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October 1, 2024 | Vol. 39, No. 15

Bait and switch

Elizabeth Russell | How a South Korean cult mimics sound doctrine to recruit believers


FEATURES
Recruiting the future

Emma Freire | THE 360 | The fight for the soul of conservatism could come down to who has the best free lunch

Absentee voters?

Carolina Lumetta | THE 360 | Young Democrats discover getting their peers involved in politics is an uphill battle

Gaza’s day after

Jill Nelson | World leaders are pressuring Israel to grant the Palestinians their own state. But who will run it?

Waste not, want not

Amy Lewis | How 21st-century gleaners are saving food from landfills


CULTURE
TRENDING

The lost realm of Christian sci-fi and fantasy

TRENDING | Authors of speculative fiction look for a home in Christian publishing

Books

The mysteries of mind

BOOKS | New book dismantles the materialist account of reality

Forgotten freedom fighters

BOOKS | The South’s overlooked role in the Revolutionary War

Perils of pregnancy

BOOKS | Three books offer sobering perspectives on how the culture views childbirth

Mystery and meaning: eight books

BOOKS | Psychology, children’s fiction, economic history, and more

No moment unmediated

The Extinction of Experience mourns the loss of making analog memories

Frankl’s search for meaning

Good questions and faulty solutions in Embracing Hope

Learning from the early church

Classical pastoring in Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls

Revisiting Scopes

BOOKS | Keeping the Faith inherits and perpetuates worn-out prejudices

Children's Books

Of myths and riddles

CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Into the worlds of Lewis, Tolkien, and Bletchley Park

Stories of determination and grit

CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Four books to inspire courage

 
FILM & TV

The Money Game

DOCUMENTARY | Endorsement deals have changed the lives of college athletes, not always for the better

Am I Racist?

DOCUMENTARY | Matt Walsh confronts white guilt in humorous, sometimes absurd scenarios caught on camera

God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust

MOVIE | Election-season Christian film misses opportunity to distinguish political power from gospel power

Transformers One

MOVIE | Entertaining Transformers prequel offers action and humor, but as a true origin story, it’s less than convincing

Coming soon

MOVIES | A look at upcoming October releases

Music

Songs of things above

MUSIC | The no-frills Christian music of Ben English

New and noteworthy

MUSIC | Reviews of four new albums

Sakamoto’s swan song

MUSIC | The final chapter for a Japanese composer

New and noteworthy

MUSIC | Reviews of four albums

Masterworks

Gospel truth wrapped in suffering

MASTERWORKS | A look at the Isenheim Altarpiece

Quest

The false faith of the 20th century

QUEST | Three books that shaped my thinking


NOTEBOOK
Technology
Nuclear ambition

TECHNOLOGY | Wyoming cautiously embraces a U.S. resurgence in nuclear power

Science
DNA gone viral

SCIENCE | Brain cell mutations from mitochondria may shorten life

Life
Aiding and abetting

LIFE | Lawsuit demands Austin, Texas, stop paying for women’s abortion travel expenses

Immigration
Hometown arrivals

IMMIGRATION | Midsize U.S. towns grapple unsteadily with immigrant surges

Religion
Hard exit for Methodists

RELIGION | Property disputes continue among churches leaving UMC

Law
Western land lock

LAW | Utah asks Supreme Court to give back federal lands

Sports
Uprooted in Oakland

SPORTS | Impending A’s move leaves fans feeling alienated