardener invites readers to dwell in two sets of seasons as a way of drawing nearer to eternity.

Priests Alex Sosler and Gary Ball tackle competing visions of what art is, and what it’s for. Review by Najma Zahira

On Big Ugly, North Carolina band Fust are homesick for a home that no longer exists. Review by Joseph Collum

A new book on the Coptic Orthodox practices of Lent sheds light on the deep hunger we all feel—even when we are surrounded by good things. Review by Bree Snow

A theologian re-envisions the highest ideal of family as Christlike devotion to those who share our space.

O’Donnell’s poetic missives to Dante on his way through the afterlife offer her readers, in turn, a companion for the journey of the Divine Comedy.