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In America, Jesus is Black because he was Jewish
As James Cone argued, the universal is revealed in the particular.
A rural church, a small budget, and a giant community meal
Feeding bodies and souls at Everyone’s Table
Desmond Tutu’s transformative vision
He thrived on the process of endearing himself to all who hope for better days.
A worship practice Zoom can’t replicate
Silence, in the Christian tradition, is a shared discipline as much as an individual one.
How some churches are working to alleviate period poverty
Menstruation supplies are expensive—and stigmatized. So many people just go without.
Unorthodox and the captivity narrative tradition to which it belongs
To find an authentic life, do you have to lose your religion?
In Cairo, I sat in on a scriptural reasoning group with Christians and Muslims
Moving beyond amicable consensus to productive discomfort
Sacred wrestling with the Bible’s “harsh passages”
That God would fight for Israel is meant to elicit horror.
Periodical gifts
This Christmas, CC staff members are giving people print subscriptions.
Stephen Sondheim’s expressions of yearning
My spirituality was shaped by this secular artist’s powerful spiritual questions.
’Tis the season for royal Christmas movies
What exactly is it about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that says “tiara romance”?
The Rittenhouse verdict and the twisting of natural law
If a protest for equal rights is a threatening provocation, then answering that threat with violence is merely self-defense.
Understanding Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett
Fiercely Zionist yet pragmatic. Bold but not charismatic. The independent leader of a disparate coalition.
Why are so many of the most influential moms on the internet Mormon?
Influencer culture and LDS theology fit together surprisingly well.
The holy simplicity of artist John August Swanson
His art is like the man who created it: joyful, loving, and gently curious.
Albert J. Raboteau changed both American religious studies and African American studies
He was among the first to ask, What is religion for a people birthed in the cradle of chattel slavery?
How a Serbian Orthodox congregation in Kansas City offers hospitality beyond the liturgy
At Thelma’s Kitchen, every table is a holy table and every guest a living icon.
Is Brazil’s Universal Church of the Kingdom of God a field hospital or a marketplace?
A look inside the thriving (and sometimes controversial) neo-Pentecostal denomination
Beauty from ugliness on the US-Mexico border
Presbyterian border ministry in Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Sonora
Paying the child tax credit forward
It’s a terrific policy for fighting child poverty. But my family doesn’t need the money.