Breaking Bread with the Dead
Alan Jacobs's new book advocates for engaging dead authors in a friendly contest, and treating them as we'd like to be treated.
Alan Jacobs's new book advocates for engaging dead authors in a friendly contest, and treating them as we'd like to be treated.
Esau McCaulley’s brief book introduces readers to the Black ecclesial tradition, as well as arguing ably for the biblical basis for the present pursuit of justice in our society.
Anthony Barr takes a look at the spiritual implications of a society that worships intelligence--and at his complicity in the cult of smart.
The Ordinary and the Onslaught: The Many Facets of Ledger Megan Foster explores Jane Hirshfield's new collection of poems, from their intimate quotidian details to their insistent reminders of human…
A student chaplain looks back on his summer at a cancer hospital through the lens of L.S. Dugdale's account of a culture that has lost sight of death in its mania for living well. Review by Manato Jansen
Yoko Ogawa's 1994 dystopian novel explores what happens when a society gives up and gives in to loss—and what role stories have to play in keeping the resistance alive. Review by Inez Tan