Features
Joy is for Epiphany, too
Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to a community in the middle of a culture war
Can we talk about marijuana at church?
Weaving new lives at a refugee camp
A Texas church's real talk about guns
Books
A conversation in transition
Two new books help us talk about what it means to be transgender in a changing world.
The vocation of Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's beautiful writing, biographer Laura Dassow Walls shows, is scripture waiting to be heard.
Poetry grounded in place
Paul Willis's poems reveals epiphanies in the midst of everyday life.
American Decalogue
Jenna Weissman Joselit reveals how the Ten Commandments have shaped U.S. law and identity.
Departments
The day my clergy group let one member down
The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, by Duccio
Going to church is inconvenient
A Bad Moms Christmas and Daddy's Home 2 are bad movies
If Congress can afford corporate tax cuts, it can afford children's health care
News
Closed New York church finds new life as center for farmworkers
Agricultural laborers often work long hours without overtime or paid days off. They're part of running a new center in Long Island to advocate for their rights.
Supreme Court weighs whether baker may refuse to serve same-sex couple
In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, justices are considering whether creative work—like decorating a cake—is protected free speech.
Despite appeals to evangelicals, Moore loses Alabama Senate race
Roy Moore—known for controversial stances on God and government—was defeated by Doug Jones, an attorney who prosecuted a civil rights era church bombing case.
Black liberation theologian James Cone wins 2018 Grawemeyer Award in religion
The award honors his book The Cross and the Lynching Tree, which shows how white supremacy has affected dominant views in the church.
Sufi mosque attack in Egypt elicits condemnations, creates new alliances
Even al-Qaeda supporters criticized the killing of more than 300 people at Friday prayers.
Reactions mixed to Trump declaring Jerusalem to be Israel's capital
Many Jews in Israel were pleased, while other groups—including among U.S. Jews—were concerned.
Was the pope being "both prophetic and diplomatic" on the Rohingya crisis?
In Francis' recent trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh, he heard calls to condemn persecution of Muslims and fears of violence against Christians.
HIV-positive pastor and his wife speak out about AIDS in East Africa
Samson Mulinge Mutuse and Evelyn Mueni Mulinge are among 260,000 Kenyan married couples where one spouse is HIV-positive and one HIV-negative.
Research counters nativist claims about Europe's Muslim population
A report from the Pew Research Center looks at projections depending on rates of welcoming refugees and immigrants.