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Studies reveal how faith counts in placing spiritual before material goods
New studies are revealing the ways members of different global faiths may transcend—or fall prey to—consumer cultures willing to co-opt even their most sacred festivals to move merchandise....
What words mean to us
John Simpson's new memoir is about words. More significantly, it’s about our relationship to them.
The colonial gospel in Puerto Rico
Protestant missionaries as agents of empire
A didactic, irresistible novel
Leonard Pitts's story is so compelling that you barely notice how much you're learning.
Pursuing pleasure
Resistance will be my day job, but I’ll be mindful of restoring my abundant soul.
Astrologers among us (Matthew 2:1–12)
I am less like the Magi than some members of my church are.
When the lectionary gives you Matthew
Matthew is not my favorite Gospel. But where would we be without it?
January 29, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Matthew 5:1–12)
I don’t like this. When I mourn I want to not mourn anymore.
Shared space, shared vision
In Asheville, one church was dying while another was being born.
New national monument in Utah and Nevada protects sacred lands
(The Christian Science Monitor) When President Obama established new national monuments in Utah and Nevada, he noted that the area is ...
Our 16 most-read magazine articles of 2016
Here are this year's Century articles that were most popular online. Thanks for reading.
Pastor and business executive start company to help churches bridge digital divide
Boise Kimber, pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut, saw his congregation pay more than $1,000 for a website, only to have the people they purchased it from disappear.<...
Moroccans protest after monarchy, Muslim party fail to deliver on reform
Morocco, held up as a model for reform in the wake of the Arab Spring, is slipping back into autocracy....
Reviving the Sanctuary Movement
Churches can be on the frontlines of resistance.
God gets particular
The incarnation doesn't only mean that God is with us. It means that God is with us as Jesus.
Gertrude “Trudy” Bush, CC contributing editor, dies at age 77
Gertrude “Trudy” Bush, a contributing editor of the Christian Century, died December 13 at age 77 in Upper Arlington, Ohio....