The Making of Biblical Womanhood By Beth Allison Barr (Brazos Press, 2021) A professor of history at Baylor University as well as a pastor’s wife, Beth Allison...
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No Fear of Time Black Star (self-released, 2022) For those unfamiliar with hip-hop, No Fear of Time requires context. Backpack rap. This refers to a subgroup...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (2017–present) Four seasons and five years on, the award-winning Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs...
“Black Lives Matter Madonna,” by Brother Mickey McGrath Madonnas of Color (Clear Faith Publishing) takes you on a rich journey of theological aesthetics...
Eleutheria By Allegra Hyde (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2022) Allegra Hyde’s debut novel, Eleutheria, grapples with big questions about human hope and...
Slaves and Kings Directed by Pablo Moreno (Bosco Films, 2022) The Spanish-language film Slaves and Kings is subtitled “The Story of Saint Antonio María Claret...
Swinging on the Garden Gate By Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew (Skinner House Books, 2022) I almost cried several times while reading Swinging on the Garden Gate. Not...
We Need to Talk About Cosby Directed by W. Kamau Bell (Showtime, 2022) The work of trying to see the many facets of a challenging topic is not commonplace in...
Who’s Black and Why? Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran (Harvard University Press, 2022) Anti-Black racism has an origin. “Race” and the...
Batter Up: Answering the Call of Faith & Fatherhood James R. Walters (New City Press, 2022) Now that I am a father of two young children, I see the world...
