strawberries and tomatoes in containers covered by fencing
From the Editors

SNAP under siege

Federal debt default has been averted. The price is more restrictions on a critical program that feeds hungry Americans.

bags of blood
Voices

The strangers who saved my life

When you receive an emergency transfusion, you don’t get to choose who the blood comes from.
by Heidi Neumark
umbrella held over a bag with a $ on it
First Words

Welfare for the wealthy

Half of all business meal expenses are tax deductible. This puts SNAP cuts in helpful perspective.
by Peter W. Marty
Features

Rival Orthodoxies in Ukraine

The war is revealing divisions among Christians in the region—and deepening them.
by John P. Burgess
performance still from Leopoldstadt
Features

Tom Stoppard gets personal

Leopoldstadt grapples with the 86-year-old playwright’s Jewish roots and his fear about the direction of our society.
by Christopher M. Leighton

Books

On button with two hands almost touching

A tech-savvy Christian sexual ethic

Kate Ott challenges us to practice erotically attuned love everywhere, even online.
by Virginia White
Black and white image of Jim Thorpe with red text overlay

The myth and reality of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss’s biography of the legendary athlete highlights the contradiction in White America’s attitude toward Native people.
by Jeffrey Johnson
Scorched buildings with red, foreboding sky and clouds

The rapture and beyond

Daniel Hummel shows how deeply dispensation­alism has shaped American religion.
by Keri Ladner

Standing on holy ground

Angela Alaimo O’Donnell’s poems carry the vision that all land, all people, and all moments are sacred. 

by Peggy Rosenthal

More in Books ›

In This Issue

Free Newsletters

From theological reflections to breaking religion news to the latest books, the Christian Century's newsletters have you covered.

Explore Newsletters

Latest

News

Ecumencial leader Agnes Abuom dies at 73

by World Council of Churches
strawberries and tomatoes in containers covered by fencing
From the Editors

SNAP under siege

Federal debt default has been averted. The price is more restrictions on a critical program that feeds hungry Americans.
In the Lectionary

June 11, Ordinary 10A (Matthew 9:9–13, 18–26)

Sitting and talking with a boy from Ethiopia, I received a radical dinner invitation.
by Ron Ruthruff
bags of blood
Voices

The strangers who saved my life

When you receive an emergency transfusion, you don’t get to choose who the blood comes from.
by Heidi Neumark

Latest articles ›

Voices

Illustration of columnist Heidi Neumark
Illustration of columnist Yolanda Pierce
Illustration of columnist Mellisa Florer-Bixler
Illustration of columnist Julian DeShazier
Image of Alejandra Oliva
Illustration of columnist Samuel Wells

More in Voices ›

Politics

strawberries and tomatoes in containers covered by fencing
From the Editors

SNAP under siege

Federal debt default has been averted. The price is more restrictions on a critical program that feeds hungry Americans.
bags of blood
Voices

The strangers who saved my life

When you receive an emergency transfusion, you don’t get to choose who the blood comes from.
by Heidi Neumark
umbrella held over a bag with a $ on it
First Words

Welfare for the wealthy

Half of all business meal expenses are tax deductible. This puts SNAP cuts in helpful perspective.
by Peter W. Marty
Features

Rival Orthodoxies in Ukraine

The war is revealing divisions among Christians in the region—and deepening them.
by John P. Burgess

All politics ›