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 2019 issue of CrossCurrents: "Introduction" by Samuel B. Davis and Pamela D. Winfield "Rumi: The Homoerotic Sufi Saint" by Delaney James "Leah and Hagar: An Intergenerational Conversation of Belonging" by Ashley Starr-Morris "Queer Nuns and Genderbending Saints: Genderf*cking Notions of Normativity" by Jessi Knippel "Need We Still Ask Why? Theodical Futurism and the Sinthomosexual God" by Samuel B. Davis "The First MeToo Activists: Contemporary Campaigning in Support of the Former Japanese Military 'Comfort Women'" by Caroline Norma "Interview with Dr. Robert Orsi (Northwestern University)" by Samuel B. Davis and Pamela D. Winfield "Best of Brothers, Finest of Men, Or …?" by Peter Heinegg