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Can retiring pastors mentor their own successors?
Now that 60 is the new 50, creative models are emerging for ministry transitions.
How do you hold together your trans identity and your life of faith?
Nine trans Christians tell their stories.
A soft landing in Montana
Despite protests, the group persisted in welcoming refugees to their community.
Why the world needs Sarah Coakley
Coakley's kind of theology requires more than claims. It needs prayer.
The meeting in the sanctuary and the meeting in the basement
In opioid country, churches get to know their recovery communities.
Exchanging letters with people in hell
My state has the same number of churches as prisoners. This fact haunts me.
Fall books: Reviews
Our fall books issue's reviews include Phil Christman on Colson Whitehead, Dennis O'Brien on Cathleen Kaveny, LaVonne Neff on Susan Faludi, and more.
A book I'd like my elected officials to read
The Century asked professors, writers, and policy makers to tell us about a book they would want to hand to their elected officials to read.
Fall books: Take & read
Matthew Skinner, Philip Jenkins, Grant Wacker, and Mary Clark Moschella recommend the best new books in their fields.
What is the Amazon bookstore for?
Amazon sells books at their brick-and-mortar stores, but that's not why they want me to come.
On knowing (yes, in the biblical sense)
When I first had sex, it wasn't just teenage hormones. I wanted to know and be known.
Feast: Essays by readers
We asked readers to write on the theme "feast." Here are the most compelling entries.
Cultivating ministers: Farminary students get their hands dirty
Princeton Theological Seminary's farm grows food. But this isn't the main point.
When learning hurts: Content warnings in seminary classrooms
Theological educators don't just teach a particular kind of content. We also model a process for engaging with sensitive issues.
Take and eat? When church members prefer just a blessing
Matt grew up in the Episcopal Church. One Sunday he appeared at the altar—with his arms crossed over his chest.