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.
Jason Byassee
April 19, 2018 / Perspective
April 19, 2018 / Perspective
Perspective
The Perspective section offers reviews of selected publications and informed opinions on current events or issues.
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.
Chris E. W. Green
October 29, 2015 / Perspective
October 29, 2015 / Perspective
In the end, the strangeness and opulence of her prose leaves the impression that Sonderegger is drunk with delight at the thought of God’s nature. And who can fault her for that?