Voices

The church has a DEI problem

We love diversity. That doesn’t mean we’re willing to make room for difference.

by Julian DeShazier
Features

Black Church is my mother tongue

To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.
by Yolanda Pierce
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Resurrection, then breakfast

Jesus conquers death so he can come back and enjoy another meal, lingering with his friends for as long as he can.
by Isaac S. Villegas
Features

Mourning Pope Francis—and his limits

As a progressive Catholic, I admired Francis. As a woman and a feminist, I was often disappointed by him.
by Rebecca Bratten Weiss
Voices

We are not living in a postcolonial world

Many church folk use the word decolonization while ignoring its only goal: returning Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands.
by Stephanie Perdew

Books

The flavors of Bethlehem

Fadi Kattan’s cookbook is the story of a city told through its food. It’s also a quiet testament to faith.
by Stephanie Saldaña

The gods present their arguments

David Bentley Hart imagines Eros, Hephaistos, Hermes, and Psyche coming out of retirement to debate contemporary philosophy and science.
by Jesse Hake
Books in review

Trending topics: Sexual assault and the church

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by Jessica Mesman

The ocean’s infinite game

Novelist Richard Powers has written another love letter to the planet—in this case, the 99 percent of Earth’s biosphere that exists underwater.
by John Rohde Schwehn

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Making old things new

Great artists know that the past provides essential ingredients for the future. Jacob Collier exemplifies this. So does Jesus.

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Voices

The church has a DEI problem

We love diversity. That doesn’t mean we’re willing to make room for difference.
by Julian DeShazier
Voices

We are not living in a postcolonial world

Many church folk use the word decolonization while ignoring its only goal: returning Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands.
by Stephanie Perdew
Features

Evangelical fantasies in Amish country

I grew up in the Quiverfull movement. In the tourism industry of Shipshewana, Indiana, I see a lot that looks familiar.
by Cait West
Books

White supremacy and the Latino vote

Journalist Paola Ramos takes a nuanced look at the world of right-wing Latinos, revealing the logic behind their ideology.
by Tony Tian-Ren Lin

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