Book Review
Jesusland
by Isaac Randel
Joelle Kidd’s cultural critique "Jesusland" surveys the charming and perilous cultural artifacts and attitudes that defined evangelical Christianity in the early twenty-first century. Kitschy aspects of Christian youth culture...
Book Review
How to Read Like an Anti-Fascist
by Isaac Randel
Framed as a resistance manual for critical thinking amid rising neofascism, Annette Wannamaker’s "How to Read Like an Anti-Fascist" calls for deeper levels of attention and engagement from readers of all ages. The book begins by...
Book Review
Arctic Passages
by Isaac Randel
"Arctic Passages" is Kieran Mulvaney’s comprehensive study of one of the world’s most mysterious and significant geopolitical flashpoints. Taking a nonlinear approach to the human history of the Arctic, the book dedicates as much...
Book Review
Georgia and Anita
by Isaac Randel
About eminent painter Georgia O’Keeffe and Anita Pollitzer, a trailblazer of the American suffragist movement, Liza Bennett’s rich biography "Georgia and Anita" covers a dynamic, tragic friendship. O’Keeffe and Pollitzer forged an...
Book Review
God's Word in Verse
by Isaac Randel
Dealing with universal themes of Christian devotion, including doubt, praise, and forgiveness, God’s Word in Verse is an affecting poetry collection. Callie Turner’s slim poetry collection God’s Word in Verse borrows the imagery of...
Book Review
Songs from Fern's Pond
by Isaac Randel
The skillful poems of Songs from Fern’s Pond explore loss, family, and the power of human will. Sheryl Pothier Harmer’s Songs from Fern’s Pond is a stirring poetic tribute to her mother, who staked out a solitary, hardscrabble...
Book Review
Europe without Borders
by Isaac Randel
Steeped in original archival research, Isaac Stanley-Becker’s "Europe without Borders" explores the complicated history of the campaign for a united, borderless Europe. After the horrors of World War II, leaders from Western Europe...
Book Review
When the Roman Bough Breaks
by Isaac Randel
Issuing a plea to Catholics to return to the original, unadulterated version of the gospel messages, "When the Roman Bough Breaks" is a passionate historical and theological survey. A fresh contribution to a centuries-old theological...