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Public Theology Project
The Oral Majority
A seismic shift from literacy to digital orality may be the biggest threat to evangelical Christianity in our times.
Vandalism Is Not Righteous Resistance
Christians should oppose evils and errors in our society, but we are called to more than mere resistance: vision, tenacity, grace, the proclamation of the gospel.
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The Chinese Christian Who Helped Overcome Illiteracy in Asia
Yan Yangchu taught thousands of peasants to read and write in the early 20th century.
Biblical Literacy in a Postliterate Age
We must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.
The Russell Moore Show
Andy Crouch’s Cure for a Tech-Obsessed World
Strengthening our relational muscles in a hyperdigital society.
Review
An Altar Call for Backsliding Book People
Two authors encourage Christians to rededicate themselves to attentive, artful reading.
In My Remote Corner of India, Christianity Is Seen as a Cultural Threat
Why I embraced it anyway.
Cover Story
Karen Swallow Prior: Good Books Make Better People
Why history’s wisest figures have seen a connection between reading well and living well.
Reading Together, Early Church Style
New historical research by Brian J. Wright shows that early Christians were surprisingly bookish.
The Calling
Love of Literature Feeds Karen Swallow Prior’s Faith
Why the Liberty University English professor believes the church still needs the classics.