Where is the church in the Black Lives Matter movement? A new generation of young leaders in Baltimore are largely organizing outside of congregations. What does this mean for their movement — and for the church?
Headed toward Christ: The grand narrative of evolution
As the fate of our planet hangs upon decisions we are making right now, correctly discerning the redemptive presence of God in the wider movement of cosmic and human history is important for our survival. Modern dreams of political emancipation…
Theology schools, facing lean times, look to one another and the Web
Seminaries and divinity schools are in a period of unprecedented experimentation. Schools are merging; or joining together, across religious lines, in interfaith consortiums; or moving online.
Scalia death a blow to Obamacare contraception challengers
Christian groups asking the U.S. Supreme Court to exempt them from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under President Obama’s healthcare law face an uphill battle following Justice Antonin Scalia’s death last month.
Is Palm Sunday a rainforest killer?
For years, Latin Americans were stripping the landscape bare to sell palm leaves to U.S. florists and churches, until an eco-friendly Guatemala program turned things around.
White Americans, this is what it feels like to be a minority
In this political season, a fear, masked by a sometimes openly raging anger directed toward an array of minorities, is the fear of a white majority that is thoroughly panicked by the awareness that it is on a slow but…
The Religious Right is in a battle for souls, and it’s losing to Donald Trump
What’s the mood among influential Christians? Sad!
The moral vision of Bernie Sanders
Like a growing number of Americans, Bernie Sanders does not define himself within clear religious categories, even as he stays engaged with questions of morality and a just society.
The threat of ‘all or nothing’ demands
Legislative and administrative exemptions designed to protect religious liberty without harming other important interests should be encouraged.
The LGBT politics of Christian colleges
At many evangelical universities, you can be gay — as long as you don’t “act” it.
We need to restore the Supreme Court to full strength
The prospect of a 4-4 decision on very important Supreme Court cases is unacceptable for any longer than is absolutely necessary.
‘The Seer:’ Wendell Berry and the vanishing beauty of small farms
A documentary on Wendell Berry which premiered this week at SXSW conveys the joys of living in a rural American community and the hellish changes to that manner of life wrought by massive industrialization.