Features
The SAT is unfair. My son is studying for it anyway.
New life in old space at St. Stephen’s, Philadelphia
What does a fair trade logo actually mean?
Voices
Philip Jenkins
A look at faith in film over the last decade
At a time of rapid secularization, filmmakers seem intrigued—if sometimes also repelled—by religion.
Stephanie Paulsell
Reading Toni Morrison in Advent
A seasonal practice: cultivate the patient gaze to describe life as we find it.
Books
The line between human and nonhuman
Alice Hoffman’s Holocaust novel collapses the boundaries between reality and fantasy.
Four views of Paul’s letter to the Romans
In Preaching Romans, a range of scholars present their perspectives in complementary ways.
How people deal with pointless suffering
Scott Samuelson considers seven responses to the age-old mystery.
Louise Aronson calls for a health-care system that treats elders better
The medical community takes middle-age adulthood as the norm. What if it didn’t?
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
Departments
A look at faith in film over the last decade
A wealth tax would be good for democracy
Welcoming the Stranger, by Sinan Hussein
Reading Toni Morrison in Advent
News
Churches seek to put affordable housing in ‘God’s backyard’
With exhibit on Abraham, Episcopal cathedral in Boston organizes interfaith conversation
New study finds churches are growing and making money
Mexican immigrant José Gómez elected head of US Catholic bishops group
Kay Warren hosts event for suicide survivors
