Robert P. Jones

American Idolatry

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“With a rare combination of sociological insight and pastoral concern, Whitehead has given us an invaluable field guide to recognizing the threat that Christian nationalism poses for the integrity of Christian theology and the health of American churches, particularly those that are predominantly white. This timely and practical book serves as a much-needed moral compass in these bewildering times.”

Father Abraham’s Many Children

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Religious pluralism is increasingly an unavoidable reality today, not only in how we see the world but also in how we experience our neighborhoods. As Christians are wrestling with these realities, many have assumed the ancient texts comprising their Bible have little to offer. Tyler Mayfield’s Father Abraham’s Many Children steps into this void with an accessible and creative approach that literally goes back to the beginning, to the book of Genesis, to uncover neglected stories of diversity that have been right in front of us all along. This readable book from a respected biblical scholar helps Christians re-engage one of the oldest moral questions from Scripture: ‘Where is your brother?’ And it invites us to reply, generously and affirmatively, that we are our siblings’ keepers.”

The Inexhaustible Always in the Exhausted Speaks

Arts & Literature

“This poet is flying a different route than most of contemporary poetry and may have to land the plane alone—but if he does, he changes everything. Whether Olds is integrating long traditions or blazing entirely original paths, he moves boldly, cutting through scholarly hedging with fearless critique. The Metaphysical Poets—Donne, Crashaw, Marvell, especially Herbert—are his great-grandfathers. To attempt what they did today is immense, almost unheard of. Olds’s vocabulary and knowledge are vast, his density surpassing even Eliot’s, who now seems almost friendly by comparison—proof of how art changes.”

The Violent Take It by Force

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A harrowing tour of the once-fringe charismatic forces that have coopted and upended the contemporary Christian Right political movement, infusing it with an anti-democratic theology of spiritual warfare that is increasingly spilling over into political violence.”