As It Is Written...
Merciful Propositions
by Patrick Henry Reardon

Restoring a Reformer
Calvin, Participation, and the Gift: The Activity of Believers in Union with Christ
by J. Todd Billings
Image and Word in the Theology of John Calvin
by Randall C. Zachma
A review by Peter J. Leithart

The Market’s Place
God and Money: The Moral Challenge of Our Capitalist Culture
by Charles McDaniel
A review by Gillis J. Harp

Today's Menu
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan
A review by John Schwenkler

The Spirit Factor
Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement
by Donald E. Miller and Tetsunao Yamamori
A review by Lance Nixon

Church Eternal
Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshipping Community
by Simon Chan
A review by L. P. Fairfield

Miss Americans
The New Feminized Majority: How Democrats Can Change America with Women’s Values
by Katherine Adam and Charles Derber
A review by Erika Bachiochi

Living Underground
A Symposium on Christian Burial
With contributions by
Anthony Esolen,
Darryl Hart,
S. M. Hutchens,
Wilfred M. McClay,
David Mills
& Russell D. Moore

On the Far Side of the Family
by S. M. Hutchens

Devil Talk
Milton’s Postmodern Satan & His Disciples
by Donald T. Williams

Hidden Gender
S. M. Hutchens on the Universal Grammar Feminists Can’t Speak

No Plain Jane
Eleanor Bourg Donlon on Hollywood’s Disgrace & Jane Austen’s Wisdom

Minor Keys to the Kingdom
Christopher Jackson on Downbeat Songs for the Downtrodden

The Restless Evangelicals
Caleb Stegall on Finding the Common Good in an Augustinian Republic

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