Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance

Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.

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Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance

Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.

June 4, Trinity A (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8)

Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.

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.

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Tom Stoppard gets personal

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

Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance

Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.

June 4, Trinity A (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8)

Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.

Leadership challenges (Numbers 11:24-30)

For Moses, besting old No-Name Pharaoh and His Eager Egyptians isn’t even the hardest part.

Politics

Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance

Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.

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.

Secrets that must not be kept

Clergy-penitent privilege and mandatory reporting exist in complex tension. But child welfare has to come first.

Science fiction writers imagine the way out

Jesus’ parables give us space to see that something else is possible. Writers of new worlds put flesh on these bones.