Christianity
Faith and Violence in Tigray
The Garima Gospels were penned at a moment when time stood still — the sun held high in the sky by a less weary God. More than 1,500 years later, the Garima community is learning to live with myriad absences — the Gospels, their saint and their loved ones.
A Rekindling of Fear
The takeover of Aleppo by Islamist rebels has prompted complex emotions of relief and fear among its residents, particularly the Christian minority. While for the moment daily life goes on as before, there are now serious concerns about equal citizenship and the risk of minorities becoming second-class citizens.
The Global Rise of Narco-Pentecostalism
Brazilian prosperity theology has made it possible for pastors and their congregants to be “involved in the drug trade and human trafficking, even in prostitution, and yet still see themselves as loyal and steadfast Christians,” Chesnut says, even if outsiders see “great contradictions in slinging an AK-47 across your shoulder after you've attended church.”