Raising children is the most important work we do for the Kingdom of God. Isn't it?

Revising perceptions of the influential African American thinker.

A lucid, painstaking, and refreshingly open-minded account of a much-contested subject.

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Paul Mariani's biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins provides extraordinary insight into the craft and faith of a great poet.

A novel that belongs in the company of Infinite Jest, Ulysses, and War and Peace.

An encounter with Roberto Bolaño.

Diane Johnson's new novel chronicles the misadventures of a CIA agent in the post-9/11 era.

A letter from artist Makoto Fujimura.

Why the history of the black "freedom struggle" remains all too relevant today.

A report on the evangelical Left.

We're more enlightened. Aren't we?

It won't be easy for us—and that's good.

A holy joy.

A 59-year-old linebacker goes back to college to complete his senior season.

Some charismatic leaders have used their hard-won opportunity to preach a message in step with prevailing American materialism.

From the story of Zaccheus to Down syndrome

Mark Noll on race and religion in America.