Features
The missing head of Pancho Villa
We name the holy
My artificial chaplains
The priesthood of all chatbots?
Bishop Budde among the Swedes
Bibi’s endless war
A theologian without a school of thought
Voices
Samuel Wells
Guestability
Churches tend to equate the notion of inclusion with hospitality. Peter and Cornelius suggest a more nuanced definition.
Alejandra Oliva
Dark fantasy novels that scream theology
I didn’t expect so much sacramental imagination in Tamsyn Muir’s series about lesbian necromancers in space.
Peter Choi
The word outlasts the throne
Kings fall, tyrants pass, and hope endures in the prophets’ vision of God’s story.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
In prison, Satan is real
I’ve heard incarcerated women preach about a power that demands renunciation.
Julian DeShazier
I’m learning to let go of ‘preaching pretty’
Some Sundays, my congregation needs a word that’s more raw than polished.
Stephanie Perdew
The rise and fall of children’s Sunday school
Faith formation isn’t dead. It’s happening outside the classroom.
Books
Between the synagogue and the streets
Chaim Grade’s characters give voice to the questions, quarrels, and quiet devotions of European Jews on the cusp of the Second World War.
Inside ‘the new American fascism’
Katherine Stewart explores the strange alliance seeking to impose its antidemocratic vision on the US—one Moms for Liberty meeting at a time.
The morality of Jesus reinterpreted
Writing primarily for post-evangelicals, ethicist David Gushee examines 40 biblical texts.
Seeking racial solidarity at a Cincinnati megachurch
Hahrie Han follows four people—two Black and two White—through their church’s racial justice program.
A brief history of hating liberalism
Kevin Schultz explains why White liberals are under fire—from all sides and from within.
Teresa of Ávila speaks again
In a striking new translation, Dana Delibovi revives the wit, wisdom, and beauty of Teresa’s poetry.
The fish wars
The Boldt Decision wasn’t just about salmon. It was about broken treaties and tribal sovereignty.
Departments
Noah gets drunk. Then he curses Ham.
Ride on
Remembering Walter, seeds of investment, and more reader feedback
The politics of performance
