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Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.
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Leila Chatti writes intensely physical poems about faith, illness, and sex
The poetic vision of Deluge reconciles Muslim and Christian themes.
What does the Mississippi Delta sound like in verse?
Philip Kolin’s poetry is about juke joints, bluesmen, mosquitoes, ladybugs, race, faith, and more.
This Lent, I want to learn to see the world like a poet
Why I’ve chosen Michele Madigan Somerville's Glamourous Life as my Lenten companion.
Why do we write and read poetry?
For both Paul Mariani and Mark Jarman, the mystery is theological.
Ted Kooser’s poetry of the Great Plains resonates across the world
The beloved American poet lifts the everyday into the realm of the transcendent.
by James Crews
Danusha Laméris’s new book is filled with small kindnesses
A luminous poetry collection marked by joy and sorrow, humor and truth.
by James Crews
Dr. King’s voice in verse
Joseph Ross’s poems are an elegy for the civil rights movement’s martyrs.
Praise, pilgrimage, and poetry
New collections by Jeanine Hathaway and Jeanne Murray Walker
The weird beauty of Kay Ryan’s prose
The former poet laureate’s quirky faith is a spirituality for prankish oddballs.
An invitation to walk with poetry
Two books offer entrance points for the intimidated.
Christian Wiman’s poems of love and doubt
Massive struggle, intense suffering, and abundant joy
Brian Doyle’s rivers of words
A new collection of Doyle’s nonfiction overflows with wonder.
Poems of hope, gratitude, and perspective
The devotional, political poetry of Barbara Crooker
by James Crews
The impossible, essential task of writing poetry after Auschwitz
Bearing witness, challenging God, voicing lament
Carried by a song of words
I read a book of poems straight through without stopping. I couldn't help it.
Philip Kolin’s poems for the holy, violent earth
Yearning for the impossible, glimpsing the unimaginable
Literary faith from Dostoevsky to Marilynne Robinson
Poetry and fiction grant us glimpses of God.
Sacred impulse, poetic form
For Sofia Starnes, poetry is the language of faith.