James Cone's autobiography shows that theology does not arrive out of a sterile doctrinal laboratory but from the pains, sufferings and triumphs of the people of God.

A new book offers continuing critical reflection on the ministry of Catholic health care.

A new memoir by Elaine Pagels plumbs some of the deepest questions about what it means to be human and how ritual and faith can help make sense of the unfathomable.

The costs of medicine in the United States are addressed in different, though complementary, ways in two new books on broken U.S. health care.

A new book on sea-level rise by Elizabeth Rush is a welcome addition to the small but growing canon on what the changing climate means for U.S. residents.

For all its campus-novel punches, Randy Boyagoda's new novel most succeeds in limning the ways his title character's faith bends to his needs.