Features
Billy is undocumented. Should I marry him?
Church policies for sex offenders
A residential ministry deals with the sex offender registry
Rising up with Christ
Almost homeless in The Florida Project
Books
Is Trump a deviation from American values or an expression of them?
E. J. Dionne, Norman Ornstein, and Thomas Mann see this presidency as a distortion of the country's character. But what if it's the opposite?
The vocation of being a stranger
As a mother and a woman of color, I read Camille Dungy's book as a personal roadmap.
The complex world of one family farm
Ted Genoways overturns assumptions not only about industrial agriculture but also about the farmers who are part of it.
The New Testament in the strange words of David Bentley Hart
Greek and English do not work the same way. So what does it mean to create a literal translation?
Departments
Jesus never promised to relieve our pain
Baptism of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio
The government needs to address the opioid crisis—and that takes money
The Last Jedi's theology of power
News
Harvey Guthrie Jr., leader during historic period for Episcopalians, dies
“He was a tireless advocate of racial and gender justice in the church,” a colleague said, “often at great cost to his own career.”
Jonathan Z. Smith, religion scholar, dies at age 79
Smith raised fundamental questions about the nature of religion.
Traci Blackmon, UCC national officer, honored by African American newspaper
The executive minister of justice and witness ministries was named 2017 Person of the Year.
Hurricane-damaged houses of worship can receive FEMA aid
The disaster relief agency cited the Supreme Court's Trinity Lutheran decision in changing its policy.
Is the label evangelical more about politics than religious beliefs?
A growing number of evangelicals say the term has become a marker of politics more than beliefs.
Catacombs by Candlelight tour goes underground below Manhattan basilica
The subterranean cemetery of New York City’s old Catholic cathedral is now open to the public.
2018 likely to be another tough year for the archbishop of Canterbury
A breakaway Anglican church in England appears to be forming as conflict over same-sex marriage continues.