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The unmodern Luther
Christine Helmer threatens to dash to pieces the pieties of modern Luther scholarship.
Sri Lanka’s religious fault lines
The island is a microcosm of the world’s religions—and of their wars.
Take & read: Practical theology
New books that are shaping conversations about practical theology
Hope, oppression, and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Can Christian hope survive the onslaught against black life?
The fundamentalists, the modernists, and the oil they both swam in
Darren Dochuk shows how oil and American Christianity have long shaped each other.
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
Episode 66: Joker
Matt and Adam talk mental health, literary theory, superheros, and Todd Phillips’ Joker.
November 10, Ordinary 32C (Luke 20:27–38)
Resurrection is where God is—across generations, across circumstances.
Children’s books for tough conversations
We asked 11 writers to tell us about a book that opens up space for adults and children to discuss important questions.
Take & read: American religious history
New books that are shaping conversations about American religious history
Pastoral care that meets addiction at its source
Sonia Waters sees pain and trauma at the heart of this particular type of soul sickness.
“Self-interest seemed almost omnipotent”
Langdon Gilkey’s account of his imprisonment during WWII is a study in how humans act under pressure.
Ordinary people (2 Kings 5:1–3, 7–15c)
In 2 Kings 5, the VIP characters aren't the ones who make a difference.
Take & read: Global Christianity
New books that are shaping discussions about global Christianity
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How Augustine responded to the problem of evil without solving it
When we make sense of suffering, we lose our ability to protest against it.