Monday digest

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New today (and yesterday) from the Century:

• Martin Copenhaver on Rembrandt and the incarnation: "Rem­brandt's meditations on Jesus' face reflect momentous
  changes in his faith—and in how people of his time
  envisioned Jesus."

• Bill Goettler blogs the lectionary: "In October, a
  newly formed Right to Life group sponsored a week-long conference, entitled 'Abortion and Feminism,' on the campus of Yale Divinity School. The
  pro-choice posters posted by the Students for Reproductive Justice made it
  clear that seminarians are not of one mind on the issue."
• Steve Thorngate on Fox News's claim that the Muppets are brainwashing our children: "The Muppets villain Tex Richman isn't a Muppet. He's a
  human character, played by Chris Cooper. I know, it's hard to find time
  to fact-check when you're busy politicizing the Muppets."
• Steve Vineberg reviews the film remake of the musical adaptation of the 1984 film Footloose: "The problem is that the material is still Footloose."
• Nancy Janisch on physics and faith: "One of the things people say about Christianity is that Christians
  believe odd, impossible things. And well, they’re right."

In the news:

• As church-based civil unions kick in, Church of England says no
• Long steps aside from Ga. church to work on marriage
• Mainline Protestants seek reforms, stir anger
• U.S., Cuban church leaders seek 'normalized relations'