Abolition

Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants.

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their full humanity.

A new book studies three leaders who fought slavery with a comprehensive theological vision.

Two businessmen’s unusual conversion in 1700s South Carolina led them to liberate the people they put in bondage.

She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause.

Mark Noll surveys the effects of an “independence-first” approach to Scripture.

Culture war in a crust: the surprising connection between Club Q, Iran, and pumpkin pie.

A new study gives Black evangelicals their due.

As a Middle Easterner, I can’t read the Bible without a smile of recognition crawling across my face.

Meet the leaders, activists, ministers, and artists who changed the church and the world.