An Altar Call for Backsliding Book People
Two authors encourage Christians to rededicate themselves to attentive, artful reading. Read full piece
Evangelical Disillusionment is Finding a Home in Book Clubs
Evangelicals who are questioning often do so in isolation — but some are now looking for community. And they’re finding it in book clubs, reading the growing market of deconstructionist and justice-oriented literature.
What We Can Learn From a Business That Didn’t Advertise
Columnist Ken Satterfield offers lessons from a surprise moment on Super Bowl Sunday as Stephen Colbert produced a big ad for a struggling local bookstore in North Carolina. What can churches and others learn from this moment?
My Books, My Friends
More than 25 of my many years were spent in school. In those years I read, accumulated, and appreciated many books. I came to regard those books as friends. We became so familiar I could recognize them on the shelf while sitting at my desk
I Go to Thrift Stores for the Books
When I stepped to the thrift store bookshelf I surrendered control. I entered a realm where surprise rules and shopping lists are pointless. To get there takes very little time, and admission is almost free.
Books Worth Wrestling With
The Christian Century asked writers to share about a book that they disagree with — but that they also see as important enough to argue with. Here are seven responses.
6 Books to Get You Through a Coronavirus Shutdown
If there’s a silver lining to a global pandemic, perhaps it’s having a bit more time on our hands to read. If you don’t know where to start, here are six classic and contemporary works that offer a helpful perspective on the state we find
Faith-Based Titles Leading the 2020 Lists
What are religion and spirituality publishers highlighting in the first part of the new year?
Close Encounters of the God Kind: Scalzi, Others Mix Religion in Science Fiction
CHICAGO (RNS) — At his appearance in late October at the American Writers Museum in Chicago, best-selling author, newspaper columnist and social media maven John Scalzi tossed a 10-sided die to determine what he would speak about that evening. Sometimes it's explaining the meaning of life.
The Sin and Crime of Plagiarism in Christian Publishing
(RNS) — Plagiarism: It’s the sin few in the wider Christian publishing world will publicly talk about.
But peel away the layers, and it’s undecorated lying