Recently added articles from The Christian Century:
[Cartoon].(CENTURY marks)(Cartoon)
Jun 16, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We can't find a compromise ...
Correction.(People)(Correction notice)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Correction: A news story published May 19 on the Alliance of Baptists should have said the church reduced ...
Cross angles.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 19, 2009; ... An otherwise thoughtful lectionary reflection by Susan Andrews (March 24, p. 21) was unfortunately compromised by the author's misinterpretation of contrasting Jewish and Christian images occasioned by the word cross. The fact that cross elicited negative images in the minds of Jewish ...
The moderate view....(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 19, 2009; ... In the news article "Lutheran panel proposes road map to permit partnered gay clergy" (March 24), groups, such as Lutheran CORE, that oppose changes to the ELCA's position and policies regarding the ordaining of practicing homosexuals are described as "conservative." The evidence suggests ...
The line on stem cells.
May 19, 2009 ... Activists on both sides were disappointed when the Obama administration revealed its policy on embryonic stem cell research last month. The guidelines issued by the National Institutes of Health are "not bold enough," in the view of the New York Times. But to the Family Research Council ...
Living with contradiction.(CENTURY marks)(writings of St. Paul)(Brief article)
May 19, 2009 ... LIVING WITH CONTRADICTION: As a youth Garret Keizer was troubled by his discovery of apparent contradictions in the writings of St. Paul. He raised this issue with his pastor, who agreed that Paul sometimes contradicts himself. Further, the pastor, pointed out a contradiction that Keizer ...
Dreaming dreams.(CENTURY marks)(Susan Boyle)(Brief article)
May 19, 2009 ... DREAMING DREAMS: When Susan Boyle, a frumpy-looking Scottish woman, admitted she has never had a boyfriend or ever been kissed, she got snickers from both the audience and the judges of Britain's Got Talent, a talent show similar to American Idol. But then she blew away the ...
What Cassie said.(CENTURY marks)(Cassie Bernall)(Brief article)
May 19, 2009 ... WHAT CASSIE SAID: The Columbine school massacre generated a martyrdom story that helped some Christians to find redemption in that horrid episode that took place ten years ago. A boy who witnessed the shooting of fellow evangelical student Cassie Bernall reported later that one of the ...
Animal rights on the right.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)
May 19, 2009 ... ANIMAL RIGHTS ON THE RIGHT: Rush Limbaugh has created several public service announcements on half of the Humane Society of the U.S. One of the spots reaches out to communities of faith and urges people to be good stewards of all God's creatures. Limbaugh loves his ...
[Cartoon].(CENTURY marks)
May 19, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ...
The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years, Volume 1, 1977-1982.(Book review)
May 19, 2009; ... The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years, Volume 1, 1977-1982. By William Sloane Coffin. Westminster John Knox, 632 pp., $49.95. John Ames, 76-year-old Congregationalist minister and narrator of Marilynne Robinson's stunning ...
Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11.(Book review)
May 19, 2009; ... Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11. By Andrew R. Murphy. Oxford University Press, 248 pp., $29.95. Michelangelo and Rembrandt depicted him bearded and robed, seated and downcast, absorbed with inexpressible grief ....
Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.(Book review)
May 19, 2009; ... Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. By Marda Dunsky. Columbia University Press, 456 pp., $27.50 paperback. At the height of the second Palestinian intifada, Richard Griffiths, the editorial director ...
No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World.(Book review)
May 19, 2009; ... No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World. By Michael Henderson. Baylor University Press, 230 pp., $19.95 paperback. It is often assumed that forgiveness is impossible in the face of extraordinary evil. In No Enemy to Conquer, Michael ...
Engaging the Muslim World.(Book Marks)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 19, 2009 ... Engaging the Muslim World. By Juan Cole. Palgrave Macmillan, 288 pp., $26.95. Cole provides a sweeping perspective on the Middle East, a stinging critique of the Bush administration's policies, and a warning to and advice for the Obama administration, ...
Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue.(Book Marks)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 19, 2009 ... Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue. By Jane Idleman Smith. Oxford University Press, 200 pp., $29.99. Smith begins with an overview of the often contentious history of relationships between Christians and Muslims. A particularly ...
Goodbye Solo.(Movie review)
May 19, 2009; ... Goodbye Solo. Written and directed by Ramin Bahrani. Starring Souleymane Sy Savane and Red West. An old Senegalese proverb says, "An elder who dies is like a library that burns." This belief is at the heart of the small but moving independent film Goodbye ...
Window of the Holy Spirit.(ON Art)(Brief article)
May 19, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Window of the Holy Spirit, designed by Richard Caemmerer (executed by Drehobl Brothers Art Glass Company) Richard Caemmerer's Window of the Holy Spirit (in the west transept of Luther Memorial Church in Chicago) depicts "the action of the Holy ...
Postlude.(Editor's DESK)(Dana Ferguson)(Editorial)(In memoriam)
May 05, 2009; ... THERE IS NOT MUCH applauding in the church I serve, and that's all right with me. When applauding in church becomes routine, it loses any meaning. But sometimes applause happens simply because it needs to happen. The gratitude and praise have to be released in that way. My ...
Prayers for the public.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 05, 2009; ... I read with interest John Buchanan's reflections on Rick Warren's invocation at the religiously pluralistic setting of the presidential inauguration ("Creative invocation," March 24). As the chaplain at a Presbyterian related college that welcomes religious diversity, I often ...