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Pastor Kaji Douša sues federal government
Kaji Douša, a Manhattan pastor, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that US officials violated her religious freedom when she was put on a watchlist because of her ministry to migrants at the bord...
Amy Butler leaves Riverside Church
Amy Butler, the first female pastor to lead the Riverside Church in New York City, is leaving the historic progressive church....
Despite law, tax money still provides support to German churches
It’s been 100 years since Germany’s first democratic government decided to stop making generous payments to its Protestant and Roman Catholic churches—and did nothing about it....
Jains in America looking to pass on faith to next generation
At the 20th biennial JAINA Convention in California over the Independence Day weekend, nearly 3,500 Jains, followers of an ancient Indian sect, were treated to highly sought-after speakers such a...
Russian Orthodox Church considers a ban on blessing of weapons
In May 2018, days before the annual parade celebrating the Soviet victory in World War II, a convoy of military trucks carrying long-range nuclear weapons trundled to a halt on the Russian capital’...
At summit on religious liberty, US launches plans for new international alliance
Trump administration officials announced a new international alliance focused on religious freedom and imposed new sanctions against foreign military officials supporting religious persecution....
Church opens door to syringe exchange
Sarah Howell-Miller, a United Methodist minister, was once opposed to needle exchange programs for opioid addicts—a stance shared by legislators in some three dozen states....
Trees communicate with one another. I’m trying to listen.
My favorite is a 100-year-old male cottonwood. I call him Grandfather.
After the personal salvation gospel
The world won't be saved by my prayers or virtuous desires.
Hilma af Klint’s new ways of seeing
Years before Kandinsky, a Swedish woman created magnificent abstract paintings.
Does God command genocide in the book of Joshua?
Daniel Hawk avoids easy responses to violence in the Bible—but then enters some troubling territory.
August 18, Ordinary 20C (Luke 12:49-56; Jeremiah 23:23-29)
We preach the gospel of peace and justice. Are there divides between our words and actions?
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics feet and plate.
When Jane Tompkins couldn’t move, she read
Confined by illness, the feminist literary scholar dove into the complete works of V.S. Naipaul and Paul Theroux.
True generosity comes from joy
Bone-deep generosity has nothing to do with means and everything to do with desire.
Putting ourselves in Martha, Mary, and Jesus’ shoes (Luke 10:38-42)
This is a story some of us need to hear in a new way.
Time waits for no one
I went to see the Rolling Stones play again—and revisited an adolescent fantasy.
The Orthodox in Ukraine and their rival churches
The creation of a new body echoes old hostilities.
Toni Morrison writes about race, religion, and her own fiction
Our language isn’t neutral. It has history embedded within it.