‘Dear Maria’
“They’re playing God in space and giving bullets to the children,” Joy Oladokun sings before asking “Maria” to pray for “those shut down by history” and “burnt-out and suffering.” Hope Is A Heavy Thing is an album stuck somewhere between heaven and earth. Concord Records
A Jewish Dissent
Writing with the weight of someone reflecting on family history, Pulitzer-Prize winner Benjamin Moser meticulously traces opposition to Zionism in Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History. Moser includes stories from Jews worldwide who have denounced a nationalism they see as antithetical to Judaism. Doubleday Books
Jesus or Caesar?
In American Caesar, religious scholar Bradley Onishi shows how American Christianity traded Jesus for a culture-warrior king. Onishi dissects the uneasy alliance of megachurch pastors, illiberal Catholic theologians, and tech billionaires undermining democracy behind a Christian façade. St. Martin’s Essentials
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