CT Archives Project

CT reports on civil rights, the “death of God” theology, and an escalating conflict in Vietnam.

In 1964, CT urged Christians to “be what they really are—new men and women in Christ.”

CT reported on the assassination of a president, a Supreme Court ban on Bible-reading in schools, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

CT considered paperback books, the Peace Corps, and the first man in space.

A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.

In 1959, evangelicals looked to political leaders to hold up America’s great spiritual heritage as responses to the Soviet Union divided Christians.

In 1958, CT pushed evangelicals to engage important moral issues even when they seemed old-fashioned.

In its first full year of publication, CT looked at Civil Rights, Cold War satellites, artificial insemination, and carefully planned evangelism.

A new series: Walking Through 70 Years.

The talk that launched over 1,000 magazine issues.