Features
Six traits of a pluralist Christian vision of human flourishing
What if Jesus came back as a college sophomore?
It’s time to rethink our assumptions about where theological education happens
Writing poetry as a step toward common ground
The time my psychiatrist sent me on retreat
Teaching children about racism
Books
Monastic wisdom for a non-cloistered world
After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Paul Quenon wrote a memoir.
Crossing the boundary between theology and science
Essays that consider the natural order as God's creation—in a way scientists might recognize.
An anti-Enlightenment ax to grind
Craig Carter's book makes good points—and undermines them with his use of polemic.
Coming of age during the rise of Hitler
A history of the 20th century told by ordinary Germans.
Departments
A playful romp with God
The moral authority of Congolese churches
The Sower, by Chris Cook
Privileged illusions
The shutdown shows why governing by symbol doesn’t work
News
Muslim slave’s narrative offers new window on Africans in America
A digitized version of Omar ibn Said’s 15-page autobiography is now available through the Library of Congress.
Jerusalem homeowners distressed by Greek Orthodox Church’s land sales
The financially strapped church sold property to private investors in a way that critics see as secretive.
U.S. groups look to Canada to resettle refugees
Canada’s private sponsorship program allows churches, community organizations, and individuals to apply for resettlement for refugees. U.S. partners can help.
Muslim civil rights group sues Maryland over ban related to Israel boycott
Twenty-six states currently have some form of a ban on supporting the the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.
A Muslim GOP leader, a Catholic judge, and the American tradition of associations
The right to form associations is part of First Amendment. Yet Americans sometimes view membership in them with suspicion—as some did with Shahid Shafi and Brian Buescher.
Mary Oliver, much-honored and often-quoted poet, dies at age 83
Her poetry about the natural world evokes the harmony of creation in Genesis 1, one scholar wrote.
Lamin Sanneh, scholar of Christian missions, dies at age 76
Sanneh challenged the idea that Christianity was merely a tool of colonialism.