Even Lamar can’t defeat the Super Bowl

If little magazines are a public good, how do we ensure their continued existence?

Looking back with gratitude

I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up--either religious or

Love’s complexities endure–and love does, too

As I wrote yesterday, MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. They thrive on outrage. "Likes" and reposts

When religious nationalism becomes a religion of nationalism

As we close up shop here a Current, we invite you to explore what we've done over the past four years. No more paywall! Non-members now have access to:

In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own

Today the founders of Current sent an email to our members. Here is a taste of that email: Dear Current Members, We are writing today with some sad news.

Have you heard about this dustup? Read Kathryn Post's piece at Religion News Service. Here is a taste: On Friday (Feb. 7), Wheaton College, the

In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own

Here is a taste of a lecture I gave last week at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio:

It's complicated.

I am not denying climate change. I am skeptical that we know how to fix it.

The day after Trump's inauguration, the president attended an interfaith service at the National Cathedral. During the sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

"Zionism has never been and is not one thing."

Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young

In her new novel, Jamie Quatro turns against facsimile for the sake of reality itself

"I wanted to center the book on the history of Christianity as believed and lived by everyday pastors, Christians, and churches."

We need a theology of fiction

Matthew J. Tuininga is Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new

The trouble with anti-elitism is not that elites do not exist. It is that they exist everywhere, in every movement and party, on all sides. A mere revolt

Congratulations to Nadya Williams for her selection as Center for Christianity & Public Life "Public Life Fellowship." The Public Life Fellowship

All books, all week.

The demands of capital savaged hope

Rounding up the antisocial century, the airport piano tuner, the only Jewish resident in Oświęcim, Reading Genesis, and family and parenting.

When childhood moves at the speed of light, the family dinner is essential

Richard Carwardine is Rhodes Professor of American History Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of

It can be a pleasure to learn from the Internet, but you best have acquired your basic knowledge from something that is not the Internet. A book is a good

TikTok ticks right along

America’s ‘most influential family’ had troubles familiar to most of us today

Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American

Jeffrey Boutwell is a retired independent historian with a B.A. in History from Yale and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of

How then, do you distinguish the sane members of the leftist tribe from the whackos? You start to recognize both versions--the sane and the

America’s ‘most influential family’ had troubles familiar to most of us today

A past failure of moral judgment sounds an alert today

Not familiar with this story? Get up to speed here. Some members of the House of Representatives were so upset with Budde's sermon urging Trump to

In case you missed it, on January 20, 2025, the day he was inaugurated as president, Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee

Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American

When we analyze how systems and institutions operate in concrete terms rather than just waving our hands at '"the system,'' "history,'" or related

A past failure of moral judgment sounds an alert today

If it was baseball, Malcolm Gladwell would be a really reliable hitter.

The Holocaust continues—as it must—to haunt

If it was baseball, Malcolm Gladwell would be a really reliable hitter.