Features
Getting college students to ask what makes life worth living
European Christian missionaries and their false sense of progress
In Genesis 1, we’re all royalty
The U.S.-Mexico border, where migrants are hunted
5 times a day, the WeCroak app reminds me that I’m going to die
Voices
M. Craig Barnes
Church buildings aren’t just buildings
The church is made of people. But they need a home.
Kathryn Reklis
Slow Burn and The Deuce, two shows for the Me Too moment
Looking at history through questions of power, sexual agency, and morality
Books
Who is genetic analysis for?
There are ethical reasons to think twice before sending off your DNA.
Tolerance and violence in medieval Spain
Brian Catlos offers a nuanced corrective to the competing histories of Islamic rule.
Pope Francis the populist intellectual
The pope doesn't always show off his theological talents. Does that matter?
The value of God-shaped art
T. S. Eliot and the other modernist theologian-poets knew that artists are makers of worlds.
Departments
The Sermon on the Mount and Healing of the Leper, by Cosimo Rosselli
Church buildings aren’t just buildings
Slow Burn and The Deuce, two shows for the Me Too moment
A religious magazine to accompany your days
What justice for Laquan McDonald could look like
News
Report details trends for U.S. women clergy
Among mainline denominations, women are half of the total clergy only in the United Church of Christ, Eileen R. Campbell-Reed’s research shows.
William J. Barber II awarded MacArthur “genius” grant
The Moral Mondays and Poor People’s Campaign leader looks at public policy through the lens of moral values.
Robert Wood Lynn, leader in religion scholarship, dies at age 93
In 15 years at the Lilly Endowment, he went beyond merely giving grants, fostering study of core issues in American religious life.
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, advocates for women harmed by war, win Nobel Peace Prize
The Congolese Christian surgeon and Yazidi activist have seen each of their homelands devastated by violence.
Hurricane-struck churches apply for FEMA aid
The possibility of federal funds paying to restore sanctuaries is a change from previous FEMA policy.
Óscar Romero and Paul VI now Catholic saints
The Salvadoran archbishop and Vatican II–era pope were among the most prominent and controversial figures of the Catholic Church in the 20th century.
Pope accepts Washington cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation
Wuerl is one of the most prominent leaders affected in the clergy sexual abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church.
Metropolitan Bishoy, Orthodox and ecumenical leader, dies at age 76
The Egyptian bishop was influential locally and globally.
Rohingya Muslims deported from India to Myanmar despite persecution fears
An estimated 700,000 Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh to escape brutal violence by Myanmar’s military. Another 40,000 have taken refuge in India.