Books & Culture

September/October 2013 Issue

Volume 19, Number 5

November/December 2013 Issue
July/August 2013 Issue

Books & Culture was a bimonthly review that engaged the contemporary world from a Christian perspective. Every issue of Books & Culture contained in-depth reviews of books that merit critical attention, as well as shorter notices of significant new titles. It was published six times a year by Christianity Today from 1995 to 2016.

Articles in this Issue

Occupying Anarchism

“The moral vanguard of change.”

The Real Presence of Hope & Love

The Christocentric legacy of Benedict XVI.

Mother Mary

A 7th-century biography.

Not Real Simple

The appeal of Amish romance novels.

War Work

Margaret Mead, reassessed.

The Strange Story of Sergei Kourdakov

A Cold War morality play—with a twist.

Evangelicals and Moral Ambition

Tensions in pursuing “social justice.”

The Cell Phone Gospel

What changes—and what doesn’t.

Reconciliation, Justice, and Mercy

An alternative to “liberal peace.”

Exploring Adoption

Are evangelicals doing more harm than good?

A Clash of Pentecosts

French Catholicism and the secular state.

Beyond Logistics

Food as an instrument of modern warfare.

The Wonder of Malick

Light does shine still.

The Princeton Tradition

Protestantism and higher education.

Ghosts of Princeton Past

“A walled city against materialism.”

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