The Christian Century

No rain in California is a disaster for all of us. But the drought, now entering its fourth year, is also an opportunity.

When what's at stake is a commercial transaction, it makes sense for a religious freedom claim to be trumped by the commitment to treat people equally.

The ACA is no longer just an idea. It is how millions of people access health care—and the Supreme Court stands poised to gut it.

Is anti-Semitism on the rise? It's hard to quantify, and data vary across regions. But a vicious anti-Semitism persists in Europe and the Middle East.

Obama's budget includes more money to detain undocumented children. At the largest family detention center, the average child is age six.

Imagine a tax increase that makes sense to liberals and conservatives, the Chamber of Commerce and unions, truckers and environmentalists.

We don’t have to choose between solidarity with victims of violence and with religious minorities. But the latter may be more challenging work.

U.S. churches have long sought better relations with Christians in Cuba. The political thaw will make this much easier.

Attaining justice for victims of sexual assault cannot be a matter of belief or disbelief. They are individuals, not symbols of a cause.

For black Americans, the abuse of power by police is not an aberration. It’s a familiar pattern.

As many as 13.6 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. What can American Christians do?

In politics, meeting in the middle is often a useful and necessary thing. But it isn’t itself an adequate ethical yardstick.

In the U.S., assisted suicide has mostly been a hard sell. But there are some clear steps to take to improve end-of-life care.

Almost a third of Protestant pastors think domestic violence is not a problem in their congregations. They're wrong.