Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. “We’re constantly saying what we’re against,” says Martin Dickinson, a lay leader at the cathedral’s sanctuary ministry, “and that’s necessary.

Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. “Because certain scribal puns appear only in Galatians,” says Candida Moss, “we have to consider that they come from the secretary rather than Paul.”

2019年1月25日 · To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Luke captures for us the inaugural sermon that Jesus preaches to the hometown crowd upon his return to Nazareth.

2010年5月18日 · Belden C. Lane is professor of theological studies at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and author of The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul (Oxford University...

2024年11月1日 · Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

2020年5月6日 · Church abuse of clergy is quite different. It’s a pattern driven by the congregation’s social unconscious reaction to traumatization. Fowler skillfully builds on the work of Wilfred R. Bion (who helped develop the theory behind psychoanalytic group psychology—including the power of the herd instinct) in explaining …

Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. Eileen Ryan is a New England–based interdisciplinary artist who explores intersections between art, science, and spirituality, often drawing on her background in microbiology....

2024年9月13日 · Most of us have participated in conversations in which someone mentions a discouraging political trend or societal crisis of the day. That’s usually when other participants weigh in with their own take on present gloom.

2025年1月7日 · On January 20, Donald Trump will return to power, with a tighter hold on the federal government and on his party. What are those of us who oppose what he stands for going to do for the next four years? Most of us can’t give full-time attention to the brokenness of our national politics, but nor ...

2021年6月16日 · In mid-May, violence between Gaza and Israel intensified to levels not seen for years, with Hamas shooting hundreds of rockets toward the Tel Aviv area and Israel retaliating with heavy strikes in the Gaza Strip. On May 20, Israel and Hamas agreed...