Features
My holy envy of other faith traditions
Why and how we beat guns into garden tools
Ten true stories about guns in America
Black women’s faith, black women’s flourishing
Asking the right questions about Amazon HQ2
Books
Walter Rauschenbusch then and now
William Pitts examines the era when the Social Gospel was new—and controversial.
Trying to make amends
In Chigozie Obioma’s new novel, forgiveness is no light matter.
Baby steps toward Christian unity
Allen Hilton profiles churches that are uniting people across ideological differences.
A maid bears witness
Stephanie Land's memoir reveals the intimacy and power of a housecleaner’s labor.
Departments
The fraught history of Christians in Algeria
Alejandra Oliva’s devoted attention at the border
Examen, by Joan Benefiel and Jeremy Leichman
The right to vote only matters if it’s enforced
News
Conflict between brothers splits Uganda’s thriving Abayudaya Jewish community
Gershom Sizomu is rabbi of the community of 2,000 people that belongs to the Conservative movement, while his brother has led a splinter group seeking to convert to Orthodox Judaism.
What do relics mean to believers today?
A six-month U.S. tour, The Heart of a Priest, is offering the chance to venerate a relic of St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney.
New tax targets employee parking offered by congregations, nonprofits
Even when a congregation is below the threshold the IRS has established, determining that requires a fair amount of computation.
Religious leaders express hopes for CAR peace deal
Churches and mosques have been caught in the middle of violence in the Central African Republic, where militias have frequently fought over mineral resources.
Six-year prison sentence for Jehovah’s Witness in Russia sparks outcry
Dozens of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been charged with participating in or organizing the group’s activities since since the Supreme Court outlawed the group two years ago.
In aftermath of Nairobi attack, Kenyans seek to prevent harassment of Somalis and Muslims
Community leaders have worked to counter the idea that Muslims are collectively to blame for attacks by al-Shabaab militants.
Southern Baptist leaders address reports showing decades of sexual abuse
“It’s time for pervasive change,” said SBC president J. D. Greear.
Yechiel Eckstein, rabbi who befriended evangelicals, dies at age 67
Through the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews that Eckstein founded, evangelicals have contributed more than $1 billion to Jewish causes.