Features
We are all going to die
The theologically trained organizer
Teaching ministry students to ask beautiful questions
Crossing religious boundaries at Groton
What the humanities can offer in this technological moment
Facing theological ed’s existential crisis
The glory of Epiphany
Voices
Rachel Mann
Holy attachments
During the pandemic, I went six months without touching another human being. I felt starved.
Heidi Neumark
The bones in God’s garden
Will my daffodil bulbs overcome their trauma and rise up despite the odds? Will we?
Debie Thomas
Metaphors for the spiritual life
I have been an onion peeler and an excavator. I hope God will form me into a bridge.
Philip Jenkins
A landscape of lost denominations
In the US, church foundation stones tell a mostly forgotten story of religious and ethnic history.
Brian Bantum
The patron saint of in-between things
Having grown up as a Black-mixed kid, I can relate to Moses’ upbringing as not quite Hebrew and not quite Egyptian.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
Sharing the burden of language disorientation
At my church, some of us are learning Spanish. Others are learning English.
Books
The case that revolutionized libel law
Samantha Barbas’s history of New York Times v. Sullivan shows how easy it was to weaponize the law against southern civil rights leaders.
The reality of deep solidarity
For Joerg Rieger, theology must account for global power dynamics, which are largely driven by capitalism.
An ambitious queer reading of John of the Cross
Miguel Díaz takes the medieval mystic’s sexual metaphors for spirituality seriously—along with the lived experience of LGBTQ people.
What do people who’ve lost everything bring with them?
Stephanie Saldaña reminds us that refugees carry a whole world inside them.
The deeply Methodist Hillary Clinton
Biographer Gary Scott Smith argues that Clinton’s faith lies at the very core of her identity.
Mentoring is about relationship
A new essay collection explores the importance of mentorship to students and faculty at Christian colleges.
Christian Wiman’s feel-bad memoir
Zero at the Bone is extraordinary. Just don’t expect it to be delightful.
Departments
Eileen Ryan’s Codex No. 1–3 (left) and Spiritual Microbiomes (right)
Artificial intelligence needs theology
Accumulated faith
