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Seminary 2050: Knowledge and piety
"Unite the pair so long disjoined, knowledge and vital piety,” wrote Charles Wesley in the 1763....
Seminary 2050: Formation in a common life
Way too much emphasis is placed on making theological education accessible and convenient....
Seminary 2050: Videos for pilgrim leaders
By 2050 the training of ministers will have shifted to where the students are located. Teachers will travel a third of their time....
Dealing with Hamas: Palestinians make their choice
Hamas was formed in 1987 as an Islamist movement in opposition to Israel. It was linked to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood....
Starting over: Genesis 9:8-17; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15
Sometimes I’m watching TV news and reach the point where I cannot take in all the violence and destruction. So I turn off the television and try to get involved in something that will take my mind off the news. God, however, does not have that option. God does not have a remote control to change the channels. God cannot move to the suburbs or close a door to hide from the violence. God’s eyes are not averted. God’s heart is not numbed.
Alto confirmation reflects national division: Bush lauds "fair-minded" new justice
A new era began this month at the Supreme Court as Samuel Alito took a crucial seat on the bench....
Textbook case
Public schools have been a primary battleground between the despisers and defenders of religion....
Hints of redemption
Poetry reviews appear in religious journals more rarely than poems, and poems are rare enough....
Jesus: The prequel
Anne rice, well-known author of many novels about vampires, has returned to the Roman Catholic Church and turned her writing energies to the subject...
Flashbacks
The French film Caché (“Hidden”) is a stylish thriller tiptoeing around a psychological drama that lurks inside a political allegory. This is typical of the work of Austrian writer-director Michael Haneke (Code Unknown), who enjoys presenting confrontational films in which seemingly normal folks leading normal lives turn out to be not very normal at all.Caché, which won the Best Director Award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars the enigmatic Daniel Auteuil and the luminescent Juliette Binoche as Georges and Anne Laurent. He hosts a television talk show about books; she is a writer who works in publishing—until an anonymous two-hour videotape interrupts their lives.
Marriage ministry: The best and worst part of pastoring
This issue of the Century engages an important conversation about the state of marriage and the effects of divorce....
Buying favors: A new Boston Tea Party
When a spiritual revival broke out at an evangelical college a few years ago, one faculty member was reported as saying that it would be wise to wait 25 years before assessing whether anything sign...