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The making of God
“I don’t believe in God as character,” says poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, “but I do believe in God as plot.”
Other Jewish voices
“When unqualified support for Israel is categorized as Jewish,” says historian Marjorie Feld, “it erases dissent and flattens Jewish life.”
The uniquely American story of Crownsville Hospital
Antonia Hylton digs into the history of a Maryland asylum that forced its Black patients to build their own facilities.
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey converts second ancient Byzantine church into mosque
Hundreds of worshippers filled the narrow streets of Istanbul’s Fatih district on Friday to hear the sounds of Friday prayers ringing out from the newly inaugurated Kariye Mosque....
Union Theological Seminary votes to divest from companies profiting from Gaza war
Union Theological Seminary’s board of trustees voted Thursday to divest from all companies profiting off the war in Gaza....
May 19, Pentecost (Acts 2:1–21)
Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.
A failure of compassion
Outdoor workers need a little water and shade every four hours. Is that too much to ask?
Divine testimony in our hearts (1 John 5:9-13)
According to 1 John, we have received more than mere mortal attestation.
Anthony Hecht’s poetic vision
W. H. Auden’s most distinguished heir wrote poems that bear witness to history with great depth of feeling.
Reflecting on our reflection
Many of us are unimpressed when we look in the mirror. But we bear a more important image.
Trending topics: Ecology without colonialism
Five new postcolonial perspectives on living faithfully through climate change
Schumer announces more security funding for houses of worship after synagogue threats
On May 4, some 40 New York City rabbis and synagogue staff received the same chilling email in their inboxes: “I have set a bomb in your building....
Muslim student protestors feel sense of purpose mingled with fear
Fahad Kiani knows he is making history by participating in the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses around New York....
Kat Armas’s devotional does not exist for your personal growth
Instead, the Cuban-American writer aims to turn her readers’ gaze outward.
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.
Jesus in the clouds (Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23)
Is there anything more embarrassing than believing in a three-story universe?
Religiously fluid
Like a lot of Christian millennials, I don’t need Christianity to be everything for me.
Churches tied to civil rights movement awarded National Park Service preservation funds
Six churches are among 39 projects being awarded grants from the National Park Service to preserve historical examples of the civil rights activism of Black people in the United States....
Eastern Orthodox Church ordains Zimbabwean woman as its first deaconess
On May 2, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of ye...