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
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
A review of four books on Islamic reform in contemporary Africa. By Ousmane Kane
An appreciation of From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society. A Translation of Fei Xiaotong’s Xiangtu Zhongguo. By Anna Sun
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
Bearing witness and fixing blame in Russell Banks’s novel The Sweet Hereafter. By Matthew Potts
Graham Green chronicled the thin line between virtue and vice. By Chris Herlinger
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
Three books about Muslim travelers. By Emran Qureshi
Ethics and the many dimensions of vulnerability interweave in Watchmen. By Jonathan Schofer
Caroline Walker Bynum’s Holy Feast and Holy Fast. By R. Marie Griffith
Recent books on contemporary politics and religion. By Todd Shy
Arthur O. Lovejoy’s The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea. By Christopher Queen
Czelaw Milosz’s Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition. By Will Joyner
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