We seem to want public figures with inconsequential beliefs.
Politics & Society
“We turn to Thurman, Bonhoeffer, Day, Heschel, and Niebuhr because they never let us forget the important questions.”
Why was the apostle Paul in prison so often?
Perhaps for the same reasons people are today.
What happens when one country believes it has the right to send troops into another country, impose its will, and abuse the rule of law?
When did comfort become our highest aspiration?
The Nigerian-born activist grew up in Maine playing with the dirt—and experiencing environmental racism.
Obery Hendricks condemns the sins of right-wing evangelicalism
If his book were a trial, the verdict would be clear: guilty.
Our dependence on fossil fuels is filling Vladimir Putin’s war chest.
Watching the destruction of the world we were warned was coming is a staple of American entertainment.
The history of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodoxy suggests the answer is complicated.
He turned it into love and care for humiliated others.
Amid political chaos, a church mural from 1746 grounds Peruvian faith and national identity.
Yet it’s holding tight to its life-saving information—and its record-breaking profits.
The real Jane Roe
Joshua Prager’s deep reporting reveals Norma McCorvey as never before.
How teachers are helping students accept science without losing their religion