The best new books I’ve read in the last month are
- (5.0) Immigration and Apocalypse: How the Book of Revelation Shaped American Immigration by Yii-Jan Linn (Yale University Press, 2024)
- (4.5) Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior by Sandra Matz (Harvard Business Review Press, 2025)
- (4.5) Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists by Philip N. Cohen (Columbia University Press, 2025)
- (4.5) What it Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church by Gavin Ortlund (Zondervan Reflective, 2024)
- (4.0) Kitchen Hymns by Pádraig Ó Tuama (Copper Canyon Press, 2025)
- (4.0) Sacred Attachment: Escaping Spiritual Exhaustion and Trusting in Divine Love by Michael John Cusick (IVP, 2025)
- (4.0) How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away With It by Mahesh Guruswamy (Greenleaf, 2025)
- (3.5) Becoming Spiritually Intelligent: Nine Paths Toward Your Most Loving Self by Paul M. Burns (Broadleaf Books, 2024)
Immigration and Apocalypse
Immigration is a topic that is being discussed with greater passion and urgency than ever before. As faith leaders, we must be equipped to engage in these conversations with a deep understanding that places the current moment in its proper historical context. To do this effectively, we must continue learning, and Yii-Jan Linn’s powerful new book is an essential resource for that journey.
Welcome Back
American sociologist Philip Cohen was featured on So What Faith for his 2018 book: Enduring Bonds: Inequality, Marriage, Parenting, and Everything Else that Makes Families Great and Terrible (rated 4.0). Additionally, his research has been mentioned in a variety of posts including, Nearly 3 Million Young Adults Moved Back Home (2020), The End of Marriage? (2013), and The End of Mary (2011).
Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama was featured for his 2024 book: Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love (rated 4.5).