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Five things Friday roundup: a Good read

As we’ve been putting the finishing touches on the October issue of Anabaptist World, I've been thinking about books, books, books. Today's Five Things features

Jennie Wintermote | Anabaptist World

September 20, 2024

The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton

Jason Shelton has made a deep scholarly dive into the world of the Black church. But not everything in his new book, The Contemporary Black

Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service

September 4, 2024

Want a better life? Spend more time thinking about sin, says Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth Oldfield spends a lot of time thinking about sin. Not the finger-pointing, fire and brimstone, shape-up-or-go-to-hell approach to human failings. Instead, Oldfield considers sin

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

September 3, 2024

Cookbook convert

‘More-with-Less’ was my first taste — literally — of being Mennonite

Karla Morton

August 30, 2024

Reconnected: Seven screen-free weeks with monks and Amish farmers

Carlos Whittaker spent seven weeks screen-free. His idea of God changed.

Ellie Davis | Religion News Service

August 29, 2024

William Barber’s new book demystifies poverty: ‘Black people are not the problem’

When Tim Tyson first invited William Barber II to meet with a group of white residents of Mitchell County, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains,

Yonat Shimron | Religion News Service

August 7, 2024

Dying of cancer, Amy Low finds meaning in the mundane of life

Amy Low thought she’d caught a stomach bug. Back from a long work trip in 2019, Low, a managing director for the Emerson Collective, was

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

July 8, 2024

New book explores the rise of Christian extremism

As Elizabeth Neumann watched the events of Jan. 6 unfold, the former assistant secretary for threat prevention and security policy in the Office of Strategy,

Jack Jenkins | Religion News Service

May 29, 2024

Five things Friday roundup: My to-read list

Here’s a peek at the top of my very long to-be-read list, which, well, let’s be honest, is a to-be-read bookshelf at this point.  

Jennie Wintermote | Anabaptist World

April 19, 2024

A new memoir examines how to reclaim faith after a bipolar diagnosis

In 2011, when she was 18 years old, Anna Gazmarian was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. As an evangelical, Gazmarian attended church regularly, was active in

Yonat Shimron | Religion News Service

March 13, 2024

A Jane Austen Lent: Archdeacon explores the novelist’s spiritual lessons

When Archdeacon and poet Rachel Mann first read Jane Austen at age 16, she wasn’t exactly a fan. “I absolutely hated her,” said Mann, who

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

February 27, 2024

‘Black Liturgies’ book offers prayers for Black-centered spiritual liberation

The Sunday after the murder of George Floyd, the liturgies of Thomas Cranmer weren’t cutting it. In her latest book, Cole Arthur Riley describes logging

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

February 26, 2024
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