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The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine

On April 21, 2013, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

From one of our most acclaimed historians, a wise and provocative call to re-examine the way we look at the past: not merely as the story of incessant conflict between groups but also of human solidarity throughout the ages. The Undivided Past is an urgently needed work of history, one that is also about the present—and the future.

The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce

On April 17, 2013, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Political, Social Studies, by Editor

Adoption has long been enmeshed in the politics of reproductive rights, pitched as a “win-win” compromise in the never-ending abortion debate. But as Kathryn Joyce makes clear in The Child Catchers, adoption has lately become even more entangled in the conservative Christian agenda.

Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu

On April 14, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America is part memoir and part investigative analysis that explores the explosive and confusing intersection of faith, politics, and sexuality in Christian America.

My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer, an Unconventional Faith Memoir by Christian Wiman

On March 30, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Essays, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

My Bright Abyss, composed in the difficult years since and completed in the wake of a bone marrow transplant, is a moving meditation on what a viable contemporary faith—responsive not only to modern thought and science but also to religious tradition—might look like.

Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen El Feki

On March 21, 2013, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Sex is entwined in religion, tradition, politics, economics, and culture, so it is the perfect lens through which to examine the complex social landscape of the Arab world. From pregnant virgins to desperate housewives, from fearless activists to religious firebrands, from sex work to same-sex relations, Sex and the Citadel takes a fresh look at the sexual history of the region and brings new voices to the debate over its future.

C. S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet by Christian Theologian Alister McGrath

On March 17, 2013, in Art & Literature, Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

In C.S. Lewis—A Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King’s College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis. After thoroughly examining recently published Lewis correspondence, Alister challenges some of the previously held beliefs about the exact timing of Lewis’s shift from atheism to theism and then to Christianity.

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Lisa Pulitzer

On March 12, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

In this tell-all memoir, complete with family photographs from her time in the Church, Jenna Miscavige Hill, a prominent critic of Scientology who now helps others leave the organization, offers an insider’s profile of the beliefs, rituals, and secrets of the religion that has captured the fascination of millions, including some of Hollywood’s brightest stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.

Why Priests?, A Stunning Critique of the Roman Catholic Priesthood by Garry Wills

On February 16, 2013, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

In his most provocative book yet, Pulitzer Prize–winner Garry Wills asks the radical question: Why do we need priests? Wills concludes with a powerful statement of his own beliefs in a book that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike and stand for years to come as a towering achievement.

The “Dead Sea Scrolls”: A Biography and a History of Judeo-Christian History by John J. Collins

On February 15, 2013, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

Since they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination–and more controversy–than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the time of Jesus, and they continue to inspire veneration and conspiracy theories to this day.

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald

On February 10, 2013, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Psychology, Science, Social Studies, by Editor

Self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality.