December 3, 2018 / Perspective
Andrew Arndt describes how Fleming Rutledge’s Advent takes us back to the soul of this critical and peculiar season.
Andrew Arndt
December 3, 2018 / Perspective
December 3, 2018 / Perspective
Perspective
The Perspective section offers reviews of selected publications and informed opinions on current events or issues.
Jason Byassee
April 19, 2018 / Perspective
April 19, 2018 / Perspective
Jason Byassee reviews Kate Bowler’s Everything Happens for a Reason, a book he says takes on evil from the inside—and laughs.
John Schweiker Shelton
November 9, 2017 / Perspective
November 9, 2017 / Perspective
John Schweiker Shelton reviews Undomesticated Dissent by Curtis W. Freeman.
Brett McCracken
August 31, 2017 / Perspective
August 31, 2017 / Perspective
Brett McCracken reviews Look and See, a documentary film focusing on the life and perspective of Wendell Berry.
Natasha Duquette
August 21, 2017 / Perspective
August 21, 2017 / Perspective
Natasha Duquette explores the themes of lament and healing in the poetry of three Canadian women.
Zach Czaia
December 22, 2016 / Perspective
December 22, 2016 / Perspective
Zach Czaia examines Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me from the perspective of a Catholic high school English teacher.
Taylor C. Ross
October 11, 2016 / Perspective
October 11, 2016 / Perspective
Taylor Ross considers how the recent unmasking of Elena Ferrante reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of language and literature.
Luann Anderson
June 16, 2016 / Perspective
June 16, 2016 / Perspective
In reviewing Doug Merlino’s Beast, Luann Anderson journeys into the misunderstood world of mixed martial arts (MMA) and the athletes behind the sport.
Karen V. Guth
November 12, 2015 / Perspective
November 12, 2015 / Perspective
In their collaborative search for “a new political imagination for today’s church,” Kingdom Politics authors Kristopher Norris and Sam Speers put into practice their own form of ecclesial witness.