Christianity Today

May/June 2025

Volume 69, Number 3

October 15, 1956
March/April 2025

It's easy to live in a state of panic, anxiety, and fear, from the pinging of our phones to politics and the state of the church. In this issue, we acknowledge panic and point to Christian ways through it. Russell Moore brings us to the place of panic in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus and Peter. Laura M. Fabrycky writes about American inclinations toward hero-making. Mindy Belz reports on the restorative work of Dr. Denis Mukwege for rape victims in Congo. We’re also thrilled to give you a first look at the Global Flourishing Study, a multiyear research project about what makes a flourishing life across the globe. While panic may be profitable or natural, we have a sure and steady anchor for our souls in Jesus.

Purchase print copies

Essays

News

Inside the Crowded Hospital Full of Congo’s Rape Victims

Dr. Denis Mukwege, a local pastor and surgeon, is a tireless advocate for women and children suffering through war.

Hear Our Prayer Amid Violence

We ask God to bring justice in Congo and around the world.

What Do We Want from Dietrich Bonhoeffer?

A former tour guide at Bonhoeffer’s historic house wrestles with the implications of mythologizing his story for our own ends.

The Christian Schools That Cried Wolf

Critics of religious academies compare modern parental concerns over sexual ethics to mid-century racism. But the echo they hear is not about education.

Plein Air Prayer

An artist wrestles with anxieties and faith in young adulthood.

Setting Our Scopes on Things Above

A century after the infamous trial, evangelicals can unbundle faith from culture wars and recover a wiser witness.

How the Nicene Creed Became Cool Again

More and more churches are turning to ancient words of faith to anchor modern worship.

A Splintered Generation

Evangelicalism’s fracturing is chronic, but not terminal. Here’s how we can move forward.

Public Theology Project

The Problem of Panic

Where Peter once stood in the place of Pan, we can hear the voice that changes everything.

Review

Has Faith Gone Out of Fashion?

A symposium on Christian Smith’s book Why Religion Went Obsolete.

Review

The What and the Why of Religious Decline

One is relatively simple to map out. The other is much harder to capture.

Review

Young Nones Might Not Hate Religion. But They Don’t Like the Vibes.

How Christian Smith’s concept of a “Millennial Zeitgeist” helps explain their recent retreat from faith.

Review

The Upside to Religious Obsolescence

Why a post-Christian generation might be the ripest for revival.

The Key Lesson of My Book: Don’t Underestimate ‘Deep Culture’

Christian Smith responds to CT’s reviews of Why Religion Went Obsolete.

Prologues

Right-Size Your Fear

A note from CT’s president in our May/June issue.

News

Former VP Mike Pence’s Conversation with Russell Moore

They discussed global tensions, prayer for those in authority, and Mrs. Pence’s frosty reception of President Trump.

Qualms & Proverbs

Should I Talk to My Kids’ School About the Pledge of Allegiance?

CT advice columnists also weigh in on cultivating lifelong friendships and ending a dating relationship in a godly way.

Love Bids Our Anxious Fears Subside

A note from CT’s editorial director for print in our May/June issue.

Testimony

The Gospel Comes for a Neo-Nazi

A couple’s weekly dinner invitations helped transform me from an embittered skinhead to a senior pastor.

Backstories

News

Pentecostal Woman Presides at The Hague

And other news from Christians around the world.

Stories from the ‘Sandwich Generation’

Readers relate to Jen Wilkin’s article from January/February about the seasons of life.

Additional Articles

All Archives

Apple PodcastsDown ArrowDown ArrowDown Arrowarrow_left_altLeft ArrowLeft ArrowRight ArrowRight ArrowRight Arrowarrow_up_altUp ArrowUp ArrowAvailable at Amazoncaret-downCloseCloseEmailEmailExpandExpandExternalExternalFacebookfacebook-squareGiftGiftGooglegoogleGoogle KeephamburgerInstagraminstagram-squareLinkLinklinkedin-squareListenListenListenChristianity TodayCT Creative Studio Logologo_orgMegaphoneMenuMenupausePinterestPlayPlayPocketPodcastRSSRSSSaveSaveSaveSearchSearchsearchSpotifyStitcherTelegramTable of ContentsTable of Contentstwitter-squareWhatsAppXYouTubeYouTube