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Will the real fundamentalists please stand up?
What counts as fundamentalism? David Harrington Watt and Sathianathan Clarke give contrasting answers.
A Christian apologist's memoir of suffering
Telling the story of his wife's tragic illness, Douglas Groothuis combines lament with grace-filled love.
No one is in charge of their own birth (John 3:1-17)
Nicodemus’s problem is the power of evil, and he can’t find his own way out of it.
Indulgence: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “indulgence.”
Gazans and Israelis strive to keep connections, hope across the border
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers along the border. Ordinary people are trying to stay connected to friends on the other side.
Southern Baptists call Paige Patterson to account
Firing him as seminary president is the most dramatic example of the #MeToo movement pervading the top reaches of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Is Jamie Quatro’s novel really about marital infidelity?
Maybe Fire Sermon is more fundamentally a parable about religion.
Australian archbishop convicted of covering up child sexual abuse
The test case was another step toward holding the church to account for a global abuse crisis.
Michael Curry's sermon at royal wedding imagines 'when love is the way'
The Episcopal presiding bishop wove in references to Teilhard de Chardin, Martin Luther King Jr., and the composers of African American spirituals.
An expectant dad's sympathy for Nicodemus
Nicodemus is perplexed. There's a lesson for us in his confusion.
June 24, Ordinary 12B (Mark 4:35-41)
What do we miss when we seclude ourselves on safe shores of sameness?
The social safety net helps people work. Work requirements get this backwards.
Making work a prerequisite for benefits is costly, inefficient, and ineffective.
Episode 46: The Social Network
Adam and Matt welcome Steve Thorngate to the show to talk about Facebook, ambition, and The Social Network.
Michael Curry’s impression on the bride and groom
The bishop preached first and foremost to the royal couple themselves—about their marriage and the work and witness they have said they want to offer.
In West Virginia, the teachers’ strike made new space for Eucharistic living
A church on my street fed food-insecure kids while schools were closed. The work of justice flowed outward from the table.
Zadie Smith leaves no cultural stone unturned
Smith's collection of essays considers the self as an improvised response to language and the world.
What I learned as a student of James Cone's
Cone was a profoundly biblical thinker. His Christology captured my imagination.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics call and promise.
White House initiative aims to increase faith groups' presence in government
The White House said agencies and executive departments that do not have a faith-based office will have a designated liaison to the new initiative.