Like “evangelical,” the term “Protestant” increasingly is seen as unhelpful and unfamiliar, especially among young people.

More child-free people, more pets, anthrozoology, alloparenting, and evolutionary biology…

Robert Hudson’s new book “Seeing Jesus: Visionary Encounters from the First Century to the Present” is both devotional and skeptical, says the New Yorker

Jeff Chu interviewed On Point, especially as the final Rachel Held Evans book, Wholehearted Faith” is out — a book which Chu completed.

Carol Bechtel blogs on this woman in waiting.

Read the conclusion of the gay witch who wanted to discuss the bible with a pastor.

In a different time, might “deconstructing” simply be considered as “discipleship”?

Self-defense and Natural Law and the Rittenhouse verdict, from the Christian Century

NPR’s Sarah McCammon interviews Jeff Chu about completing RHE’s final book.

The Pope released a 38 minute video talk addressing all sorts of topics — shortening the work day, pharmaceuticals releasing patents, and more.

The DIocese of Catania in Sicily experiments with banning the practice of godparents, saying it has lost “all spiritual significance.”

The show may not only be popular, it may be important and teach us about true discipleship.

What make you angry? And how might you process your anger?
Do you know your enneagram type?

Trump supporters were likely to adopt the label “evangelical” — even if they previously did not self-identify way. Did they have a religious experience or

The roots of the anti-abortion movement are in the reaction against desegregating schools. And views on abortion have been increasingly partisan and polarized over the

Pentecostals increasingly use the shofar in their rituals, including the January 6 capitol insurrection.

It’s time to stop making excuses and enabling non-vaxxers who claim religious grounds, writes David French.

Our own David Hoekema writes about art on the border wall in the Christian Century.

President Biden’s use of Isaiah 6 drew ire from all sorts of Christians. Turns out, it’s been used before, and often, by voices in the

Chuck DeGroat answers critics who say empathy makes us too soft and leads us away from God’s truth.

Well-known hymn-writer, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, offers “A Hymn for Places Where War Leads to War.”

What does John’s Piper’s wishful thinking about his hero, Jonathan Edwards, tell us about Piper? Chris Gehrz writes on Patheos.

Beverly Gaventa pushes back against Hauerwas and Willimon’s controversial Christian Century article on pastoral care. The link to that piece, along with another reply are

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat invites people to consider faith, saying that the advances of science and modern society make faith more plausible, not

How do surveys identify “evangelicals”? Who defines “born again”? Views of who will be saved may be most indicative.

In a possible model for other schools, Birmingham-Southern College, outsmarts a state ban on COVID vaccination passports.

Olympic beach volleyball and handball, as well as gymnastics bring a spotlight to different dress codes for athletes. Freedom? Body-shaming? Privacy?

The artifacts, looted from Iraq, included many held by Hobby Lobby’s Museum of the Bible, and also Cornell University.

Absolute certainty doesn’t serve us well as Christians. But it doesn’t serve former Christians well either.

The abortion debate divides along class boundaries. What actually changes lives rather than trying to change minds?

Reversing his predecessor, Pope Francis restricted the use of Latin Mass, saying it was divisive and a tool used by Catholics opposed to the reforms

Wes Granberg-Michaelson wonders if the pandemic has made us hungrier for physicality and place. Maybe hungrier for pilgrimages?

“A Christian theology of human fallibility leads us to expect structural and personal injustice. It is in the texts we hold dear. So when Christians

Jesus and John Wayne, Kristin DuMez’s book continues to sell and attract media attention.

David French writes that its easier to have “factional” friends — people we don’t really know but agree with our opinions and politics, than face-to-face

The liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, associated with the Reformed Church in America, aims to raise its endowment to $1 billion and then to

When does borrowing from others become plagiarism in preaching? A controversy among the Southern Baptists touches on a larger question.

Believed to be a first, Jacob Steinmetz, a hard-throwing pitcher from Long Island, New York and an Orthodox Jew, was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks

We’ve been missing a specific kind of joy during the pandemic — the joy of being together, a joy that multiplies.

The proudly conservative Bible translation, that has accused other English translations of cultural accommodation and going PC, is found to be doing its own editing

I’m angry that Christians are not just complicit in but actively blameworthy for the earth’s ruin. I’m angry that well-meaning, well-educated people take comfort in

Two surprises in a huge survey of religion in the US: white mainline Christians overtake white Evangelicals as the dominant Protestant group, and the growth

A recent study finds there are about 1.2 million people in the US who identify as nonbinary — mostly white, young, and urban. They face

Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington DC, released a statement saying it has a long tradition of welcoming all to its Masses.

A Lutheran pastor shares how a different form of prayer was an important breakthrough for her.

The TV show about Jesus flies below the radar of most media critics, but apparently it’s pretty good, and has found an audience.

The Methodist Church in Britain, the fourth largest Christian group in Britain, voted 254-46 to allow same-sex marriage.

