Issue 11

Published originally as Sacred Rhythm, this book comes from the Center for Faith and Enterprise’s Robert H. Tribken, who builds a theology of work, flourishing, and leadership starting with creation and working all the way through contemporary psychological research. 

C.S. Lewis, Leo Tolstoy, even the apostle Paul, each had a moment of clearly divine in-breaking. In this new little book, Os Guinness tells stories of people who experienced these “signals of transcendence” and found along with them new meaning and purpose in life — and how these moments still happen today. Read on for

Author — and Common Good regular — Jasmine L. Holmes writes about shame as a constant hoverer and how she came to Jesus’ better covering. It’s a practical, powerful book about shame in the Christian life. Read on for our Christian review of Never Cast Out.

Around here, we’ve long talked about Israel’s Year of Jubilee as a paradigm for a healthy economy. José Humphreys and Adam Gustine, in their new, brief book Ecosystems of Jubilee, pull this idea, along with the related Old Testament concepts of Sabbath and gleaning, into three extended ethical reflections on the Bible’s vision for communal

A new book details the story of the individuals, institutions, ideas, and events that have formed the life and work of Timothy Keller. This book from Collin Hansen is a gift for church leaders. He writes appreciatively of Keller’s work, with a focus on the many factors that influenced him — the stories behind the

We’re in the era of “chokepoint capitalism,” suggest Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow in their new book. The premise: Some of the biggest, most recognizable tech companies  — Amazon, Facebook, etc. — engage in exploitative practices that limit economic competition in ways that allow them to capture value that should go elsewhere. The book explores

A review from Charlie Self.