CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice. In the December 2 issue of CrossCurrents: "A Disturbing Pope, Cardinal Newman, and the Voice of the Faithful" by Richard Shields "Interfaith Marriage for Muslim Women: This Day are Things Good and Pure Made Lawful Unto You" by Johanna Marie Buisson "Subversive Maryam or a Qur'anic View on Women's Empowerment" by Johanna Marie Buisson "Protecting Water in the Anthropocene: River Spirits and Political Struggles in Detroit, Standing Rock, and the Bible" by James W. Perkinson "Searched and Known: An Autoethno-Theological Reflection on the Sexual Body and Creation in Relation to Psalm 39" by Joseph N. Goh "Theology Outside the Clinic" by Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson "Do They Contradict Themselves? Very Well Then They Contradict Themselves" by Peter Heinegg "The Shame of Christendom, Cont'd" by Peter Heinegg "For the Letter Killeth" by Peter Heinegg "Jesus the Central Jew, His Times and His People" by J. Harold Ellens
