Winter books 2021: Introducing BookShop
My Chicago neighborhood is known for its lively town square. The heart of the physical square is The Book Cellar, a locally-owned..
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Winter books briefly noted
Reminder! You can purchase any of the books in this issue from BookShop.org! If you purchase a book through this page, Outlook gets..
Scholar and Buddhist priest Duncan Ryuken Williams wins 2022 Grawemeyer religion prize
“Is America fundamentally a White and Christian nation or is America a multi-ethnic and religiously free country?” Scholar Duncan Ryuken Williams poses..
A Surprising God and Beyond the Tinsel
The following short reviews were published in our Dec. 6, 2021 magazine.
These Precious Days
Ann Patchett HarperCollins, 336 pages While Ann Patchett is perhaps best known as a fiction writer, it is always a treat to..
Wholehearted Faith
Rachel Held Evans with Jeff Chu HarperOne, 224 pages “How can I help?” With these words, Rachel Held Evans introduced herself to..
No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)
Kate Bowler Random House, 224 pages I never thought I would be smitten with a Duke Divinity School professor, but after reading..
A novel and a song of love
I have always been a reader – it’s how I learn, engage and make sense of the world – so it’s not..
What Is God Like?
Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner, illustrated by Ying Hui Tan Convergent Books, 40 pages In 2019, I stood at the..