Between Malachi and Matthew
Evangelicals and the Apocrypha
Ken Stewart

Churches Meet Needs at Ground Zero
"Brooklyn pastors and parishioners thank God for survival, but help victims and families cope."
LaTonya Taylor

Active Christian on Flight 93 Hailed as a Hero
Wheaton College graduate and others figured out how to do extraordinary things aboard United plane.
LaTonya Taylor

Weblog: Catholic Bishops Embrace Ecumenical Group, Reject Bible Measure
Plus: The most inaccurate Christmas song ever, protecting kids from their evil, murderous parents, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Scalia Says State Should Not Be Neutral to Religion
Plus: Flying Anglican bishops, Kristof at it again, clergy in Canada turn to the union, the Air Force and Christianity, Thanksgiving ministry, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Episcopal Priests Repent of Druidism
Plus: The shortest political honeymoon ever, Bush on America's religious divide, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Christian History Corner: John Paul II's Canonization Cannon
Why and how this pope has made over 470 saints
Steven Gertz

The Prospect Terrified Me
Apolo Kivebulaya, a convert from Islam, bravely preached to witch doctors, hostile chieftains, and Pygmy tribes.
Steven Gertz

The Dazzling 'Dumb Ox'
His family thought he was throwing his life away. His classmates thought he was stupid. They didn't understand.
Ralph McInerny

Is the Reformation Over?
Well, if you have to ask …
Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom

Community and Conscience
Catholics and contraception.
Jenell Williams Paris

The Rise & Fall of Anne Boleyn
She gambled and lost.
Brooke Allen

Landmark Ruling Puts Freedom of Speech in Focus
Pastors breached Australian state's race, religion laws.
By Paul Gallagher in Melbourne

Flouting Church Law
Two gay controversies likely to dominate United Methodist General Conference this week.
By Corrie Cutrer

Weblog: Christian University Under Fire for Firing Gay Professors
Plus: African Anglicans reject U.S. funds, no news is much news for Kerry's meeting with the cardinal, American missionaries shot in Guatemala and other stories (not all of them about homosexuality, we promise) from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

The Catholic Crisis
Philip Jenkins

Go Figure
The majority of Americans say September 11 proved there's too little religion
Ted Olsen

Small Churches: Empty Pulpit Crisis
Lutherans try to overcome clergy shortages
Ken Walker

Is the Reformation Over?
Well, if you have to ask …
Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom

Evangelicals & Catholics
The state of play
J. I. Packer

A Modest Step Toward Unity
Richard John Neuhaus on the Catholic bishops' decision to join Christian Churches Together.
Interview by Rob Moll

Weblog: Spain Wants to Be Free of Catholic Church
Plus: Mel's muse beatified, Bibles and creationism suggested for D.C. area schools, Britain prays for Ken Bigley, Sudan says U.S. hyping Darfur situation, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Creature Discomforts
A conservative Christian makes the case for animal mercy in Dominion
Matthew Scully

The Dick Staub Interview: Remembering Francis of Assisi, the Crazy Genius
CT managing editor Mark Galli finds someone who lived the Sermon on the Mount

An Ecumenical Luther
The Reformation as a movie.
by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

Vatican City: Catholic, Reformed, and Lutheran Leaders Discuss Indulgences
Understanding, not agreement, sought on historical, theological, and pastoral issues
Peggy Polk

The Pilgrim's Way
The dream of reaching heaven by visiting holy sites inspired millions of medieval Christians—including Dante.
Jeanetta R. Chrystie

Jesus and Mama
The intercessor par excellence in country music
by Sam Torode

The Blessed Evangelical Mary
Why we shouldn't ignore her any longer
Timothy George

Inside CT: Birth Stories
"Even God incarnate in Jesus Christ, born of Mary, has a birth story of sorts"
Timothy C. Morgan

Reflections: Work and Vocation
"Quotations to stir heart and mind from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Sayers, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman

The Holy Ghost School
Four Catholic writers and their shared vocation
Lauren F. Winner

The Uncensored Merton
Timothy Jones

An Ecumenical Luther
The Reformation as a movie.
by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

Scripture Saturation
To achieve holiness, believed the early monks, you must soak in the moral sense of the Word.
Patrick Henry Reardon

Origen's Monastic Legacy

"Fortune May Favor the Brave, but Apparently Not the Religious"
The Christian Century criticizes Henri Nouwen and The Jesus Seminar while promoting the regulation of sex.
Ted Olsen

Reflections: Reflections on Christmas
Classic and contemporary excerpts

New & Noteworthy: Biography
Mark Galli.

