Serious and Joyful
The Great Passion
A Novel
By James Runcie
Bloomsbury, 260 pp., $28
Review by Christine Havens
In his sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter, the rector of my church referred to Bach’s writing of St. Mat... Read More...
An Elegant and Multi-Layered History
Privilege and Prophecy
Social Activism in the Post-War Episcopal Church
By Robert Tobin
Oxford University Press, pp. 392, $35
Review by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
Privilege and Prophecy focuses on the ... Read More...
By Word and Deed
Gospel Witness Through the Ages
A History of Evangelism
By David M. Gustafson
Eerdmans, pp. 471, $39.99
Reviewed by Grant LeMarquand
Years ago, when I was a theological student in Montreal, our parish ... Read More...
God Speaks Amid the Mess
A Post-COVID Catechesis
By Victor Lee Austin
Cascade Books, pp. 88, $14
Review by James Stambaugh
It may have been premature in the Year of our Lord 2022 to publish a book with “Post-COVID” in the title... Read More...
The Innocent Curate, Revisited
By David M. Baumann
The May 28, 2017 issue of The Living Church featured a cover article by Richard J. Mammana about a book called The Innocent Curate by Paris Leary. Doubleday had published it in 1963. I fi... Read More...
Pusey Vindicated
Grace and Incarnation
The Oxford Movement’s Shaping of the Character of Modern Anglicanism
By Bruce D. Griffith with Jason R. Radcliff
Pickwick, pp. 216, $26
Review by Chip Prehn
The authors believe th... Read More...
Density, Clarity, and Handing on the Faith
Tradition and Apocalypse
An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief
By David Bentley Hart.
Baker Academic. pp. 208 $24.99
Review by Cole Hartin
One of the chief weaknesses of David Bentley Hart’s Tha... Read More...
Painting Exclusively in Green
Our Last Best Act
Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love
By Mallory McDuff
Broadleaf Books, pp. 211, $18.99
Review by Douglas LeBlanc
In a brisk and inquisitive styl... Read More...