Features
Bruised and blessed by scripture
I’m a “church leader” who doesn’t really go to church
Knowing and preaching the Jewish Jesus
Books
Horror and hope in the face of climate change
Jim Antal calls for a green reformation among churches.
How the American opioid crisis got so big
Two journalists unpack the history, the scale of the epidemic, and who’s to blame
A northerner explores Christianity in the American South
James Hudnut-Beumler profiles churches, ministries, and movements with long-held traditions and potential for change.
Disability and the good life
Theologian Shane Clifton rethinks virtue ethics from his wheelchair.
A 40-year-old takes 40 hikes
How Roger Owens walked his way through a midlife crisis of faith
Departments
Hopes unseen and unspoken
Calvary, by Andrea Mantegna
We want Century articles to be conversation starters
In Russian Doll, Nadia and Alan are dying to learn how to live
A model apology from a sinner-saint
News
Anti-Semitic rhetoric and attacks increasing across Europe
“Our country,” said French president Emmanuel Macron, “like Europe as a whole and almost all Western democracies, is facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism not seen since the Second World War.”
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet–priest, restored in Catholic Church
Cardenal was suspended for his role in the 1980s Sandinista government—considered a partisan public office prohibited for clergy.
Zimbabwe church leaders seek peaceful resolution to political turmoil
Evan Mawarire, a pastor and pro-democracy activist, was arrested in a crackdown on peaceful protesters. The following month, churches convened a dialogue with the president’s administration and others.
John Paul Lederach to receive Niwano Peace Prize
Lederach is being honored for his four-decade-long peacebuilding career.
Vatican’s global summit on protecting children lays out principles for reform
Soon after the Vatican summit, in which a Nigerian leader spoke of the need to change how the church responds to abuse, secular courts announced convictions of two cardinals.
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in case about war memorial cross
The Bladensburg Peace Cross, which bears the names of 49 men who died in World War I, is on land now owned by a Maryland government commission.
Future unclear after UMC votes to keep rules on LGBTQ couples, clergy
The United Methodist Church retained current language in its Book of Discipline—but it might not be enforced, and churches are considering leaving from both sides.
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