Book Reviews

How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

by Cassian, John

Reviewed by Christopher Benson

A Prairie Faith: The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Library of Religious Biography (LRB))

by Fry, John J.

Reviewed by Monika B. Hilder

We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine

by Peterson, Jordan B.

Reviewed by Brad East

Swing Low, volume 1: A History of Black Christianity in the United States (Swing Low Set)

by Strickland II, Walter R.

Reviewed by Claude Atcho

Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age

by Irving-Stonebraker, Sarah

Reviewed by Christopher Gehrz

New & Noteworthy Books

Reviewed by Matt Reynolds

What to Salvage from Fundamentalism

Reviewed by Matt Reynolds

The Church: A Guide to the People of God (Christian Essentials)

by East, Brad

Reviewed by Brett Vanderzee

Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age

by Dreher, Rod

Reviewed by Brad East

Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity

by Williams, Nadya

Reviewed by Kate Lucky

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite

by al-Gharbi, Musa

Reviewed by Carrie McKean

The Web We Weave: Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Moguls, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic

by Jarvis, Jeff

Reviewed by Bonnie Kristian

Bulwarks of Unbelief: Atheism and Divine Absence in a Secular Age

by Minich, Joseph

Reviewed by Blake Adams

The Pursuit of Safety: A Theology of Danger, Risk, and Security (Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture)

by Lundgren, Jeremy

Reviewed by Bonnie Kristian

Jesus, Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently

by Licona, Michael R.

Reviewed by Noah M. Peterson

Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity

by Looper, Joel

Reviewed by Ralph C. Wood

Parents Today Are Kinder and Gentler. They Can Still Take Sin Seriously.

Reviewed by Tabitha McDuffee

Nothing Is Wasted: A True Story of Hope, Forgiveness, and Finding Purpose in Pain

by Blackburn, Davey

Reviewed by Ericka Andersen

The Bible: A Global History

by Gordon, Bruce

Reviewed by David W. Kling

Letters to a Future Saint: Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry

by East, Brad

Reviewed by Uche Anizor

Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith and Why I Want to Find It

by Freitas, Donna

Reviewed by Justin Brierley

The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play

by Guridy, Frank Andre

Reviewed by Paul Putz

Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church

by Griswold, Eliza

Reviewed by Kate Lucky

They Flew: A History of the Impossible

by Eire, Carlos M. N.

Reviewed by Garrett Brown

Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church

by Presley, Stephen O.

Reviewed by Coleman M. Ford

Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age

by Harrison, Peter

Reviewed by Daniel K. Williams

It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories

by Baker, Lisa-Jo

Reviewed by Katherine James