The Christian Century

Over the past five years, migrants and refugees have flowed into Europe in unprecedented numbers. Some are converting to Christianity.

Should truth in advertising law apply to religious claims? It's a live issue in Africa, where governments could learn from American experience.

How do you commemorate Christian suffering without reawakening ancient hatred?

India's constitution is firmly secular and democratic. Yet in recent years, Christians and Muslims have faced persecution.

Japanese Buddhist adherence is in sharp decline. At every stage of this story, the analogies to Western Catholics are obvious.

Within a decade, a sixth of the world's Catholics will be African—yet the continent has few canonized saints. This is starting to change.

The Gulf states do not practice religious freedom in anything like the Western sense. Still, Christianity has secured a surprisingly strong foothold.

In 1944, an Anglican bishop consecrated a Chinese woman to the priesthood—30 years before women attained that rank in the Episcopal Church.

The title character of Mohammed Hanif's novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is a Catholic nurse in Pakistan. Turning the other cheek is not her strong suit.

It’s almost certain that historic Christian devotion to the Virgin Mary began in Egypt. The nation’s Muslims often plead for her help, too.

Why, asks Dalil Boubakeur, should hundreds of empty churches not be converted to mosques? It's an intriguing question.

Search online for Madagascar and you get mostly references to animated films about animals. Dig deeper and you'll find a still more amazing true story.

Over the last generation, the institution of pilgrimage has experienced a startling revival across what we often dismiss as secular Europe.