Words and phrases tossed around like we agree on what they mean — socialism, woke, cancel culture.

How a documentary filmmaker became a celebrity by inflaming “Critical Race Theory.”

Overall giving increased last year. “Church-related” giving was up, but not as significantly as overall giving, and as a portion of overall giving, church giving

Religious “residue” continues to influence the ethics of the “formerly religious,” according a recent study.

There’s a small revival of this minimalist architecture that first appeared in the days after World War II.

Despite warnings from the Vatican, American Roman Catholic bishops voted by 75-25% margin to draft a statement aimed at denying communion to President Biden for

Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi is named Vice President of Academic Affairs at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, outside Philadelphia.

Neo-Confederates, sexual abuse cover-up, threats, and more. Russel Moore’s leaked letter lays it all out.

A wise and gentle essay on Critical Race Theory from David Dark

Massachusetts fisherman swallowed and then spit out by a humpback whale

The anti-transgender bills in many states are a solution in search of a problem.

When we lose a beloved pet, we often wonder. For kids, it may be one of their first “theological” questions. Western Seminary’s Carol Bechtel explores.

We’re used to thinking that religion shapes our politics. Long-time writer and observer of American religion, Kenneth L. Woodward, suggests it may be just the

These are delicate and tricky conversations to have in churches. It’s easy to be misunderstood.

The Winnipeg Jets remembered the 215 First Nations children whose remains were recently found at a former residential school in British Columbia.

Even before the pandemic, data suggests that more churches are closing than opening in the US

Virginia Theological Seminary, a school of the Episcopal Church located in Alexandria, has begun offering cash payments to the descendants of former workers

A recent survey indicates that those who consider their religious faith “vital to the lives” seem to have coped better during the pandemic. “Religiosity seems

Not all “Christian Nationalists” are particularly Christian, but all share a deep distrust of democracy and are actively undermining it in the US.

After public push back, HarperCollins, publisher of the NIV Bible, has pulled out of a deal to produce the “God Bless the USA” Bible.

Brief and insightful update on the current conflict. What’s happening? What voices do we hear in North America?

We’ve heard a lot about the “young nones.” Maybe they aren’t so secular after all. They’re simply non-traditionally religious. Jason Lief looks at Tara Isabella

Bethany Christian Services, the largest Protestant adoption agency in the US, stirred up controversy recently when it changed its policies about adopting to LGBTQ couples.

The violence in Gaza has made many younger American Jews more vocally critical of the Israeli actions, even as antisemitism increases in the US.

Carol Bechtel explores the story of the Ethiopian eunuch from Acts 8.

A Christian writes from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the violence in Palestine and Israel. A long, loving look at what is real.

Do we exclude and dominate through our talking? Has Zoom made it worse? How can we leave open space for others in conversation?

In the 1970s, evangelicals were told that good wives should “cure” men’s lust. Still today, this makes men’s “moral failings” the fault of a negligent

We’ve talked a lot about Covid-deniers, mask-refusers, and reckless behavior during the pandemic. But what about those who now cannot reenter society, even though they’ve

Is there a way to hold Pentecostal prophets to some standard, some accountability? Conservative David French seems to think so, or maybe hopes so.

“We have been trained to see adoption as a fairy-tale ending to a tragic story, one that elides the birth mother’s complex feelings about relinquishing

A new study explores what sort of parenting is most successful at passing along religious commitment.

The United States demands too much wisdom from Black parents. We must walk that fine line between telling the truth about how cruel America can

A study in the American Sociological Review finds that women who attend churches with restrictions on their leadership roles are less healthy than women attending

Congratulations to Jim Schaap, regular contributor to The Twelve. “The Story of Chief Standing Bear,” a four-part series on “Small Wonders,” his weekly feature on

“Things were so hectic, people didn’t really have a chance to say, ‘Hey, I’m hurting.’ It took time. With PTSD and moral injury, when that

NPR interviews Beth Barr, church historian, on her new book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became the Gospel Truth,

In 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students were kidnapped by an Islamic terrorist group. Some have escaped and some were rescued but 111 are still

Kristin Kobes DuMez writes autobiographically on the messages she received growing up about women’s leadership in the church

Philip Yancey offers three points to better and more civil conversations.

These bills are not addressing any real problem, and they’re not being requested by constituents. It is an effort driven by national far-right organizations to

Carol Bechtel writes, “Hope, as it turns out, is amazingly elastic. By God’s grace, it will stretch.”

Franklin Graham cites the Parable of the Good Samaritan to encourage his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

What would it mean to look at a difficult situation and ask ‘What have you come to teach me?’

In a Twitter thread on Wednesday, Moore distanced herself from the evangelical view that men and women have distinct roles and that headship is a

Black churches have been working hard to address the concerns of community members wary of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Most Americans know the President is a Roman Catholic. Whether or not he’s a “good Catholic” depends — not surprisingly — on who you ask.