Features
God’s underwater language
Burnout and resilience in the wilderness
Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance
Deconstructed, reimagined faith
The duly elected Black men expelled from a state legislature—155 years ago
What should churches do about the treatment of “the Jews” in John?
The problem with artificial intelligence is us
Voices
Brian Bantum
Transformed by the dog I never wanted
She’s helping me answer the question, “Why this life instead of another?”
Rachel Mann
Falling into metaphor
I heard a variation on the Eden story that offers a new look at Eve.
Isaac S. Villegas
The altar in my attic
My boxes of old sermons are a monument to my church’s ongoing conversation with God.
Debie Thomas
Why and how I believe in miracles
I don’t struggle with their plausibility. I do struggle with their consequences.
Philip Jenkins
Paul’s lost letters
We’ll never know what he wrote to the churches at Jerusalem or Caesarea Maritima.
Heidi Neumark
The strangers who saved my life
When you receive an emergency transfusion, you don’t get to choose who the blood comes from.
Peter W. Marty
Welfare for the wealthy
Half of all business meal expenses are tax deductible. This puts SNAP cuts in helpful perspective.
Kathryn Reklis
Philomena Cunk’s 21st-century expertise
Like Drunk History and History of the World Part II, Cunk on Earth is very funny. But the larger joke is that fake news is winning.
Books
Reading scripture through the lens of nature
Daniel Cooperrider understands the Bible as an outdoor book, open to the sky.
Down to earth
For philosopher Costica Bradatan, failure delivers self-knowledge in a way that success cannot.
The sin of ableism
Erin Raffety’s ethnographic study calls churches to repentance.
The women of midcentury moral philosophy
Two new books explore the intertwined scholarship and friendship of Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Midgley.
A tech-savvy Christian sexual ethic
Kate Ott challenges us to practice erotically attuned love everywhere, even online.
The myth and reality of Jim Thorpe
David Maraniss’s biography of the legendary athlete highlights the contradiction in White America’s attitude toward Native people.
The rapture and beyond
Daniel Hummel shows how deeply dispensationalism has shaped American religion.
Is this how to be an anti-racist?
Jonathan Tran takes “identitarian anti-racism” to task.
Departments
Delmar VanderZee’s Prairie Wisdom
Welfare for the wealthy
Secrets that must not be kept
