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Speaking of Rape: The Limits of Language in Sexual violations...
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.
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.
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.
Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return
A collective Lenten fast from making purchases at Target has been lengthened into a “full-out boycott,” Jamal Bryant, pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch and one of the leaders of the campaign, an...
Pauli Murray center says federal grant authorized in 2024 has been withdrawn
The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina, has announced that a multi-year, $330,800 grant from the ...
Faithful Thomas (John 20:19-31)
Christianity in India goes back to the ancient world.
Tolkien 2.0
The fantasy writer’s vast theological and philosophical universe is unfolding in the hands of artists, scholars, and game designers.
Doubting Thomases in an age of science
It takes courage to plunge our hands smack-dab into the side of the universe and reach for a God that could be real.
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.
Beyond the whore, the angel, and the shrew
Gila Fine shows how the Talmud both upholds and subverts classic archetypes for female characters.
135 cardinals will elect the next pope. Francis picked 108 of them.
As more than a billion Catholics mourn the death of Pope Francis, cardinals around the world are preparing to travel to Rome to begin the solemn tradition of choosing a new pontiff....
Running toward Jesus
Raised Pentecostal, I was wary of Catholicism. Pope Francis gave me the final nudge I needed.
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.
The four gospels and their very different endings
Some things are too big for a single narrative.
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.
Derek Webb’s new album offers songs for LGBTQ solidarity
Survival Songs champions queer lives—and challenges the silence of faith communities.
Pope Francis dies at 88
Francis leaves behind a church still divided, but radically transformed.
April 27, Easter 2C (John 20:19-31)
Why wasn’t Thomas with the others? Why did he eventually return?