The Sermon on the Mount offers a rousing call to political solidarity—if only we have ears to hear it.Being a Christian and being a socialist go together for Phil Christman. He explains why in this stirring manifesto, which is part testimony of his own journey out of conservatism, part entertaining introduction to the American left, and part impassioned call to his fellow believers to take a fresh look at their own politics. Christman speaks particularly to Christi...

A knocking. A ringing. A steady drip-drip-drip. These are the sounds that haunt us. Drive us mad. Draw us in like the songs of sirens, hypnotic and deadly. And we must either give in, or resist with everything we have…and hope it's enough.Listen: The Sound of Fear offers ten stories written exclusively by trans and nonbinary authors that explore the chilling, perplexing, terrifying nature of sound.Kill Your Darlings. When two shop workers in 1894 New York discover a haunted...

"A combination of history, memoir, reportage, and lit-crit that taught me a lot about a region I've reported on. . . . Check it out." ―James Fallows, The AtlanticA Commonweal Notable Book of 2020Finalist, Midwest Independent Book AwardWinner, Independent Publisher Awards Bronze MedalWhat does the future hold for the Midwest? A vast stretch of fertile farmland bordering one of the largest concentrations of fr...

Winner of the 2023 Book of the Year Award from Chicago Writers AssociationFinalist for the 2023 Heartland Booksellers AwardSilver Winner for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book AwardIf This Were Fiction is a love story—for Jill Christman’s long-ago fiancé, who died young in a car accident; for her children; for her husband, Mark; and ultimately, for herself. In this collection, Christman takes on the wide range of situations and landscapes she enco...

Pastor Ted Christman takes up the question of baptizing children and young people in Baptist churches. Clearly, he strongly opposes the premature baptism practiced in many Baptist churches. He also argues for close examination of a young person’s confession of faith and life by discerning parents and elders. Moreover, he offers sound questions and principles for doing so. However, appealing to “the baptism of disciples alone” from the Great Commission, he also pleads for charity toward...

This book is about what it means to make a choice. As mothers, how do we carry life and death in our bodies and survive with our hearts intact?The Heart Folds Early is a story of transformation through tragedy, and an examination of the way in which great loss can make us simultaneously fearful and intrepid. Emerging from a childhood that included both devastating sexual abuse and the sustaining joy of being deeply (if imperfectly) loved, Jill Christman’s ...

Love Notes & Promises From God: Powerful Scriptures For A Blessed and Stress-Free Life, is a powerful devotional prayer book to encourage and remind us of God's everlasting love and promises of good for all who trust in His Word. This book is intended to comfort those who are currently hurting and suffering in life - either emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually - or all of the above. When declared daily and with faith, God's powerful and healing Scriptures can change your...

Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century poetic philosopher, wrote about the encounter with the gospel in a way unmatched in the modern era. He perceived “the possibility of offense” in Jesus’ invitation: “The Halt—Come here now, all you who labor and are burdened, if you suffer most miserably, to be helped into even greater misery!” So, the burdened disciples come to Jesus as the Savior of their nation only to encounter his command to “take up their own Roman cross to follow him...

" Erudite riffs on race, religion, masculinity and [more]. . . . A crisp set of essays that bring big social and cultural debates to a human level." —Kirkus ReviewsPhil Christman is one of the best cultural critics working today. Or, as a reviewer of his previous book, Midwest Futures, put it, "one of the most underappreciated writers of [his] generation." You may also know Phil from his columns in Commonweal and...

In a departure from standard approaches to the concept of liberty, in this book John Christman locates and defends the concept of freedom as a fundamental social value that arose out of fights against slavery and oppression. Seen in this light, liberty must be understood as requiring more than mere non-interference or non-domination – it requires the capacity for self-government and the capabilities needed to pursue valued activities, practices, and ways of life. Christman analyses the eme...

"Waxing Off is a fresh, engaging new take on the werewolf mythos, expertly probing themes about gender and loneliness while still making sure the reader enjoys a satisfying, bloody romp. Fans of Gretchen Felker-Martin and Chuck Tingle will find a lot to love here. E.E.W Christman is an exciting new voice in the queer horror space whose future work I'm definitely looking forward to!"-Liz Kerin, author of the Night's Edge Duology and The Phantom Forest

This edited volume both provides and examines different ways of engaging with critical communication pedagogies in an age of crisis acceleration, where crisis communication impacts social systems including political, economic, educational, cultural, and environmental systems.Building on the frameworks of critical communication pedagogy and critical/social constructionist approaches to crisis communication, contributors to this volume demonstrate the critical import...