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Episode 24: Liturgist Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh
A conversation with Black liturgist and author Cole Arthur Riley about Black Liturgies, White male God, community, and more
A 21st-century Polish epic
Based on historical events, Olga Tokarczuk’s massive novel is simultaneously heartbreaking and comic.
Glass Onion threads the Agatha Christie needle
A murder mystery can provide sharp social commentary—and great fun.
Our holy, human bodies
To build the Beloved Community, we need to think and talk and act differently about bodies.
A biography of Psalm 91
The deeper Philip Jenkins takes us, the more layered and fascinating the story becomes.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Wind and Splash.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Wind and Splash.
January 15, Epiphany 2A (John 1:29-42)
What are you looking for? It’s a good question, maybe the only question.
I wonder (Matthew 3:13-17)
Do baptizer and baptized constitute a hierarchy? How was Jesus’ baptism fulfilling all righteousness?
The uncomfortable truth about Hillcrest
How missionary work can create the conditions for child abuse to thrive unchecked
Our 10 most-read articles of 2022
Happy new year! Here are the Century articles from last year that enjoyed the most online readers.
Our 10 most-read articles of 2022
Happy new year! Here are the Century articles from last year that enjoyed the most online readers.
Reading the Bible with Love Sechrest
In Race and Rhyme, associative hermeneutics finds its roots in deep, communal, and highly developed wisdom.
Monday night meal plan
My church offered college students weekly fellowship.
It turns out they needed the food, too.