Prominent Georgia Baptist leader and former missionary to Nigeria Pearl Holmes DuVall died Dec. 26.

Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2017, when the right-wing movement gained momentum

Cinema and religion are never far apart—both bring light to darkened places.

Two Boston-area congregations and their supporters have chosen to provide shelter to a woman from Ecuador and her children, and a man from El Salvador.

As Kentucky’s last abortion clinic is at risk of being shut down, some religious leaders step up against Gov. Matt Bevin’s anti-abortion policies.

In the world birthed in that stable so long ago, the kings joyfully leave their gifts with the poor and go away empty-handed. No strings attached. No more quid pro quo. No more debts of gratitude, only gifts freely given and shared.

It’s notable that when St. Thomas makes his request to Jesus, he’s not condemned. Rather, Jesus gives Thomas what he needed — in his case, proof — and in doing so makes it clear that Jesus is willing to meet us where we are. Some need proof, at least as a start; for others, faith alone is enough.

Many factors have shaped white American Christianity into what it is today. But keeps us away from the core truths of our faith, I suspect, is this: Christians today seem governed by fear.

Leather-jacketed motorcycle riders revved their bikes in their own tribute as they joined a large throng of family and friends who remembered a Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself a day after vehemently denying accusations of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

It’s surprising the housing allowance rule has lasted as long as it has. The significant benefit applies to clergy and no one else — to the tune of some $700 to $800 million in lost tax revenue annually.

Overtures by U.S. evangelicals to Arab churches are being tested by Trump’s Jerusalem decision.