(RNS) — Maybe the past year of pandemic and a reckoning over racial injustice have readers turning to lament. Maybe […]
Books
Tish Harrison Warren Becomes a Rising Star in Christian Spiritual Writing
(RNS) — I catch Tish Harrison Warren by phone as she is poised on the threshold of a new life. […]
Letter Showing Lord of the Rings Creator JRR Tolkien’s Vision of What a Hobbit Looks Like Is Set to Sell for $25,000
A candid letter by J.R.R Tolkien describing what hobbits should look like has emerged for sale for £15,000. The Lord […]
Howard University’s School of Divinity Dean Yolanda Pierce Releases New Book ‘In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit’
(RNS) — Dean Yolanda Pierce of Howard University School of Divinity has been shaped by, and now teaches, womanist theology, […]
New Book ‘The Daughters of Kobani’ Tells Story of All-Women Kurdish Combat Units Who Fought ISIS
(RNS) — The Syrian border town of Kobani was little known outside the region until 2014. That year the dramatic […]
How Christian Bookstores Survived 2020
A new item at Christian bookstores in 2020 shot straight to the top of the sales charts: face masks with […]
Elizabeth Monier on Bethlehem Is More Than a Sentimental Backdrop to Christmas in the West
From The Oxford Handbook of Christmas edited by Timothy Larsen. Copyright © 2020 by Timothy Larsen and published by Oxford University Press. […]
Book Review: ‘John Song: Modern Chinese Christianity and the Making of a New Man’ by Daryl R. Ireland
Book review is by Alexander Chow, who is senior lecturer in theology and world Christianity in the School of Divinity […]
Christian Coronavirus Books Have Arrived From John Piper, Samuel Rodriguez, N.T. Wright, Pope Francis, and More
(RNS) — The United States is setting new records for reported daily hospitalizations and COVID-19 deaths. Cities such as Chicago and Los […]
Pope Francis Addresses Coronavirus Plague and Politics in New Book
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Just weeks after Pope Francis issued “Fratelli Tutti,” a 400-page encyclical on themes of universal love […]
Theologian Robert Covolo on When the Bible Makes a Fashion Statement
At first glance, the worlds of fashion and theology might appear to have little to do with one another. A […]
Lecrae on Growing Uncomfortable With White Evangelicalism and Finding Restoration in His Faith
(RNS) — At the height of his career, award-winning hip-hop artist Lecrae wondered what it would look like to walk […]
Book Review: ‘Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation’ by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Review is by Daniel Harrell, who is editor in chief of Christianity Today. As a recent college graduate in 1983, I […]
Book Review: ‘Cut in Stone: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption’ by Ryan Andrew Newson
Review by David Henreckson, who is the director of the Institute for Leadership and Service at Valparaiso University. He is […]
Book Review: ‘Companions in Suffering: Comfort for Times of Loss and Loneliness’ by Wendy Alsup
Review is by K.J. Ramsey, who is a licensed professional counselor and the author of This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace […]
Winston Groom, Author of ‘Forrest Gump,’ Dies at 77
Winston Groom, a Southern writer who found a measure of belated celebrity when his 1986 novel, “Forrest Gump,” was made […]
Fantasy Author Terry Goodkind, Known for ‘The Sword of Truth’, Dies at 72
Fantasy author Terry Goodkind, known for his long-running The Sword of Truth series, has died at the age of 72. His agent […]
JK Rowling is Accused of Transphobia Again and Declared ‘Dead’ by Twitter Mob After Making Villain in Her Latest Book a Cross-Dressing Serial Killer
JK Rowling is embroiled in yet another trans row after it was revealed that the villain in her latest book […]
