Recently added articles from The Christian Century:

The reach of grace.(Editor's DESK)

Aug 12, 2008; Buchanan, John M. ... STUDENTS OF Shakespeare know that the bard didn't create his material solely out of his own imagination, but instead masterfully recrafted stories that were centuries old. And Shakespeare's own dramas have been repeatedly reimagined in contemporary settings. Two novels receiving critical ...

Eternal torment?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

Aug 12, 2008; Soto, Eddie ... Thank you for publishing the opinions of Christians of different theological perspectives on hell--a neglected topic among many of us (June 3 symposium). It gives the CENTURY credibility, especially when so many liberal Christian publications do not even mention the subject. While we can ...

Faith-based doubts.

Aug 12, 2008 ... Not many policy proposals from the 1990s can be trotted out a decade later in almost exactly the same form. But Barack Obama's plan to launch his own faith-based initiative closely echoes proposals endorsed years ago by Al Gore and George W. Bush. John DiIulio, one of the godfathers of the ...

Choosing hell.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... CHOOSING HELL: Walpola Piyananda, a Sri Lankan who was ordained a Buddhist monk at age 12, studied at Northwestern University and lived on the campus of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He says he was treated respectfully by most seminarians except for one, who told him, in front ...

Tough love.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... TOUGH LOVE: During the 1979-1981 Iranian hostage crisis, Firoozeh Dumas's father watched on TV as students held Americans captive in their own embassy. When he would see the image of the Ayatollah Khomeini, her father would ask, "In which part of the Qur'an does it say you can take ...

Good grief.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... GOOD GRIEF: Since 2000 the Parents' Circle Family Forum has brought together more than 1,000 Israelis and almost 5,000 Palestinians who are mourning the death of family members who died in the conflict in the region. Robie Damelin's son, for instance, was killed by a Palestinian sniper ...

Targeting Muslims?(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... TARGETING MUSLIMS? Current guidelines from the U.S. Department of Justice require that the FBI have some evidence of wrongdoing before pursuing an investigation. But according to Juan Cole, some proposed changes in those guidelines would be tantamount to allowing ethnic or religious ...

[Cartoon].(CENTURY marks)(Cartoon)

Aug 12, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Can you give him ...

Downsides of the Ivy League.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... DOWNSIDES OF THE IVY LEAGUE: The advantages of going to an elite school like Columbia or Yale are obvious, says William Deresiewicz, who has taught English at both Ivy League universities. Graduates from such schools have greater potential of getting rich. But there are disadvantages of an ...

Mormons exposed.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... MORMONS EXPOSED: Chad Hardy, the creator of a controversial calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries, has been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hardy, a former Mormon missionary himself, said the "Men on a Mission" calendar was intended to ...

Think twice about ethanol.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... THINK TWICE ABOUT ETHANOL: Before you buy a car that uses E85 (ethanol-based) fuel, consider this: ethanol-burning vehicles consume 25 percent more fuel ....

Tracking homosexuals.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... TRACKING HOMOSEXUALS: A Christian online news outlet run by the American Family Association automatically changes the word gay to homosexual. So an AP story about sprinter Tyson Gay's qualifying run for the summer Olympics in China ...

Is that you, father?(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... IS THAT YOU, FATHER? A man passing himself off as a priest was caught trying to hear confessions in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The man was wearing clerical garb and was carrying documents that claimed he was a ...

Century marks.(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... "Wars never end, really. The Crusades aren't quite over yet. Our Civil War certainly isn't over yet. I don't think we can afford this kind of behavior anymore. Nobody's talking about the ecological damage of war. " --Farmer, writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry, in an ...

Top 10 ways to know when the economy is really bad.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008; Dillin, John ... 10. The White House trades in the presidential limo for a Toyota Prius. 9. You climb into your car, but then decide, "Shucks, it's only five miles. I'll walk." 8. Home heating oil gets so expensive that Al Gore moves into a one-bath bungalow. 7. Your ...

Running on hope: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer.(Interview)

Aug 12, 2008; Frykholm, Amy ... IN JUNE, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a professor in the justice and peace studies program at St. Thomas University in Minneapolis, ended his bid for the US. Senate after Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party picked Al Franken as its nominee. Nelson-Pallmeyer was endorsed by 35 percent of ...

Two Annes.(Poem)

Aug 12, 2008; Scholl, Diane G. ... <Pre> Two Annes (For Hutchinson and Bradstreet) One took the colony by the heels, slapping its flankuntil it issued a broad cry of rage. Tall and forbidding,she waxed both sharp and sweet, flying in the angryface of magistrates, chafing the tender heartsof the ...

Will evangelicals respond to Obama's overtures?(CENTURY news)(Barack Obama)

Aug 12, 2008; Roelofs, Ted ... Heather Rosema of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is precisely the kind of Christian voter that Senator Barack Obama covets. Rosema, 41, chose George W. Bush in 2000, when she put greater emphasis on issues like abortion and gay marriage. This year, she intends to vote for Obama. ...

Churches using Internet for social networking.(CENTURY news)

Aug 12, 2008; Mehlhaff, Rachel ... Social-networking Web sites like Facebook and MySpace are redefining the way many Americans build and maintain relationships--and also how their churches communicate. In recent years, making social contacts through such sites has become ubiquitous among the under-30 crowd, and ...

NCC: race poll shows need for 'sacred conversations'.(CENTURY news)(National Council of Churches)(Brief article)

Aug 12, 2008 ... A RECENT POLL indicating sharp national divisions along racial lines should remind Americans of the need for "sacred conversations on race," said the head of the National Council of Churches. The New York Times/CBS News poll released July 16 found that 40 percent of blacks ...