memoirs

Church-state separationist Barry Lynn recounts his legal arguments in new memoirs

By Adelle M. Banks — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — 'It is people who are hurting, people who are outcasts, that appealed to me,' Lynn said.

Beth Moore tries to untangle her ‘all knotted-up life’ in new memoir

By Bob Smietana — February 20, 2023
(RNS) — In a tender, gracious and at times heartbreaking new book, the beloved Bible teacher and former Southern Baptist recalls the people and the God who saved her from the chaos of her childhood.

How Americans ‘got’ religion

By Martin E. Marty — September 21, 2016
I can advise readers that nowhere else are they likely to find a more informed, impassioned story of how Americans in these years “got” and kept -- or abandoned -- religion.

Patti Smith’s spiritual curiosity on display in sequel to ‘Just Kids’

By Laura Turner — April 13, 2015
Patti Smith, the legendary singer/songwriter, will tell you what is right with the world.
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