Philip Jenkins
A vibrant Christianity in South India
Despite the government’s desire to eliminate non-Hindu faiths, churches thrive in the nation’s diverse south.
Marcus Rashford is keeping Christianity in the British limelight
To find religious activity among the nation’s young, look to Afro-Caribbean athletes.
Climate change’s threat to Christianity
Faith is growing in the tropics. So are the temperatures and the tides.
Brazil’s explosion of música gospel
As Protestants gain numbers, a sizable world of Christian music in many genres has emerged.
The war for Africa’s holy land
Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, is in turmoil.
Take & Read: Global Christianity
Five new books about the lives and faith of Christians around the world
The roots of India’s united churches
How the Church of South India and Church of North India were formed—and how they fare today.
How will history judge Latin American churches’ COVID response?
Likely with both praise and blame.
In Mediterranean Europe, St. Benedict the Moor is back
The Afropean saint is reemerging amid a swelling African diaspora.
Will the looming fertility bust destroy religion?
As the global population ages, it’s unclear what will bind people to faith.
How did abortion become legal in majority-Catholic Argentina?
In Latin America, faith and politics are being disentangled.
How Quebec went from one of the most religious societies to one of the least
Americans don’t have to look as far away as Europe for an example of how quickly secularization can come.
Global Mormonism and its growing pains
Most LDS members are not from the United States. The church’s leadership and practices are another story.
The most Baptist state isn’t Mississippi. It’s Nagaland, India.
In the remote northeast region, Christianity has flourished for generations.
Machanic Manyeruke and the gospel music scene in Africa
James Ault’s new documentary offers a window into a vast and exciting musical world.
The global church in an English village
The Londoners who come to Aylesford as pilgrims are an impressively polychrome microcosm of Christianity.
The Baptist War didn’t just end slavery in Jamaica
It utterly reshaped the country’s religious landscape.
When religion thrived in New York
Jon Butler’s dazzling study of faith and practice in a 20th-century metropolis
The fascinating story of the Ivory Coast’s mega-basilica
Why is the world’s largest church building in Yamoussoukro?
