Features
Talking with my children about sex without shame
Biblical friendship in an age of loneliness
Living water isn’t just a metaphor
From Bethlehem to Jericho by foot
Books
Loving the creed, loving God
Ben Myers is a great teacher. His book left me fascinated not with him but with God.
Innocent on death row
Two memoirs by men who endured decades of criminal injustice before being exonerated
Pragmatic guidance for the task of healing the world
Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill challenge churches to embrace nine practices of active faith.
What makes local communities thrive?
James and Deborah Fallows traveled around the U.S. to find out.
Departments
The Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple, by Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)
Gratitude rush
Mary Poppins returns to a world of economic insecurity
A first step toward treating offenders like humans
News
Program equips graduates of traditional Muslim schools for engagement with wider world
Madrasa Discourses at Notre Dame covers the scientific and philosophical questions Islamic seminaries often skip.
Rwanda’s Catholic clinics strike a compromise with government on providing access to contraception
The government wanted to increase birth control use. But the Catholic Church runs about a third of the country’s hospitals and clinics. So they struck a deal.
Brazil’s new president begins term with support of conservative Christians
Jair Bolsonaro created a Christian voting bloc through opposition to what he called a liberal moral drift.
Nigerian women’s network builds interfaith bridges
The Women of Faith Peacebuilding Network has reached more than 10,000 Muslim and Christian women across the country.
In a hot real estate market, what happens to old church buildings?
Church leaders, developers, and urban planners face tough questions as they attempt to halt the abandonment and sell-off of centuries-old structures.
Challenges continue after war ends, says Syrian priest and peacemaker Alexi Chehadeh
Chehadeh leads the largest local NGO in Syria, serving 2.5 million people a year.
Nancy Pittman becomes president of Phillips Theological Seminary
The search committee chair praised Pittman’s “vision for the future of theological education.”
James Kenneth Echols, first African American Lutheran seminary president, dies at age 67
Richard J. Perry Jr., a professor emeritus at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, called Echols “a giant in the world of theological education.”