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After the funeral, I was ready to help the boy's family find a church home closer to where they lived. Instead, they stayed with us.

You probably won’t hear Greg Laswell's songs in church. You’re more likely to catch them on the radio or in the background of a particularly intense moment of shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Glee, or The Carrie Diaries. Yet his songs animate the highs and lows of my spiritual journeys. I’ve also started using them in my U.S. religious history courses.

If you don't already read Ta-Nehisi Coates, you should—especially in the aftermath of something like ...

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Vivaldi wrote his Magnificat for a choir of female orphans to sing for their supper. They were truly singing Mary's song.

If temptation were all about blatant wrongdoing, it would be far easier to avoid.

The “Kill the Gays” bill in Uganda has become law. I had the chance to see God Loves Uganda, a documentary that gives part of the background of the bill, including the involvement of American evangelicals in advocating for its passage. But there’s a larger story that would provide important context—the history of colonialism in East Africa and of Anglicanism in Uganda.

After a childhood spent envying the boys on the football team, I joined my college’s rugby team. My first night I learned how to throw a tackle. More importantly, I learned how to be tackled. The idea was this: you’re going to fall. You’d might as well learn how to fall safely, so that you can stand back up.

This volume includes an impressive list of writers noted for their contributions to Christian spirituality: Scott Cairns, Kathleen Norris, Richard Rohr, Ronald Rolheiser, James Schaap, Luci Shaw, a...

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A Southern Baptist megachurch pastor in North Carolina, already under fire for buying a $1.6 million house, is in the spotlight for “spontaneous baptisms” that turned out to be not nearly so sponta...

Some church planters refer to denominations as "widget factories." A big cultural commute exists between fledgling communities and church hierarchies.

When I first became a veterinarian, image mattered a lot. I was young and female in a profession that valued experience and was overwhelmingly male....

Jesus’ transfiguration is a mystery that defies a straightforward explanation. I find that instead of clarifying anything about his unique nature, it only adds more confusion.

Theo Hobson’s ambitious book traces the historical emergence and fate of liberal theology in the modern period. He defends the “liberal state” and the way good liberal Christianity is allied with it.

Read the main article on Kenyan Christians defending khat....

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Some of the brightest pro-business minds in the nation recently prodded the Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C., to offer a warm endorsement of capitalism....

With the green coloration at the corner of his mouth, Ikenda looks like any other khat user. He's an elder of the East African Pentecostal Church.

Jimmy Fallon is succeeding a giant of late-night television, and he’s entering a crowded field. At 39 years old, he’s taking a leap onto a larger stage and needs to prove himself in some ways. As I watched, I was struck by the smart stuff that was going on under the surface, whether calculated or not, and I started to relate Jimmy’s debut to other situations leaders find themselves in.