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Rival Orthodoxies in Ukraine

The war is revealing divisions among Christians in the region—and deepening them.

by John P. Burgess
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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.
by Christopher M. Leighton
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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.
by Marc Roscoe Loustau
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Deconstructed, reimagined faith

Five ways I see a new generation reorienting its Christianity
by Peter Choi
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Screen Time

It’s me, Margaret’s mom

Judy Blume’s gift to the world is her insistence that young people can be trusted as capable moral agents.
by Kathryn Reklis

Books

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A tech-savvy Christian sexual ethic

Kate Ott challenges us to practice erotically attuned love everywhere, even online.
by Virginia White
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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
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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

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Features

Rival Orthodoxies in Ukraine

The war is revealing divisions among Christians in the region—and deepening them.
by John P. Burgess
Central Budapest along the Danube River
Features

Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance

Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.
by Marc Roscoe Loustau
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Books

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
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From the Editors

Secrets that must not be kept

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

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