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Wisdom makes a comeback
David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, is one of the important British theologians of his generation (he recen...
The Drama of Doctrine
You might suppose that a book about the nature and purpose of doctrine would be dull....
Failing America’s Faithful
There are now scores of books dealing with the right-wing takeover of the churc...
Sundown Towns
The horror of ethnic cleansing may seem a dreadfully common part of today’s global news stories, but America’s own history of...
Sweeney Todd: TheDemonBarber of Fleet Street
Unlikely as it sounds, director Tim Burton missed all the jokes in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street....
Struggling with temptation
Lent’s 40 days of preparation for baptism and discipleship are modeled on Jesus’ postbaptismal test in the wilderness....
Truth claims: In the realms of both science and religion
One of the most serious challenges a person of faith confronts is the classic tension between faith and reason, religion and science....
Empty shelves: Run on the food bank
Rosalie Higgins has had a hardscrabble life. She didn’t make it into the air force and she couldn’t complete nursing school....
Century Marks
Kudos: Jason Byassee, Century assistant editor, won the 2007 American Academy of Religion award for best in-depth reporting on religion for news outlets with less than 100,000 circulation. He has also recently had two books published: Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine (Eerdmans) and Reading Augustine (Cascade Books).
Young, Muslim and female: An interview with Ausma Khan
Ausma Khan is the editor-in-chief of Muslim Girl magazine, a bimonthly journal designed to reach Muslim teens in the U.S. "We are a values-based publication—we translate principles of faith into action; we make faith relevant and applicable to everyday life. . . .Of course, the girls who read our magazine are also interested in fashion, entertainment and sports, and we try to address those interests as well. But we are working to enlighten and empower girls to reach their full potential, to go out into the world with no limits as to what they can achieve in academics, sports and the arts. The only limits are those imposed by faith."
Grief work: A Palestinian and an Israeli in conversation
Two men from two different worlds, separated by a street, a checkpoint, a wall and, until recently, a worldview. One was a tall, slim young Israeli Ashkenazi Jew named Guy....
Tax-exempt? Lifestyles of the rich and religious: Lifestyles of the rich and religious
Representatives of five of the six ministries under investigation by Senator Charles Grassley (R., Iowa) made contact with Grassley’s office by the proposed December 6 deadline, but reportedly only...
Briefly noted
A majority of American cities participating in a recent survey have seen an increase in the number of requests for emergency food assistance, the U.S. Conference of Mayors reports....
Sri Lanka churches unite in peace call: Civil war has returned
Church groups in Sri Lanka have made a united call for a political solution to the ethnic conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives in the past two years....
Church leaders plead for peace in Kenyan turmoil: Kobia, Tutu and others
Religious leaders are condemning postelection violence in Kenya that some observers say evokes memories of ethnic violence in Rwanda almost 14 years ago....
New Reformed communion plans 2010 launch in Grand Rapids: World Communion of Reformed Churches
The Christian Reformed Church, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will host the inaugural meeting of the newly formed, 80-million-member World Communion of Reformed Churches in the summer of 2010....
Pan-Muslim group accepts invitation for Vatican dialogue: A response to Muslims' open letter
A groundbreaking group of prominent Muslim scholars and clerics has accepted the invitation of Pope Benedict XVI for a “working meeting” on interreligious dialogue at the Vatican within the next tw...