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March
2020
Volume 64, Number 2
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About This Issue
This month’s cover story examines the power of communal confession to heal the church’s—and society’s—deepest divisions. But pastor and writer Jeff Peabody doesn’t point to the early church or to liturgical traditions as the model for how we should pray; he turns to the famous ancient prayer of Daniel at the end of Israel’s long Babylonian exile. The prayer upends our typical notions of what it means to “speak prophetically,” and the implications for our fractious cultural and political moment are striking.
Cover Story
How an ancient prophet’s prayer answers our modern outrage.
Features
From studying dinosaur bones to creating digital assistants, these women see research as their calling.
Sociologists explain the data behind the gender gap in STEM careers.
The presidential contenders are wooing religious voters. How do the faithful make sure God isn't a political prop?
Our perceptions of an angry, Old Testament deity are distorted.
Views
Travel reminds us of our God-ordained dependence on others.
Jacob and Esau get all the attention. Yet it’s another pair of brothers who reveal the heart of the biblical story.
Reviews
Without a mature understanding of God’s purpose for governments, we’ll default to the commonplace views of our culture.
Sometimes it appears in the pulpit, and sometimes it festers behind the scenes.
In over 200 interviews, sociologist Christian Smith and his colleagues discovered a striking degree of consensus on the fundamentals of bringing children to faith.
I'm only my truest self when I'm playing the role of disciple.
News
Through worship, they can connect to the global body of Christ.
Study finds more Christians driving longer distances to worship.
New report shows dramatic change, but some are skeptical.
(UPDATED) After Andrew Brunson's release, foreign evangelists find it increasingly difficult to stay and serve.
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Successful students remember the professors who guided them.
How to let go of our precious personal versions of orthodoxy.
Daniel Harrell adds to CT’s legacy of deep Christian thinking and leadership.
My journey from atheist dogma to Christian faith was paved with intellectual and spiritual surprises.
