Christianity

August 29, 2024

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Books

Why Did This Progressive Evangelical Church Fall Apart?

Dorothy Fortenberry

August 28, 2024

Politics

The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally

McKay Coppins

September 2024 Issue

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Atlantic Intelligence

The Mystery of Hot Jesus

Damon Beres

July 5, 2024

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Politics

Praising Trump With Faint Damnation

Peter Wehner

May 23, 2024

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Ideas

The Vatican’s Gamble With Beijing Is Costing China’s Catholics

Francis X. Rocca

May 14, 2024

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Global

Clash of the Patriarchs

Robert F. Worth

May 2024 Issue

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Ideas

The Greatest Contribution of Christianity

Peter Wehner

March 29, 2024

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Ideas

Why Pope Francis’s Recent Decree Shook the Catholic Church

Michael J. O’Loughlin

February 6, 2024

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Ideas

The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Authoritarianism

Tim Alberta

December 25, 2023

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Ideas

The American Evangelical Church Is in Crisis. There’s Only One Way Out.

Russell Moore

July 25, 2023

Ideas

Tim Keller’s Critique of Liberal Secularism

Molly Worthen

May 21, 2023

Pastor Tim Keller sits partially in shadow.

Up for Debate

15 Readers on Their Religious Journeys

Conor Friedersdorf

March 6, 2023

Ideas

American Christianity Is Due for a Revival

Timothy Keller

February 5, 2023

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Ideas

Pope Benedict XVI and the Church After the Fall

Elizabeth Bruenig

January 10, 2023

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Newsletters

Evangelicals Decenter Jesus

David French

September 23, 2022

Letters

‘I Don’t Think Jesus Himself Would Fit With Today’s Evangelical Base’

September 2022 Issue

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Ideas

A Christian Response to Suffering

Peter Wehner

April 15, 2022

Newsletters

The Challenge of the Manger

David French

December 22, 2021

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Politics

Biden the Sinner

Peter Nicholas

October 29, 2021

President Joe Biden faces criticism from conservative Catholic bishops over his stance on abortion rights.

Ideas

The Real Threat to American Catholicism

Mollie Wilson O'Reilly

June 27, 2021

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Politics

A Catholic Sinner Seeks Communion—And Happens to Be President

Emma Green

February 21, 2021

Joe Biden is framed around an image of a priest celebrating the Eucharist, the sacrament also known as communion in the Catholic Church.

Politics

The Evangelical Reckoning Begins

Emma Green

November 15, 2020

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Politics

The Catholics Who Hate Joe Biden—And Pope Francis

Tish Durkin

October 21, 2020

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Ideas

Why Amy Coney Barrett Might Surprise Everyone

T.M. Luhrmann

October 13, 2020

Culture

What Ever Happened to the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife?

Amy Weiss-Meyer

August 11, 2020

Ideas

The Easter of Empty Churches

Mark Edington

April 10, 2020

Politics

The Crisis of American Christianity, Viewed From Great Britain

Emma Green

December 1, 2019

Global

Pope Francis, the Revolutionary, Takes On the Traditionalists

Rachel Donadio

October 27, 2019

Pope Francis leads a Mass to close a three-week synod with Amazonian bishops.

Ideas

Evangelical Has Lost Its Meaning

Alan Jacobs

September 22, 2019

Letters

The Conversation

August 2019 Issue

Ideas

The Priesthood Has Meaning, and Not Just for Male Priests

Kerry Weber

May 26, 2019

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Newsletters

The Fate of Christianity in the Middle East

Shan Wang

May 23, 2019

Ideas

‘Everybody Wants a Revolution, but Nobody Wants to Do the Dishes’

Susan Bigelow Reynolds

May 23, 2019

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Ideas

A Priestless Church Simply Isn’t Catholic

Robert Sirico

May 22, 2019

Press Room

On The Atlantic’s June Cover, James Carroll Urges the Catholic Church to“Abolish the Priesthood”

May 17, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

How to Influence People—And Make Friends

Why Did This Progressive Evangelical Church Fall Apart?

The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally

The Mystery of Hot Jesus

Praising Trump With Faint Damnation

The Vatican’s Gamble With Beijing Is Costing China’s Catholics

Clash of the Patriarchs

The Greatest Contribution of Christianity

Why Pope Francis’s Recent Decree Shook the Catholic Church

The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Authoritarianism

The American Evangelical Church Is in Crisis. There’s Only One Way Out.

Tim Keller’s Critique of Liberal Secularism

15 Readers on Their Religious Journeys

American Christianity Is Due for a Revival

Pope Benedict XVI and the Church After the Fall

Evangelicals Decenter Jesus

‘I Don’t Think Jesus Himself Would Fit With Today’s Evangelical Base’

A Christian Response to Suffering

The Challenge of the Manger

Biden the Sinner

The Real Threat to American Catholicism

A Catholic Sinner Seeks Communion—And Happens to Be President

The Evangelical Reckoning Begins

The Catholics Who Hate Joe Biden—And Pope Francis

Why Amy Coney Barrett Might Surprise Everyone

What Ever Happened to the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife?

The Easter of Empty Churches

The Crisis of American Christianity, Viewed From Great Britain

Pope Francis, the Revolutionary, Takes On the Traditionalists

Evangelical Has Lost Its Meaning

The Conversation

The Priesthood Has Meaning, and Not Just for Male Priests

The Fate of Christianity in the Middle East

‘Everybody Wants a Revolution, but Nobody Wants to Do the Dishes’

A Priestless Church Simply Isn’t Catholic

On The Atlantic’s June Cover, James Carroll Urges the Catholic Church to“Abolish the Priesthood”