The Catholic Crisis
Philip Jenkins

Galileo and the Powers Above
The convoluted tale of a faithful Catholic caught in a web of theological inflexibility, papal power, and his on political naivete.
Virginia Stem Owens

Upon Further Review…
Steven Gertz

Dante and the Divine Comedy: Did You Know?
What a famous painting suggests about Dante's life, legend, and legacy.

What is the Reason for the Season of Lent?
Compiled by Ted Olsen

The Other Brother Had a Point
What kind of world would this be if people were rewarded for squandering their families' inheritance?
Barbara Brown Taylor

Weblog: Spain Wants to Be Free of Catholic Church
Plus: Mel's muse beatified, Bibles and creationism suggested for D.C. area schools, Britain prays for Ken Bigley, Sudan says U.S. hyping Darfur situation, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

When Marriage Brings Suffering
The meaning of marital covenants in bleak seasons.
By David P. Gushee

Weblog: Norway Aflutter Over Soccer Prayers
Plus: Focus on the Family's Candidate endorsement, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

"Weblog Lite: Russian Orthodox Church Defrocks Priest, Razes Church After Gay Wedding"
"Church shooting during communion, human cloning issue goes to the U.N., and many other stories from online sources around the world."
Ted Olsen

Editor's Bookshelf: 'Normalizing' Jewish Believers
How should Christianity's Jewish heritage change how Gentiles relate to their faith?
David Neff

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: The Catholic Church's Regime Change
Would lay power really augur a new epoch of openness and honesty?
Eugene McCarraher

What About Purgatory?
The doctrinal grounding of Dante's mysterious mountain.
Dennis Martin

Divine Imagination
By describing a pilgrimage through the realms of death, Dante shares his vision of how Christians should live.
Rolland Hein

Dante and the Divine Comedy: Did You Know?
What a famous painting suggests about Dante's life, legend, and legacy.

Father Brown Fakes the Shroud
Start with a piece of glass and some white oil paint
N. D. Wilson

The Shroud's Second Image
New evidence reopens debate about the controversial relic.
By Gordon Govier

"Weblog: Research May Allow Gay Couples to Have Children Genetically Their Own, but Not in Italy"
": France bans Islamic headscarves, blending religion and politics, and hundreds of articles from online sources around the world"
Rob Moll

The Death and Rebirth of Ivan Illich
A call to Christian conspiracy.
by Christopher Shannon

Weblog: Bush Addresses Evangelicals; Gay Marriage Halted in Calif., Gay Marriage Ban Proposed in Mass.
Plus: Hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world
Compiled by Rob Moll

The Name Game
A Roman Catholic archdiocese sues over the word catholic.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Holy Sex
How it ravishes our souls
Philip Yancey

Sacramental Imagination
Catholicism anchored Tolkien's life and suffused his writings.
Thomas Howard

Stranger in a Strange Land
Where, in the passionate and sometimes acrimonious debate over worship today, is there any sustained reflection on the Eucharist?
John Wilson

Jesus and Mama
The intercessor par excellence in country music
by Sam Torode

The Dick Staub Interview: Michael Card Discovers St. Peter
The musician decided to talk less in concert and more in print. Card says sinking is more important than walking on the water

Christian History Corner: John Paul II's Canonization Cannon
Why and how this pope has made over 470 saints
Steven Gertz

Theology on the Edge
When competing ideologies had fragmented Christian thought, Thomas forged a solution.
J. David Lawrence

The Reformation Connection
Hus shared ideas with Wyclif and Luther, yet they were not all of one mind.
Timothy George

Good Question: Take, Eat—But How Often?
Many churches observe the Eucharist a few times a year, but the early churches seemed to observe it weekly—possibly daily. What is most appropriate?—Wendell J. Biermann, Fayetteville, New York
By Craig S. Keener

Do We Still Need the Reformation? Part 1
By Alister E. McGrath

More Than One Bible
Christians still disagree over the content of the Old Testament.

1545 The Council of Trent Begins
Responding to the Reformation, the council charted the Catholic church's course for the next 400 years.

Weblog: Two Iraqi Churches Bombed
Plus: Mr. Bean opposes British religious hate-crime bill, religious summit opens in Indonesia, Vatican condemns 'Christianophobia', Christmas dilemma, praying for the home team, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: The Most Religious Kerry Speech Ever
Plus: The Bush Code, prominent Haitian pastor murdered, Remembering Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII, and too many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

From Homer to Hip-Hop
The Jesuit scholar Walter Ong studied the evolution of human consciousness via the history of communication.
by Jeet Heer