Art that encourages hope. Raed Issa is an artist in Gaza, a Palestinian father of four desperately clinging to hope. Cobbling ...

Then she walks us through icon after icon, illuminating both the biblical texts and the icons that deepen moments in the ...

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

What will be God’s,” asks Tertullian, “if all things are Caesar’s?” It’s a challenging question at a time when the state is ...

A few years ago, I came across a book called Worship Across the Racial Divide. Its chapter titles were arresting: “African Americans as the Icon of ‘True Worship,’” “The Naïve Experience of Worship in ...

Then one day at lunch, he turned to Bill Dever and asked, “Where is that girl from Andover?” Bill said, “Oh Phyllis? She’s ...

The flowers in the garden lob their last bit of loveliness as America totters toward anotherelection, requiring yet another ...

Like the surveillance state, the Christ Pantocrator icon asserts an omnipresent authority. But it also asserts divine mercy ...

We fell asleep reciting modest prayers.No one would ask for our deliveranceOutright, to have the age-old mortal plotUpended ...

Richard Rohr begs readers to journey from anger to sadness to compassionate love.

Since Muslim Americans vocally opposed President Joe Biden’s embrace of Israel after the October 7 Hamas attacks, who they ...

Ulaa Kuziez is a national reporting intern at Religion News Service. New poll: Muslim voters didn't cost Dems 2024 election, ...