Monday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Lillian Daniel talks to Will Willimon about his novel: "'Fiction wasn't that big a leap for me,'" says Willimon. 'We preachers are all "artists" in the same sense that the Gospel writers were.'"

• Nelson Kraybill's annotated list of essential books on Revelation

• Patrick Keifert's essential books on evangelism

• Adam Copeland on the purpose of college

• Neal Plantinga blogs the lectionary: "Regeneration of stubborn human hearts has almost nothing to do with trying to clean ourselves up. Spiritual health isn't about repairing the repairable or improving the improvable."

In the news:

• When Catholic schools fire gay teachers, laity push back
• Pope Francis walks in the shadow of namesake saint in Assisi
• Winners and losers in the Pew Research poll on American Jews
• Jewish feminists say they'd accept Western Wall prayer compromise