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In the Bible, gender is not binary

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.

by Julie Faith Parker
Features

Walter Brueggemann’s gift of disruption

In his hands, the Bible was a living, aching, burning thing.
by Jason G. Edwards
Features

Erasing women

The Trump administration’s moves against women leaders are not new. We’ve been here before.
by Liz Charlotte Grant
Features

I’m a deconstructing American

Lately I’ve been feeling the same emotions I felt when I deconstructed my evangelical faith.
by Lauren Cibene
News

After Boulder attack, US Jews are afraid

by Yonat Shimron

Books

The criminalized apostles

Jeremy Williams offers an indispensable study of the book of Acts and the rhetoric of crime in the Roman Empire.
by Jimmy Hoke

The lived religion of restorative justice

Jason Springs immersed himself in justice organizations in Chicago. He offers an account of their peace circles and the hope they cultivate.
by Amy Carr

The DSM in one hand and the Summa in the other

Psychiatrist Warren Kinghorn mines the theology of Thomas Aquinas to construct a robust vision of mental health.
by Susan Willhauck

Pulling Calvin out of predestination’s shadow

Rubén Rosario Rodríguez makes a case for the Reformer as a resource for justice and advocacy work.
by Bailey Pickens

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In the Lectionary

June 15, Trinity C (Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31)

Wisdom is frisky and frolicking. She reminds us that God created our impulse to learn and to grow.
by Martha Spong
Features

In the Bible, gender is not binary

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
by Julie Faith Parker
Interviews

Queering is for everyone

“What are we looking for when we’re looking for queer?” asks theologian Lisa Isherwood. “I’m looking for a wider picture of incarnation.”
Interview by Cassidy Hall

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In the Lectionary

June 15, Trinity C (Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31)

Wisdom is frisky and frolicking. She reminds us that God created our impulse to learn and to grow.
by Martha Spong
Features

In the Bible, gender is not binary

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
by Julie Faith Parker
photo of Craig Dykstra
Features

Craig Dykstra saw things afresh

The longtime Lilly Endowment vice president’s impact is felt in the hospitable spaces he cultivated, the disciplined reflection he nurtured, and the ripple effects of a life well lived. 
by L. Gregory Jones
Features

Erasing women

The Trump administration’s moves against women leaders are not new. We’ve been here before.
by Liz Charlotte Grant

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Sketch of Phil Christman
Illustration of columnist Rachel Mann
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Illustration of columnist Isaac S. Villegas
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Politics

Features

Erasing women

The Trump administration’s moves against women leaders are not new. We’ve been here before.
by Liz Charlotte Grant
Features

I’m a deconstructing American

Lately I’ve been feeling the same emotions I felt when I deconstructed my evangelical faith.
by Lauren Cibene
Voices

Walking Palestinian children to school

The Israeli government’s expansion of its warfare into the West Bank has me thinking about my time there almost a decade ago.
by Isaac S. Villegas
From the Editors

Worse than doing nothing

Congressional leaders have sat silent as Trump runs roughshod over democratic norms. But they readily answered the call to cut Medicaid.

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