Nearly 700 people packed the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Saturday to witness the installation of Winnie Varghese, the first queer woman of color named ...

Recently I reread the Psalms. I could feel the turbulence of the world that gave birth to them.

According to historian Rebecca Graham, FDR’s labor secretary saved tens of thousands of refugees from the Nazis—and narrowly ...

Carey Wallace writes and speaks on the creative life. Her most recent book is The Discipline of Inspiration. I’ve always wrestled with the idea of spiritual discipline and spiritual practice, and ...

After returning to Germany in 1939 from the United States, having rejected pleas to remain there, this is where Dietrich Bonhoeffer found himself. In 1940 he published the little book Psalms: The ...

Liberals, writes Phil Christman, accept the political need to keep liberal billionaires happy. Leftists don’t think there should be ...

Charles Hoffacker is an Episcopal priest and a board member of the Frances Perkins Center in Maine. From theological reflections to breaking religion news to the latest books, the Christian Century's ...

Together with their complementary social and physical infrastructure, these institutions map an enduring moral geography that guides how we live and move in the world. We cannot survive in isolation, ...

A 25-foot mural at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, unveiled last week and blessed during Sunday mass on September 21, honors generations of immigrants to New York, taking on a new meaning in ...

There is, then, a larger lesson in this story, as in many other biblical stories, about imperfect leaders and God’s work ...

Nondenominational churches embraced more traditional liturgy, because young people seemed attracted to mystery. Mainline churches tried jazzing up their staid rites, hoping to appeal. Everyone treated ...

Yet beneath these social, political, and constitutional arguments lies a deeper, often overlooked truth: freedom is ...