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I am tired of pretending that we want to hang out at the country club and eat cucumber sandwiches in fancy hats. We are not some sort of upper-crust elite society. Now, it's time to discard that tired label that ties us too closely with a particular race and class. It's time to call forth another name.

When commemorations are only read about or considered from an armchair, they are often cleansed of the visceral. Space and place are always contested, open to multiple interpretations.

New today (and yesterday) from the Century: Stephanie Paulsell on emergency prayer, Jason Byassee on the Animate video series, more.

Not since U2 has a pop music act with decidedly Christian leanings generated as much discussion, derision and delight as Mumford and Sons.

When a man with an AK-47 entered her school, Antoinette Tuff prayed—and convinced the man to lay his weapon down.

Years later I still feel the shame. I was visiting a young man in a facility for people with severe brain injuries....

The other day was Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the day that ends the High Holy Days in Judaism.  It's a day of fasting and reflection, and this year, it was also on a Sabbath....

A couple weeks ago, President Obama introduced a plan to try to contain the cost of going to college. This was soon buried by a series of stories on Syria policy, with its high-intrigue mix of exceptionalist saber-rattling and Mr. Magoo diplomacy. So in case you missed it, the administration's higher-ed plan has some good stuff in it.

Wright has an Anglican’s appreciation for the Psalms and a lifetime of experience using them in corporate and private worship....

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In a major hymnal, an unauthorized edit is an embarrassing oversight. In the local church, it's pretty routine.

The invitations are in the mail. Jennifer Beltz and T. J. Gurski of Commerce Township, Michigan, are defying the odds—they’re taking the plunge a second time....

“Life isn’t fair,” my four-year-old granddaughter once told me. She offered this judgment as a thoughtful observation, not a whining complaint. I remember taking genuine pleasure in her remark—not just a delight in her early capacity for philosophical reflection, but also a sense that this particular wisdom could be of blessing in the life ahead of her.

New today from the Century: Steve Thorngate on altered worship texts and copyright, Carol Howard Merritt on women explaining things, more.

This past spring, Mary Louise Bringle revealed in theCentury that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hymnal committee voted against including the popular song “In Christ Alone” after th...

The religious landscape in Chattanooga is interesting. It may be a magnified version of what’s happening in a lot of places.  There are many culturally hip churches that are utterly regressive when it comes to women.

For this second disc in the Lullaby Con­fessions series, producer-songwriter Barrie Buckner Jr. delivers something unique: lullabies with an easy, breezy tropical bent....

I asked Michael's mother what it was like to say goodbye. "Oh, it wasn't much fun," she said. Then she told me what she put in the coffin.

In the face of huge unanswered questions and with the unpredictable outcome of any act of war, U.S. military action against Syria is unwarranted.

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