Thursday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Jesse James DeConto on faith-based anti-death penalty work: "Last year, Connecticut repealed the death penalty and California declined to. Americans are conflicted about capital punishment." (subscription required)

• LaVonne Neff reviews Chris Haw's book on his journey from Willow Creek back to Catholicism

• Steven Porter on visiting a Metropolitan Community Church congregation on Epiphany

• Pamela Fickenscher on the spiritual danger of alumni magazines

In the news:

• Bus ads aim to reclaim the meaning of 'jihad'
• Virtual vices show shift in American morality
• Africa rises, China falls on Christian persecution list
• 'Virtual' public schools draw interest of religious families
• British bishops resist move to allow monarch to marry a Catholic