Thursday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Amy Frykholm interviews Syrian Orthodox leader Cyril Karim: "On my first visit to the United States, someone asked when I converted to Christianity. I told him 2,000 years ago." (subscription required)

• Melissa Florer-Bixler on reading Yoder through his victims' eyes

• Michael DeJonge reviews Bonhoeffer the Assassin?: "All Bonhoeffer scholarship recognizes his advocacy for nonviolence. Some goes farther, arguing that this was an overriding commitment that trumped all others."

• Steve Thorngate on lectionaries common and rare

• Thorngate on the shutdown's losers

In the news:

• Woman sues InterVarsity over firing after her divorce
• Suzan Johnson Cook to resign as religious freedom ambassador
• Church news outlets struggle to keep their editorial independence