This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Hunter M. Hampton, The Gridiron Gospel: Faith and College Football in Twentieth- Century America (University of Illinois Press, 2025) In Gridiron Gospel, historian Hunter M. Hampton explores how Christian colleges and universities—his case studies are Notre Dame, Brigham Young, Wheaton, Wiley, Baylor, and Liberty—used football to Read more…
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Minneapolis lay under a blanket of snow and single-digit temperatures as parishioners poured into church on a Sunday morning in early December last year. They piled jackets into a coatroom and grabbed cups of strong coffee from the dispenser in the lobby. In the sanctuary of Restoration Anglican Church, vertical stained-glass windows sent shafts of Read more…
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It was the coldest night in years for Minneapolis, but a young refugee’s friends there texted that they wanted to him to come hang out. He texted them back that he couldn’t come because his dad didn’t want him going out. Even as legal refugees, this Afghan family, whose identity is withheld for their safety, Read more…
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Two songs in, the fire official interrupted. Another 150 volunteers needed to leave the overcrowded church before worship could continue. More than 1,000 people descended Monday morning on a special church service in Springfield, Ohio, to sing and pray and wave signs on the day before deportation protections were set to expire for more than Read more…
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Data consistently show that most women facing unexpected pregnancies do not turn to their churches for help. Even though 7 in 10 post-abortive women identify as Christian, many say they would never tell a pastor or fellow believer they were considering abortion or seek support from their church afterward. They are twice as likely to Read more…
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On December 18, 2020, during the COVID-19 shutdowns, a quiet wedding unfolded in a small church in rural Missouri. The pews were almost empty—parents, siblings, and close friends spaced far apart. The rest watched on Zoom as the officiant’s voice carried through the sanctuary: “Cole, do you take Kiley to be your lawfully wedded wife, Read more…
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When Cristhina first arrived in Bologna, Italy, more than a decade ago, she was surprised by how public prostitution seemed to be. Girls stood along suburban roads and in family neighborhoods, sometimes in broad daylight, visibly soliciting passersby in cars and on foot. “They were everywhere,” she recalled. “Downtown, residential areas. Being prostituted out in Read more…
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Born into slavery in 1862, Black journalist Ida B. Wells educated herself and, during the late 1880s, wrote for Christian publications “in a plain, common-sense way on the things which concerned our people.” She added, “Knowing that their education was limited, I never used a word of two syllables where one would serve the purpose.” Read more…
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