New & Noteworthy: The Funk Apostles, Land Theologies, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.

The cover of Cory Henry's album is an outline of him with a colorful rainbow background. The cover of Kim's book features a starburst of color.

Future Soul

Virtuoso keyboardist Cory Henry’s 2020 album Something to Say encapsulates a trying year—traversing elation and sorrow. He brings Herbie Hancock-worthy skill and range to what he calls “future soul.” Featuring the Funk Apostles on four tracks, this self-produced project is required listening. Henry House Entertainment.

A Divine Puzzle

Author and public theologian Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s essays read as meditations in her newest book, Hope in Disarray: Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith. Sifting through today’s complex array of personal and societal injustices, Kim approaches readers with the gift of generative hope. The Pilgrim Press.

(Un)Familiar Terrain

Theologies of Land: Contested Land, Spatial Justice, and Identity features Palestinian, First Nations, South African, and Latinx authors who consider relationships between humanity, land, and domination, centering theologies often missing from the repertoire of the “Global North.” Edited by K.K. Yeo and Gene L. Green. Cascade Books.

This appears in the April 2021 issue of Sojourners