Review
Behind the Rise of Evangelical Women “Influencers”
A new book sheds light on the two most powerful forces behind female Bible teachers like Beth Moore.
By Katelyn Beaty
Review
“American Heretics”: Blue Christians in a Red State
A biblical scholar reviews “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel,” a new documentary that celebrates religious progressives in Oklahoma—and underestimates their savvy rivals.
By Jill Hicks-Keeton
Review
The Private Faith of Black Public Figures, from Ethel Waters to Muhammad Ali
A review of Randal Maurice Jelks’ new book, “Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans:
Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali.”
Review
Revisiting the Legacy of Howard Thurman, the Mystic of the Civil Rights Movement
A review of Martin Doblmeier’s new documentary, “Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story.”
By Gene Zubovich
Review
A Text That Preaches: The Late James Cone’s Final Book Arrives
The black liberation theologian’s autobiography, “Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody,” was published posthumously.
By Yolanda Pierce
Review
Russia’s Journey from Orthodoxy to Atheism, and Back Again
A review of Victoria Smolkin’s new book, “A Sacred Space is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism.”
By Gene Zubovich
Review
The Social Gospel Roots of the American Religious Left
A review of Gary Dorrien’s new book, “Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel”
By Vaneesa Cook
Review
Christian Ethicist Says to Trust Women on Abortion
A review of Rebecca Todd Peters’ new book, “Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice.”
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Review
What’s so American about Christian Zionism?
A review of Samuel Goldman’s new book, “God’s Country: Christian Zionism in America.”
By Dan Hummel
Review
The Persistent Christian Essence of “A Wrinkle in Time”
With or without the book’s biblical quotations, the story’s theology is embedded in the plot.
By Donald Hettinga