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A novel about purity culture and its harm
At its core, God Spare the Girls is about a family history doomed to repeat itself.
by Ella Schmeits
The beautiful faith of Rachel Held Evans
Like all of her work, her posthumous book is warm, wise, and intimate.
by Jason Byassee
An evangelical Christian argument for reparations
Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson want to talk about theft.
by Dave Allen
A Palestinian evangelical’s supersessionism
Munther Isaac’s critique of the Israeli government is perfectly fair. But why does he also need to critique Judaism?
by John E. Phelan Jr.
Virginia Mollenkott’s Women, Men, and the Bible shaped my life
The lesbian evangelical scholar bravely shared her view of God—in love.
by Amy Frykholm
Evangelical pastor Luis Palau dies at 86
by Gillian Flaccus
Who was Henrietta Mears?
A new biography of the woman who shaped the men who shaped modern evangelicalism
Capitol violence brewed from nationalism, conspiracies, and Jesus
Jack Jenkins
Former Christianity Today editor Mark Galli converts to Catholicism
by Yonat Shimron
Prominent evangelical scholars are, once again, disavowing Trump
They’re brave to do so. Do they go far enough?
by Greg Carey
Jerry Prevo named interim president of Liberty University
by Sarah Rankin and Elana Schor
Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s history of the manly godly man
How American evangelicalism baptized male aggression
by Phil Christman
VeggieTales creator creates viral video explaining racism
by Kathryn Post
The big business of evangelical Christian publishing
Daniel Vaca details the marriage of missionary zeal and financial reward.
by Grant Wacker
International apologist Ravi Zacharias dies at 74
by Emily McFarlan Miller
The misión integral of Protestant liberation theologians
Samuel Escobar, René Padilla, and other Latin American evangelicals—and how their activism was overshadowed
by Philip Jenkins
by Bob Allen
Evangelical publisher pens anti-Trump editorial
Major stories in American Christianity of the 2010s
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more