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** Books!
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Our website is starting to roll out content from the October 2024 issue—our fall books issue. This is one of my favorite issue’s we’ve created in some time. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a new Wendell Berry essay and a bevy of insightful book reviews.
The book content this week includes a feature essay about Tad Williams’s epic fantasy writing—and, more broadly, the reasons why fantasy literature is so theologically rich ([link removed]) . We also have two great reviews: one of Dana Trent’s unique coming-of-age poverty memoir ([link removed]) , and one of Eliza Griswold’s report on the collapse of a progressive evangelical megachurch ([link removed]) . (If you are excited about this books content and you’re not receiving our free weekly Books Worth Reading newsletter, sign up for it here ([link removed]) .)
Plus scroll down for more great content, including an essay from Peter Marty on the importance of humanities education ([link removed]) , a reflection from Debie Thomas on the cost of true hope ([link removed]) , and more.
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Jon Mathieu
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** Gods who make worlds ([link removed])
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“Modern fantasy calls for theological reflection.”
by Brad East
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** A different kind of poverty memoir ([link removed])
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“The last several years have seen a proliferation of memoirs exploring poverty in the United States. What distinguishes Dana Trent’s memoir in the coming-of-age genre is its refusal to employ the conventional American rags-to-riches plot arc.”
review by Jeannine Marie Pitas
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** Inside a church’s implosion ([link removed])
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Eliza Griswold profiles a progressive evangelical church that sought to do things differently but fell prey to the usual problems.
review by Randall Balmer
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** In the Lectionary for September 29 (Ordinary 26B) ([link removed])
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When the Spirit moved among us, we heard the tongues of angels.
by Ron Adams
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** The heart of the humanities ([link removed])
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“A university’s greatest purpose had better be more than just training up a workforce.”
by Peter W. Marty
** The hope I’ve arrived at ([link removed])
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“Hope requires that we gaze at the ghastly with heartbroken love.”
by Debie Thomas
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