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Ignatius of Loyola
Founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
Tattered Treasure of Assisi
How a rich and carefree man relinquished everything to follow Christ.
Pure & Simple
An insider's account of the Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren people's churches.
A Pastor's Heart
Even in the midst of his campaign for reform, Hus never forgot the faithful flock back home.
The Bishop at Work
Augustine saw himself not as a saint, but as a pastor with a job to do.
Alone in the Desert?
Why thousands of early Christians took up the monastic way.
Spiritual Pragmatists
For the desert fathers, theology was not the study of God but the study of how to become like God.
Patrick and Celtic Christianity: From the Editor
A Tradition for Neo-Pagan Times
The Link: Modern Myths of the Medieval Past
Much that is heralded as Celtic Christianity today is neither Celtic nor Christian.
The Case for Downward Mobility
Why did Francis insist that his followers live in absolute poverty?
Snapshots of a Saint
Stories that reveal Francis's intense, complex personality.
The Hymn Explosion
In 1700, there were precious few English hymns. In 1800, there were hymnbooks galore. What happened?
The Search for a Holy Life
A Brief Overview of Medieval Monasticism
The Needle of Sin
Excerpts on man's original simplicity from St. Bernard's Sermons on the Song of Songs
God's Wonderful Working
The first Great Awakening in New England & the Middle Colonies
Apostles on Horseback
Francis Asbury & the Methodist Circuit Riders—Covering America with Spiritual Awakening
From the Archives: Robert L. Dabney
Principles of Christian Economy
From the Archives: Andrew Carnegie
The Gospel of Wealth (1900)
The Puritan Critique of Modern Attitudes Toward Money
Puritans are often charged with having been the origin of modern attitudes toward money. Upon scrutiny, the things ascribed to Puritans turn out to be secularized versions of something that the Puritans only accepted in a context of supreme allegiance to God and obedience to Christian moral standards.

Top Story May 5, 2024

Conservative Methodists, Unite
Conservative Methodists, Unite
After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.

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