Books In Review: For BLM cofounder Alicia Garza, organizing is about doing the work no one wants to do Someone has got to do the dishes. by Aelijah Lynch July 2, 2021
Screen Time Like Hamilton, In the Heights jolts the audience into new perspectives Still, I wish Lin-Manuel Miranda had asked more of us. by Kathryn Reklis June 29, 2021
From the Editors Critical race theory is a gift to Christians The good news about collective and institutional sin is that, like individual sin, it can be redeemed. June 28, 2021
Notes from the Global Church Will the looming fertility bust destroy religion? As the global population ages, it’s unclear what will bind people to faith. by Philip Jenkins June 24, 2021
On the Shelf Honoring the Christians persecuted under Bolshevik rule requires knowing their stories How Rod Dreher gets Russian history—and the American present—wrong by Scott M. Kenworthy June 24, 2021
Critical Essay How the midwives Shiphrah and Puah mock the violence of empire They use Pharaoh’s tools to dismantle oppression. by Kat Armas June 22, 2021
From the Editors Americans need robust local news outlets Democracy is about membership in a local community. It can’t flourish without local journalism. June 17, 2021
First Words The distortions of the God Bless the USA Bible The conflation of Christianity and American patriotism has never done either one any favors. by Peter W. Marty June 16, 2021
Books In Review: When radical Latino activists occupied churches Felipe Hinojosa profiles resistance movements from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when religion and politics were inextricably linked. by Jeannine Marie Pitas June 16, 2021
Features What will Israeli politics look like after Netanyahu? The promises and dangers of Israel’s new coalition government by Mordechai Beck June 15, 2021
In the lectionary July 11, Ordinary 15B (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19) The gap in the lectionary’s account of the return of the Ark of the Covenant echoes a pattern we have seen too often in our country. by Yvette Schock June 15, 2021
Reflection How Princeton Seminary’s slavery audit created moments of unlikely intimacy We need structural change. We also need to be willing to be personally undone. by Keri L. Day June 10, 2021
Critical Essay How White Christians turned syncretism into an insult Early-20th-century European and North American missionaries grew concerned about it—but never in their own churches. by Ross Kane June 3, 2021
First Person How faith-based organizing helped end money bail in Illinois The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free. by Charles Straight and Will Tanzman June 2, 2021
From the Editors Is there any hope for a just peace in Israel and Palestine? A two-state solution seems as far off as ever. It’s also the only viable way forward. June 1, 2021