Christianity
Covenant and Conflict
A growing number of American Christians are eager to turn a prevailing Zionist theology and associated pro-Israel policies on their head. They might be dismissed as outliers for the moment. But the fringe has somehow repeatedly found its way to the center in American politics.
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.
Aleppo’s Christians Weigh an Uncertain Future
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.”