Christianity has been ‘returning’ to continental philosophy for some time now. At first it was the question of mystical theology which returned to haunt the continental philosophers’ attempts to articulate the unbridgeable gap between words and things, the individual and the world. More recently it is St Paul who has returned to the centre of these debates, increasingly celebrated as an icon of revolutionary politics. This special edition of Modern Believing seeks to explore the complex relationship between contemporary continental philosophy and Christianity, tracing lines of connection between Christian theology, Christian practices, politics and philosophy.