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What if Christianity never existed?

Walter Scheidel’s tour de force of world history is based almost entirely on counterfactuals.
by Tony Jones February 28, 2020

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N. T. Wright insists that Jesus is the starting point of natural theology

Wright’s rereading of scripture is brilliant. Too bad he’s so disparaging of other viewpoints.
by Jason Byassee February 26, 2020

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Are we idol worshipers?

Stephen Fowl’s fresh approach to the study of idolatry
by Brad East February 24, 2020

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What makes an American home?

A literary look at the walls that protect us—and keep us captive
by Amy Frykholm February 20, 2020

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Brian Doyle’s rivers of words

A new collection of Doyle’s nonfiction overflows with wonder.
by Tom Montgomery Fate February 14, 2020

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Pope Francis’s vision of a wounded church converted by mercy

How can the church become less of a citadel and more of a field hospital?
by Curtis W. Freeman February 12, 2020

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Learning to face the doctrine of discovery

I wish I’d had Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah’s book when I was in college.
by Lauren D. Sawyer February 12, 2020

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In the beginning, God created difference

Theodore Hiebert’s deft reading elicits a fresh awareness of the legitimacy of the other in Genesis.
by Walter Brueggemann February 5, 2020

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Religious freedom in America

Melissa Rogers considers what a healthy role for religion in American public life might look like.
by Clint Schnekloth February 3, 2020

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