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Nadya Williams

Nadya Williams is the author of Cultural Christians in the Early Church (Zondervan Academic, 2023), Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity (forthcoming, IVP Academic, 2024), and Christians Reading Pagans (forthcoming, Zondervan Academic, 2025). She is Managing Editor for Current, where she also edits The Arena blog, and Contributing Editor for Providence Magazine and Front Porch Republic.

A few books I’ve recently (re)read

Nadya Williams   |  May 15, 2024

It’s been a good year for reading!

Wise words from historian Thomas Kidd for your summer writing goals

Nadya Williams   |  May 14, 2024

Historian Thomas Kidd’s advice for summer writing goals.

Seeking Intellectual Freedom

Nadya Williams   |  May 13, 2024

In an age of echo chambers, where can we encounter views different from our own?

Blessing of Unicorns: Mother’s Day edition

Nadya Williams   |  May 10, 2024

Where I recommend a few articles and books on motherhood.

Is book publishing doomed? Point and counterpoint

Nadya Williams   |  May 8, 2024

The rumors of the death of book publishing have been greatly exaggerated.

Essential Latin for graduation season

Nadya Williams   |  May 3, 2024

Congrats, grads! Please utilize Latin terms responsibly!

Blessing of Unicorns: Choosing a Christian college, the joy of reading, care for others, (dis)ordered desires

Nadya Williams   |  May 3, 2024

This week’s Unicorns include choosing a Christian college, the joy of reading, care for others, (dis)ordered desires, and more.

The encouraging work of Upper House in Madison, WI

Nadya Williams   |  May 1, 2024

What does higher education need next?

Blessing of Unicorns: Liberalism, children, eldercare, the Lyceum movement, and beautiful writing

Nadya Williams   |  April 26, 2024

This week’s Blessing of Unicorns: Liberalism, children, eldercare, the Lyceum movement, and beautiful writing

New antisemitism: “A Hatred Immune to Education”

Nadya Williams   |  April 23, 2024

When it comes to antisemitism in America, it’s out with the old, in with the new.

REVIEW: The Exvangelicals

Nadya Williams   |  April 23, 2024

There’s more than one way to deconstruct

Blessing of Unicorns: Books, books, books–and exercise!

Nadya Williams   |  April 19, 2024

This week’s roundup includes books coverage and essays on exercise. But it’s okay to read about exercise and not feel like you need to go for a run or something after.

Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: through an index darkly

Nadya Williams   |  April 18, 2024

Here is a glimpse of my forthcoming book through five entries in the index.

Historian Chris Gehrz on ranking Christian colleges

Nadya Williams   |  April 17, 2024

Historian Chris Gehrz on why college rankings are particularly problematic when it comes to ranking Christian colleges.

INTERVIEW: Shirley Mullen on the Courageous Middle

Nadya Williams   |  April 16, 2024

Wanted: those with the skill and desire to host difficult conversations

Blessing of Unicorns: 1929, children and parenting, C.S. Lewis, and levitating saints

Nadya Williams   |  April 12, 2024

This week’s roundup includes articles on 1929 in detective fiction, our “family unfriendly” society, C.S. Lewis, and saints who really flew!

Nancy French, Ghosted—a conservative, interrupted

Nadya Williams   |  April 11, 2024

Nancy French’s memoir is a story of God showing love to the weak and redeeming creation while also calling fallible people to restore justice already here on earth.

#Eclipse2024: party on a Monday afternoon

Nadya Williams   |  April 8, 2024

Judging by the number of eclipse related posts on social media over the past few days and, especially, today, it appears that the Williams family wasn’t the only one to take a few hours off from usual activities today just […]

Blessing of Unicorns: April Fools jokes; political Bibles; marriage, vocation, and education; euthanasia

Nadya Williams   |  April 5, 2024

Behold the unicorns! This week we move from the funny to the thought-provoking and to the depressing.

Six months after October 7th, where are the remaining 100+ hostages?

Nadya Williams   |  April 4, 2024

This Sunday marks six months since the Hamas attack on Israel. What will happen to the remaining 100+ hostages still in captivity?

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