Features
A young poet shaped by religious language
The National Day of Prayer and the sectarian group that uses its name
The preacher is a chef who prepares a meal
At Gilead Church in Chicago, storytelling is central to worship
Voices
Debie Thomas
Why should the kids at my church care about pursuing God?
I don’t have all the answers, but I have a few ideas.
Kathryn Reklis
The people who haunt us
Jordan Peele’s new horror film reveals the pasts we are all tethered to.
Books
The slaveholding mistress and her purse strings
Stephanie Jones-Rogers dismantles the stereotype of white female passivity in the pre-Civil War south.
The Christian virtues and the art of dying
9 values that can shape the end of life in a cruciform way
Immunotherapy’s believers and skeptics
Some scientists couldn’t quite explain what they were seeing. Others literally couldn’t believe it.
St. Fred
Maxwell King’s Mr. Rogers biography is more of a hagiography.
Jill Lepore’s book is the civics course Americans need
At the heart of her narrative is the fate of two political ideals: liberty and popular sovereignty.
Departments
Why should the kids at my church care about pursuing God?
The Healing of the Cripple and the Raising of Tabitha, by Tommaso Masolino da Panicale
The people who haunt us
The Mueller report is in. Now it’s up to Congress.
News
Xavier Arbex, priest in Peru, advocates for victims of gold mining
Peru is among the world's top sources of precious metals. Mining is poisoning people and turning forests into wasteland.
Two leaders of faith-based immigrant rights group charge ICE with violating their rights
Kaji Douša and Ravi Ragbir of the New Sanctuary Coalition point to recent reports as evidence that they are being targeted for being outspoken advocates for immigrants.
Healing the young women harmed by Boko Haram
Unlike the Chibok schoolgirls for whom the #BringBackOurGirls campaign rallied, thousands of others garnered no headlines when they were abducted. All too often no one welcomes them home.
LifeWay Christian stores to close by end of 2019
The Southern Baptist publishing arm, which has had disputes with authors and artists over content in the past, will focus on digital sales.
Muslim inmates charge Arkansas with violating their religious liberty
One Muslim prisoner had his religious accommodations taken away when he protested the combined services with the Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths, groups that follow distinct religious teachings.
Number of nones equals evangelicals, Catholics
A recent analysis of survey data also showed an uptick in the percentage of mainline Protestants—though more years will need to pass to see if the increase continues.
Dean Peerman, a Century editor for 60 years, dies at age 87
In March 1965, he and fellow editor Martin E. Marty participated in the second civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.
Clergy housing allowance is constitutional, appeals court rules
Leaders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation argue that the allowance discriminates in favor of ministers.