Critical Essay
The old, evil idea of humans as units of production
When people’s value is reduced to their economic contributions, they are dehumanized.
Are we really “at war” with the coronavirus?
The language of war garners collective resolve. But that’s not all it does.
Seven spiritual beliefs of young adults
Karma is real. Just do good. It’s all good.
The coronavirus pandemic feels like an unending Holy Saturday
We stay home. We look out for others. We wait—but for what?
The strange, humbling ritual of foot washing
It makes me uncomfortable. That’s by design.
Jesus doesn’t explain suffering
He faces it.
In the Qur’an, God is a great debater
The Qur’an is not a description of God. It’s a call to conversion.
What Meghan and Harry can and can’t escape
At the heart of life is the mess of being stuck with other people.
Faith formation in my world religions classroom
Each year a Hindu priest asks my students to “worship our own, but respect all.” They find the second part easier.
Kindness, kinship, and the boundaries of justice
The virtue of kindness depends on who we see as kin.
What steps toward peace could Israelis and Palestinians take now?
A noncomprehensive list of realistic, practical actions
Major stories in American Christianity of the 2010s
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more
How Katherine Sonderegger finds delight in a humble God
Theology as a love letter to God
The story of Israeli prime minister Yitzak Rabin’s assassin
Incitement shows the roots of political fractures that remain.
The impossible, essential task of writing poetry after Auschwitz
Bearing witness, challenging God, voicing lament
How Christian theology and practice are being shaped by trauma studies
Talking about God in the face of wounds that won’t go away
What is democratic socialism, and where is it headed?
The complex history—and promising future—of a movement
How Augustine responded to the problem of evil without solving it
When we make sense of suffering, we lose our ability to protest against it.
(De)formed by wealth in Succession and Schitt’s Creek
Is there any redemption for the Roy family or the Rose family?
The holiness of Toni Morrison’s fictional worlds
Faith, in Morrison’s novels, is about improvising a way toward freedom.