Housekeeping’s Contemplative Approach to Longing
Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping explores the human response to the transient. By C. E. Morgan
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Giorgio Agamben, the Church, and Me
Italian philosopher and political theorist Giorgio Agamben’s The Kingdom and the Glory, The Church and the Kingdom, and The Omnibus Homo Sacer, and Simon Critchley’s The Faith of the Faithless offer resources for exploring the connections between temporality, political community, and ordained ministry. By Charles M. Stang
The Rise of ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ Is a Story of Hope
Since the 2016 election, teaching Andrew Delbanco’s The Real American Dream and Catherine L. Albanese’s A Republic of Mind and Spirit has become more relevant and constructive, as this religious studies professor has come to view the rise of the spiritual but not religious as a story of hope. By Darryl Caterine
Challenging Binaries, Crossing Boundaries
A review of four books on Islamic reform in contemporary Africa. By Ousmane Kane
Fei Xiaotong’s Humanism Infuses “From the Soil”
An appreciation of From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society. A Translation of Fei Xiaotong’s Xiangtu Zhongguo. By Anna Sun
What Contributes to Moral Progress?
Michael Shermer’s The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Reason and Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence. By Bradley Shingleton
Narrative Wounds and Livable Fictions
Bearing witness and fixing blame in Russell Banks’s novel The Sweet Hereafter. By Matthew Potts
Imagining Greene in Islamabad
Graham Green chronicled the thin line between virtue and vice. By Chris Herlinger
Lessons in Learning
Certain individuals have a remarkable and unforeseen impact on our lives and stay with us, as teachers and guides, in our thinking and in our writing. By Kathryn Dodgson
Border Crossings
Three books about Muslim travelers. By Emran Qureshi
Ethics and Vulnerability in Watchmen
Ethics and the many dimensions of vulnerability interweave in Watchmen. By Jonathan Schofer
Bynum’s Appetite for Full Humanity
Caroline Walker Bynum’s Holy Feast and Holy Fast. By R. Marie Griffith
A Newly Raucous Arena
Recent books on contemporary politics and religion. By Todd Shy
Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
Arthur O. Lovejoy’s The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea. By Christopher Queen
A Prophet for Then and Now
Czelaw Milosz’s Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition. By Will Joyner
The Whole Home Is Lifted
James Agee’s and Walker Evans’sLet Us Now Praise Famous Men. By Kimberley Patton
A Double-Edged Dilemma
Divergent perceptions of the relations of religion, justice, and peace have stimulated a vast and still expanding literature, reflecting diverse and sometimes contentious perspectives. By David Little
Channeling Dr. Johnson
W. Jackson Bate’s Samuel Johnson>/em>. By Peter J. Gomes
The Democratic Dilemma
Religion and politics, then and now. By Todd Shy
A Complex, Brighter Horizon
New horizons for science and religion. By Philip Clayton
