Books
How American Protestant missionaries helped usher in post-Protestant America
David Hollinger shows how the social gospel principles that drove mission abroad boomeranged back home.
The Second Amendment is racist at its root
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's social history highlights who's at the other end of the barrel.
The New Testament’s christological hymns are songs of resistance
They use the conventions of Jewish resistance poetry to challenge Roman occupation.
How should Christians face climate change?
We've moved on from the question of whether we should care.
Putting clergy health in perspective
Pastors and their complex relationship with their work—and with themselves
James Comey didn’t write a tell-all. He wrote a handbook.
What does ethical leadership look like?
Why Roxane Gay resists the conversion narrative
Sexual violence doesn't always allow its survivors to claim redemption.
11 adverbs for good preaching
The best preachers, says Russell Mitman, preach liturgically, eschatologically, multi-sensorily, and eight more ways that end in -ly.
What we talk about when we talk about sex
The intersection of race and sexuality is the ur-story of American culture.
The crucified Christ isn’t a tragic hero
In a comic reversal, says Terry Eagleton, the death of God incarnate reveals a fragile social order.
Can Christians transform culture?
Jamie Smith thinks it might be the other way around.
The Christian act of dissent
A riveting history of religious dissenters, from William Blake to Clarence Jordan
4 Bible storybooks that leave space for children’s imagination
In God's kingdom, sometimes less is more.
Anjali Sachdeva is wise, insightful, and just getting started
In Sachdeva's debut story collection, magical realism meets a keen eye for character.
The beauty of Anya Silver's faith
Anya saw the world in colors.
Starting a conversation about anti-blackness
Christians helped create it. Can we help destroy it?
The many Jesuses of Asia
From Hindu Bible commentary to Christian minjung theology, the Asian Jesus has taken many forms.
The church's holy, subversive possessions
Ben Dueholm offers a humble apologetics—of faithful actions, not beliefs.
Women's rights, disability rights
Abortion, Down syndrome, and the question of prenatal testing
Democracy is always fragile
Protecting it requires all of us.