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God's words and liturgy's echo
Niebuhrians left and right
The logic of Calvin's reform
Books
Who was Joseph Oppenheimer, and why was he killed?
Yair Mintzker doesn't know. He's more interested in why other historians keep trying to write a 19th-century novel about the 18th-century case.
Are Wendell Berry's Port William stories about racism?
According to Joseph Wiebe, Berry's vision of rural life starts with his reckoning with Kentucky, the Shawnee, and black slavery.
Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria
A travel writer's visit to the borderlands of her childhood
How new is the new Christian Zionism?
There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.
The values and moral quandaries of cyber war
Ethicist George Lucas argues that new forms of warfare are "mired in epistemological crisis."
Departments
Conscience means "knowing together"
Goa, the Rome of the East
The Return, by Armand Merizon
Blaise Pascal, blessed doubter
Charlie Gard and other precious children
News
Pakistani activist devotes his career to Muslim minority rights
Ehsan Rehan, 26, now lives in Washington, D.C., meeting with U.S. policymakers and international visitors.
Palestinian Lutheran bishop receives Niwano Peace Prize
Younan received the honor for his work toward interreligious dialogue in Jerusalem and around the world.
Evangelical pastor who has promoted social justice steps down from leading megachurch
Joel Hunter broke with many of his peers in moving beyond hot-button topics.
Pay gap for women clergy is decreasing, according to new study
Yet challenges remain, with women disproportionately working in part-time and lower-paid jobs.
Pennsylvania nuns sue federal agency over natural gas pipeline
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ are arguing that the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline violates their religious freedom.
Archaeologists find further evidence of Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem
An excavation also showed that ancient Jerusalem was larger than previously thought.
Michigan FGM case could test bounds of religious liberty
Six people face charges for a procedure a clinic performed on Muslim girls.
To preserve Jewish heritage, Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue
The push is in line with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s attempts to emphasize Egypt’s diversity in response to attacks on minority groups.