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Many paths to Jesus (Mark 9:38-50)
Jesus seems to have an aversion to the kind of us-and-them boundary setting of his disciples.
The forgotten victims of Nazi genocide
Jewish historian Ari Joskowicz tells the story of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out the Roma people.
Cultivating literary Dallas
“It was not enough to publish books,” says Deep Vellum founder Will Evans. “We needed a place to invite people in, to put literature at the core of the cultural community.”
Interfaith advocates urge clemency for 'death row imam' a day before his execution
Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, an imam at Missouri’s Potosi Correctional Center, was executed on Tuesday, even as his lawyers and advocates continued to argue his trial was plagued with racial bia...
The most dangerous preacher in Hungary
Methodist leader Gábor Iványi is perhaps Viktor Orbán’s fiercest critic. He’s looking to Americans for solidarity.
Was Paul disabled?
Isaac Soon employs a sociocultural model of disability as a lens for reading the apostle’s letters.
African faith leaders and environmentalists push for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Faith leaders and climate activists in Africa announced their support Friday for an international treaty to halt the production and use of fossil fuels, the main cause of climate change, analogous ...
Illuminating Qohelet through art and philosophy
Debra Band and Menachem Fisch’s beautiful creation is not your typical Ecclesiastes commentary.
September 29, Ordinary 26B (Psalm 124)
When the Spirit moved among us, we heard the tongues of angels.
The SBC will sell its Nashville headquarters to defray abuse-related legal costs
An investigation into how leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have dealt with sexual abuse by clergy has cost more than $12 million over the past three years, causing the nation’s largest Pr...
Vatican greenlights devotion to Marian shrine at Medjugorje
After 40 years of studies, commissions and contradictions, the Vatican finally approved the spiritual devotion of the faithful at the Marian site at Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in a document...
The disciples and us (Mark 9:30-37)
Poor disciples. They rarely miss an opportunity to make a mess.
The heart of the humanities
In a culture that too often values people simply for their labor, learning for learning’s sake is its own good.
A different kind of poverty memoir
Dana Trent’s heartbreaking and hilarious book eschews the conventional American rags-to-riches arc.
Responding to UMC disaffiliations, global Methodist council sets membership rules
The United Methodist Church’s splintering has prompted Methodism’s ecumenical association to formalize its guidelines for admitting new members....
What you might miss in news coverage about Latino voters and faith
There are more Latino voters in the US than ever....
The hope I’ve arrived at
I used to put a positive spin on everything. The effort didn’t serve my children—or my own heart.
Inside a church’s implosion
Eliza Griswold profiles a progressive evangelical church that sought to do things differently but fell prey to the usual problems.
Readers Write
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the word Source.