Sojourners Magazine: January 2023
A fringe Christian ideology helped stoke an out-of-control gun culture. People of faith are working to take back the conversation.
Features
A fringe Christian ideology linked to the homeschool movement has stoked an out-of-control gun culture. A look at the battle against the “divine right” of guns.
For more than 70 years, the Irish Catholic Church imprisoned unwed mothers in church-run “Magdalene laundries.” Survivors and their families are still battling for justice.
After walking the Jesus Trail, I'll never read the words “Jesus went” the same way again.
Voices
“The last attempt at founding an explicitly Christian nation on these shores was undertaken by the Confederate States of America.”
Public policy has been detrimentally affected — and people harmed — by inhumane, unbiblical interpretations of Christian theology.
My cat swiped a bird. When do we intervene or let nature take its course?
“I came away heartened, even amid the political chaos of the moment.”
A Carmelite priest reflects on the threat to journalists — and press freedom — in the Philippines.
Vision
Surrender is testament to what happens when we unclench our jaws and give our emotions room to breathe.
Everything Everywhere All at Once taps into relatable feelings about the paths not taken.
The artist had compassion for the poor — and a lifelong struggle with religious rejection.
Jeremy Duncan invites readers to remember that the Jesus of Revelation is the Jesus of the gospels: A king of kings and a Prince of Peace.
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
My research led me to her personal writings; her work has become an oasis.
A poem.
January reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A
What happened next was nuts.
A Hindu Prime Minister Walks Into a Constitutional Christian Monarchy
And other problems when church and state aren't separate.
The NFL Exists Because We Keep Watching. So I Stopped.
I am a Christian convicted that to love my neighbors, I must resist the violence of the NFL.