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November 12, Ordinary 32A (Matthew 25:1-13)
Even the wise bridesmaids have limited vision.
Safe spaces in dangerous places
Laura Kipnis, sexual assault, and the question of female agency
The military doesn't own the American flag
The controversy over athletes kneeling during the national anthem reveals America's unholy trinity of patriotism, militarism, and sports.
My work in God's garden (Matthew 21:33-46)
I enjoy the tomatoes I grow, but they aren't really mine.
November 5, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Poverty of spirit, like any kind of poverty, is unenviable but survivable.
Ralph Ellison’s theology made visible
Cooper Harriss aims to rescue Ellison from neglect and misinterpretation—by reading him alongside theologians.
Tunisia repeals ban on interfaith marriage for Muslim women
Many Muslim nations prohibit certain interfaith marriages. It's not suprising that Tunisia changed that.
Fall books: Take & read
Joshua Jipp, Philip Jenkins, Grant Wacker, and Mary Clark Moschella recommend the best new books in their fields.
The prism of Mohja Kahf’s poetry
Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.
St. Francis, holy fool
What the countercultural barefoot preacher means for Christians today
When violence invades sacred spaces
A recent shooting at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, raises questions of safety in places of worship.
The museum of whose Bible?
The Green family's take on the Good Book is not as neutral as they let on.
Going offline to preserve the precious resource of attention
Yes, it's another year-of narrative. But Esther Emery offers a moving story about the possibility of change.
How Nadia Murad became the reluctant champion of Yazidi suffering and resilience
Murad has traveled to more than two dozen countries to tell her story of being an ISIS captive.
How do novelists write about faith in a culture that's moving past it?
Oddly, the less people know about something the harder it is to tell them about it.
Ukraine, 1941
In Rachel Seiffert's novel, the characters' fears unite them as they watch and wait.
A book that has transformed my life of faith
For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we asked writers to choose one formative book and tell us about it.
Take & Read: Global Christianity
Philip Jenkins recommends the best recently published books in his field.
A lineage of black female scholars
Black women's contributions continue to be rendered invisible. Brittney Cooper offers a critical intervention.