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Kosher? Historic ruling lets Israeli diners decide
The high court decision is a challenge to the ultra-Orthodox establishment.
How should campus sexual assault accusations be judged?
Standards of evidence are politically contested. But the most crucial issue is due process.
Pauli Murray’s many identities
The first black female Episcopal priest was also an early proponent of ideas that would develop into black feminism, intersectionality, and more.
Episode 29: The Last Supper
Matt and Adam welcome Aisha Brooks-Lytle to the show to talk about murder, our political binaries, and the 1996 deep cut The Last Supper.
Héctor Rodríguez, Honduran pastor, reaches out to gang members
In a neighborhood controlled by gangs, Rodríguez ministers to their families—and sometimes the men themselves.
Firebrand Roy Moore wins GOP primary runoff
Moore first gained notoriety when, as Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, he displayed a Ten Commandments monument in the state judicial building.
The blessing lies outside your comfort zone
I thought I'd have to earn the prisoners' respect in class. Instead they gave it freely.
November 12, Ordinary 32A (Matthew 25:1-13)
Even the wise bridesmaids have limited vision.
Safe spaces in dangerous places
Laura Kipnis, sexual assault, and the question of female agency
The military doesn't own the American flag
The controversy over athletes kneeling during the national anthem reveals America's unholy trinity of patriotism, militarism, and sports.
My work in God's garden (Matthew 21:33-46)
I enjoy the tomatoes I grow, but they aren't really mine.
November 5, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Poverty of spirit, like any kind of poverty, is unenviable but survivable.
Ralph Ellison’s theology made visible
Cooper Harriss aims to rescue Ellison from neglect and misinterpretation—by reading him alongside theologians.
Tunisia repeals ban on interfaith marriage for Muslim women
Many Muslim nations prohibit certain interfaith marriages. It's not suprising that Tunisia changed that.
Fall books: Take & read
Joshua Jipp, Philip Jenkins, Grant Wacker, and Mary Clark Moschella recommend the best new books in their fields.
The prism of Mohja Kahf’s poetry
Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.
St. Francis, holy fool
What the countercultural barefoot preacher means for Christians today
When violence invades sacred spaces
A recent shooting at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, raises questions of safety in places of worship.
The museum of whose Bible?
The Green family's take on the Good Book is not as neutral as they let on.