Features
Why I smuggled liberation theology books into Argentina
The gifts of black youth
Grappling with race as a white college chaplain
The Museum of the Bible is utterly inoffensive. The Bible is not.
The hunger that no meal satisfies
George Lindbeck was the best teacher I ever had
Books
Is forbearance amid disagreement a Christian virtue?
We should forebear one another—not to ensure church unity, but because God forebears us.
Dar Williams has hope for America's small towns
The folk singer has observed what brings neighbors together in communities where she performs.
The many lives of Adam and Eve
Stephen Greenblatt weaves an impressive—but incomplete—tapestry of interpretations of the story of the Fall.
Was the 1928 Paris Peace Pact really a failure?
It didn't eliminate war. Still, it transformed international relations.
The many perspectives of American evangelicalism
A new book of essays shows that evangelicals aren't all the same culturally or politically. So what's holding them together?
Departments
Witch hunts around the world
Preparation, by Jonathan Quist
Our responsibility to Salvadoran immigrants
News
Congregations support imprisoned Somali men in Minnesota
Several churches in Minneapolis–St. Paul have funded in-prison education for young men convicted of ISIS involvement and also helped their families. It hasn't been without controversy.
Pope's visit to Chile met with protests, anger from abuse survivors
Many Chileans are still furious over Francis appointing a bishop who was connected to a notorious abuser.
George Manneh Weah takes helm in Liberia from fellow Methodist president
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf handed over power in the West African nation's first peaceful transition in decades.
George Lindbeck, a founder of postliberal theology, dies at age 94
He is best known for his 1984 book The Nature of Doctrine and his engagement in the ecumenical movement.
Israel to begin refusing to admit groups leading the BDS movement
The government declared that members of 20 organizations will be barred entry for security reasons as of March 1.
In Israel, a rabbinical plan to help Africans facing deportation
Susan Silverman has proposed the Anne Frank Home Sanctuary movement, calling on members of Rabbis for Human Rights to house asylum-seekers the prime minister plans to deport.
Campus pastor's suspension intensifies denomination's gay marriage debate
Several Evangelical Covenant clergy are facing discipline for participating in a same-sex wedding. Thousands of people connected to the denomination are petitioning for a moratorium on such actions.