The best new books I’ve read in the last month are Jesus and Justice John Dominic Crossan has long earned his place on my short list of all-time great authors here at So What Faith. Three of his previous works have already been named So What Faith Books of the Year in their respective years of publication: How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian: Struggling with Violence from Genesis through Revelation (2015), The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction Read More …
Miroslav Volf
Great New Books for July 2025 (#2239)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are Miracles and Wonders Elaine Pagels, an esteemed historian of religion who has taught at Princeton since 1982, offers a thorough and fascinating exploration of Jesus' identity in her latest book, Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus. This must-read volume unfolds chapter after chapter with the questions everyone asks and follows each with Pagels’ thoughtful consideration of the possible answers, including her Read More …
Great New Books – May 2023 (#2046)
The best new books I’ve read in the last 30 days are listed below. (5+) Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond (Crown, 2023)(5.0) The Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges by Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley (Wiley, 2023)(4.5) 7 Principles for Living Bravely by Denise L. Eger and Neil G. Thomas (TKG Communications, 2023)(4.5) God the Bestseller: How One Editor Transformed American Religion A Book at a Time by Read More …
Review of A Public Faith (#0445)
Meet the Author Miroslav Volf is the Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. He was born in Croatia, and studied at Evangelical-Theological, Osijek, Fuller Theological Seminary and received his doctoral degree from the University of Tübingen, where he studied under Jürgen Moltmann. As “a member of the Episcopal Church in the Read More …
Review of Captive to the Word of God (#0322)
Meet the Author Miroslav Volf is the Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. He was born in Croatia, and studied at Evangelical-Theological, Osijek, Fuller Theological Seminary and received his doctoral degree from the University of Tübingen, where he studied under Jürgen Moltmann. As "a member of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. and the Evangelical Church in Croatia, Professor Read More …