Rachel Mann

4 weeks ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Philip Jenkins |Rachel Mann |Claire Giangrave

For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was a long-shot favorite, precisely because he was from the US—conventional wisdom being that a pope should not be drawn from a global superpower.

1 month ago | christiancentury.org | Adelle M. Banks |Mac Loftin |Cait West |Rachel Mann

Thomas is my favorite apostle. I gotta love a guy who, regardless of the niceties of the situation, when offered the opportunity will thrust his hand smack-dab into the side of the risen Lord because he needs to experience a God who is real. I’m certainly a big believer in doubt, which qualifies me as both a progressive Christian and a conventionally faithful one. But I don’t think doubt adequately describes Thomas’s problem, nor does reassurance adequately describe his solution.