His 1978 book, “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,” helped me through a crisis of faith.
Tag Archives: Christians and Christianity
The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right
Esau McCaulley and Katherine Stewart on how the G.O.P. weaponized Christianity — and where we go from here.
Why Catholicism Remains Strong in Canada
Even as Catholicism wanes in many Western countries, in Canada, it is holding steady as the largest religious denomination.
An Ode to Bookstores and Promiscuous Reading
I believe in bookstores in part because I believe in pluralism.
The Culture War That More Christians Should Be Fighting
If we don’t talk about economic justice, we are advancing an emaciated view of Christian political engagement.
Abortion Abolitionists Want to Punish Women for Abortion
Abortion “abolitionists” are the outer edge of the anti-abortion movement. They’re looking to gain followers after the decision to overturn Roe, unsettling mainstream anti-abortion groups.
The End of Roe, From a Pro-Lifer’s Perspective
What the overturning of Roe v. Wade means to abortion opponents like me.
How We Came to Believe in Guns
God and guns have become strangely intertwined.
After the Southern Baptist Report on Sexual Abuse, How Can Churches Do Better?
“We often have a very twisted understanding of authority and unity, and it is wielded in a way that keeps whistle-blowers silent.”
Will Estrada and the Long Roots of Parental Rights
The story behind the parental rights movement and how it seemingly came out of nowhere.
A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past
The restoration of a wall painting depicting an idealized Jerusalem is a reminder that the Roman monument, known best for gladiatorial combat, was a sacred Christian space for centuries.
What Does It Mean When Greg Abbott Calls the Uvalde Gunman ‘Evil’?
Christian theology teaches that societies — not just individuals — bear responsibility for evil.
Dozens Feared Dead in Church Attack in Nigeria
Gunmen fired on Catholics celebrating Mass in a usually peaceful part of the country. There was no claim of responsibility and the motive was unclear.
Republicans Are Now the Party of the Nonreligious Right
Secularization has supercharged the culture wars and expanded the Republican tent.
Uvalde Needs Our Prayers After the Robb Elementary School Shooting
“In prayer, I find the answers I need or the strength I need.”
The Southern Baptist Moral Meltdown
The church leaders who made themselves blind, and then cruel.
When a Pro-Life Doctor Performs an Abortion
If God does not want us to perform abortions, why did he put me in a situation where I would have to do one?
How Democrats Can Win the Morality Wars
First, they have to understand the deep philosophical differences underlying these conflicts.
Trump Has Uncorked a ‘Toxic Blend of Extremist Orientations’
The MAGA formula was “a white Christian nationalist strategy from the beginning.”
If Roe Is Overturned, Where Should the Pro-Life Movement Go Next?
“Now is not the time to brag or gloat or celebrate. Now is the time to get to work.”
How Roe Warped the Republic
Why Roe v. Wade may be overturned by the very forces of polarization it unleashed.
Israel Plans Zip Line for Ancient Jerusalem
A Jewish settler group is promoting projects that opponents say will change the delicate historic, religious and political balance in highly symbolic areas around Jerusalem’s Old City.
A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders
Some evangelical pastors are hosting events dedicated to Trump’s election falsehoods and promoting the cause to their congregations.
How We Stopped Believing That People Can Change
When we see others as the sum of their past beliefs and actions, nothing added, subtracted or transformed, forgiveness and redemption become impossible.
Why Jesus’ Resurrection on Easter Really Happened, and Why It Matters
How two poems inspire my Easter prayers.
Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems
In its Old City, a Christian, a Jew and a Muslim marked Easter, Passover and Ramadan. To some, it’s a “symphony.” To others, a reminder of division.
What Good Friday and Easter Say About Black Suffering
Jesus’s story does not end with his crucifixion. Similarly, racist violence will not have the final word.
Timothy Keller on Hope Amidst Terminal Cancer
“I look at Easter and I say, ‘Because of this, I can face anything.’”
Why Liberalism Needs Nationalism and Religion
The Ukraine War could inspire a reassessment of what liberalism should seek to be.
The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right
Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise music and prayer blend with political anger over vaccines and the 2020 election.
Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations
What Samuel Huntington foresaw about the current world order.
As Ireland’s Church Retreats, the Cult of a Female Saint Thrives
The cult of Saint Brigid, with its emphasis on nature and healing, and its shift away from the patriarchal faith of traditional Catholicism in Ireland, is attracting people from around the world.
The Nun Reshaping the Role of Women Inside the Vatican
Sister Nathalie Becquart will play a prominent role at the Synod of Bishops next year as Pope Francis tries to encourage new voices in the hierarchy.
For Lent, Consider That We’re All Sinners
A realistic understanding of sin makes forgiveness and grace possible.
Ash Wednesday and the Hope It Offers
The pandemic has challenged any expectation that we can control our lives and be rescued from loss.
Ukraine’s Fight Feels Close to Home for These Americans
The Russian invasion deeply affects Ukrainians in the United States, but it also resonates with a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in Texas and a Taiwanese American family in Georgia.
Divisions Among U.S. Evangelicals
Readers discuss how racial and sexual issues and Donald Trump have led to strife and whether and how evangelism should be saved.
Putting ‘Jesus’ on Your Bus Isn’t Faith
Kandiss Taylor takes us to a new low with her campaign wheels.
‘How Much of My Story Am I Supposed to Share?’
When a former stripper marries a future minister, she goes silent about her past — for a while.
Patrick Gelsinger is Intel’s True Believer
Patrick Gelsinger is back running a company he first joined at 18. The chip maker was a Silicon Valley titan that lost its luster. As the world craves chips, can Intel make its comeback?
Can These Evangelicals Save Their Movement?
Heartbroken by the path their church has taken, they seek a renewal.
In Congo, Floating Pastors Follow Mobile Flocks Along Busy River
To find the faithful, preachers in some areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo hold church where the crowds are, on boats traveling the country’s water highway.
Piecing Together God’s Body, From Head to Toe
In “God: An Anatomy,” Francesca Stavrakopoulou attempts to understand divinity as our ancestors did, as having a corporeal presence.
‘Now There Is No One’: The Lament of One of the Last Christians in a Syrian City
Michel Butros al-Jisri is among the few Christians left from a once-vibrant community in Idlib on the brink of disappearing. The city, in the only territory in Syria still controlled by rebels, is ruled by Islamists.
Mothers, Absent and Present
Not all mothers have the luxury of being “absent,” a reader writes. Also: A lawsuit against 16 elite schools; the heart of Christianity; jobs in manufacturing.
10 New Year’s Resolutions That Are Good for the Soul
There is hope in the idea that we can change, as individuals and as a society.
Is the West Becoming Pagan Again?
The successor to Christian civilization may resemble the present-day iconoclasm known as woken.
How Christmas Changed Everything
The story of Jesus represented “a wholly new way of being human.”
Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions
Jesus liked to turn the tables on his interlocutors, especially those who were in the business of asking questions themselves.
India’s Christians Attacked Under Anti-Conversion Laws
“They want to remove us from society,” a Christian farmer said of Hindu extremists. Rising attacks on Christians are part of a broader shift in India, in which minorities feel less safe.