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April 2016

April 11, 2016

Trump, Nietzsche, and the Jewish Tradition

By Rabbi Francis Nataf. An American acquaintance recently told me that there is only...

April 01, 2016

A Pastor, a Rabbi, and an Imam

Stop me if you’ve heard this one – a priest, a rabbi and an Imam...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

Faith-Based Food Traditions and Religious Identities

By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall. A Catholic chicken farmer in Kansas is making a revolutionary...

March 03, 2016

Why It’s Possible to Reject the Klan and Still Support Racism

By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove If Donald Trump is telling...

March 01, 2016

“Covenant and Controversy”: Examining the Christian Roots of Anti-Semitism

By Joshua Sharf. Over the last 50 years, the success of Israel, America’s movement...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

An Alum’s Personal Reflection on the Wheaton/Hawkins Imbroglio

By John Scanzoni. Christianity Today editor Mark Galli observed that the dispute between Wheaton...

February 24, 2016

How Much Does Race Matter? A Conversation About the Obama Presidency

By the Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson and the Rev. Dr. James Forbes. The...

February 04, 2016

How Do We Stop the World’s Most Deadly Terrorist Group?

By Kimberly Smith. “Evidence suggests that this optimism owes more to government hype than...

January 2016

January 18, 2016

Myanmar as a Country of the Year and a Year of the Change

By David Moe. On New Year's Eve, Burmese pastors normally read Isaiah 43:18-19—“Do not remember...

January 07, 2016

White “Militiamen” Mistake “Domination” for “Dominion”

By Shantha Ready Alonso. Burns-Paiute tribal council member Jarvis Kennedy asks protest...The Burns Paiute tribe...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Patheos in 2015: The Peccadilloes, Conflicts, and Calamities of a Year in Review

By Kathleen Mulhern. The year was barely a week old when the first of many...

November 2015

November 16, 2015

Orphan Awareness Month: Moving Beyond Awareness

By Jenny Eaton Dyer November is Orphan Awareness Month. It is a time to raise...

November 11, 2015

Mormon Homophobia and the Unintended Theological Crisis

By Stuart Parker. On Thursday, November 5th, 2015, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

November 11, 2015

Infant Mortality Disparity in the Developing World

By Dr. David Vanderpool, M.D. As a surgeon practicing in the U.S., I rarely...

October 2015

October 09, 2015

Chicago Jains Celebrate Annual Fast for Self, Neighbor, and the World

By Brianne Donaldson. Editor’s Note: This reflection is Part 2 in a series exploring the...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Behavioral and Social Scientists: Witch Doctors of the 21st Century?

By Thomas M. Doran. Someone’s got to say it. Many, if not most, behavioral and...

September 25, 2015

Pope Francis and the Realities of Climate Change

By Sharon Friedman. Dear Pope Francis, I know you don’t know about climate change. I...

September 24, 2015

Pope Francis and the Jews

By Michael Deschamps. The Roman Catholic Church is an institution with nearly two thousand years...

September 22, 2015

Chicago Jains Celebrate Ancient Ritual of Repentance and Non-Harm

By Brianne Donaldson. In the dimly lit basement of the Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago...

September 15, 2015

Dangers of Legitimizing Bigotry

By Richard Cizik. Last week, a Sikh American resident from the Chicago suburbs was brutally...

September 14, 2015

The Martyrs of La Florida Missions

By Jonathan Shea. In the run-up to Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, much...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Outlawing the Jain Fast-Unto-Death Is a Bioethical Issue

By Brianne Donaldson. On August 10, 2015, the Rajasthan High Court outlawed the ancient...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Once in a While You Get Shown the Light: The Grateful Dead and the Bible

By Andrew R. McGaan. To commemorate their fiftieth anniversary, surviving members of the Grateful Dead...

July 24, 2015

The Moral Case Against Drone Strikes

By Rabbi Michael Lerner. There was a brief and rare moment this year in which...

July 13, 2015

Liberal Protestants, Social Justice, and Antisemitism

By Mark E. Gammon. With the astounding pace of news over the last couple of...

July 12, 2015

Global Poverty and Local Religiosity

By Rabbi Francis Nataf. Many questions still remain as the United Nations completes the review...

July 08, 2015

Time for a New Political Expression

By Jyl Hall Smith. It is abundantly clear that Christians have divergent opinions on last...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

An Exploration into the Evangelical Obsession with the Unborn

By Kristen Syme. On an April morning in 2008 during my brief stint at Bible...

June 03, 2015

A Jump Start for Sustained Peacebuilding

By Rev. Robert Chase For most Americans, Kazakhstan seems like a faraway place, indeed. But...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Why Christians Should Stand With Israel

By John Hagee. Christians should stand with Israel because the God of the Bible is...