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2008 |
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The Century welcomes Marcus Borg to its annual Chicago
dinner lecture on Monday, September 29, 2008. Borg is Hundere
Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State
University and the author of 11 books, including The God We
Never Knew, named one of the ten best books in religion in 1997
by Publisher's Weekly. Read Collision course: Jesus' final week, from the
March 20, 2007, issue of the Century. |
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2007 |
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The Century inaugurates CCblogs.org, a community of independent bloggers
who share an interest in the Christian faith and how it informs
their vocations, their politics, their relationships and more. |
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Peter Gomes spoke at the annual lecture and workshop in downtown Chicago on Monday, September 24, 2007. Gomes, minister at Memorial Church at Harvard University, is regarded as one of America’s most distinguished preachers. Read an article adapted from his book, Strength for the Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living: Storm center (May 31, 2003). |
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The Century introduces Theolog, an online blog that features posts written by Century editors as well as guest writers. Readers can sign in at www.Theolog.org and join online conversations by adding their comments.
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2006 |
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The Century welcomes William Willimon, United Methodist bishop of the North Alabama Conference, to its lecture and workshop. Willimon has written over 50 books on church and culture. According to the Pulpit and Pew Research Center, he is the second most read mainline Protestant pastor in the U.S. Read Leadership 101 (April 24, 2002), and Rev. Parker’s last stand (May 4, 2004). |
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2005 |
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The Century features Walter Brueggemann at its 2005 dinner and workshop. Brueggemann is professor emeritus of biblical studies at Columbia Theological Seminary. His books include Solomon: Israel's Ironic Icon of Human Achievement (University of South Carolina Press). |
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The Century Annual Lecture features Barbara Brown Taylor and Richard Lischer. Read Taylor’s Tuning the E string (January 30, 2002) and Lischer’s A week of signs (May 9, 2001). |
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2003 |
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Eugene Peterson, author of The Message, is guest speaker at the Century Annual Lecture. Read Transparent lives (November 29, 2003). |
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2002 |
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Kathleen Norris, author of Dakota: A Spiritual Geography and Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, speaks at the Century Annual Lecture. Read Sinatra in the bell tower (March 18, 1998). |
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1999 |
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John M. Buchanan, pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, becomes editor/publisher of the Century. The magazine moves its offices to 104 S. Michigan Avenue. |
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1972 |
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James M. Wall becomes Century editor. The magazine increases its coverage of film. See Robert E. Lauder’s review of Taxi Driver, Hell on wheels (May 12, 1976). |
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1968 |
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The Century reacts to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. See Richard John Neuhaus’s Vietnam: No good ending (April 9, 1975). |
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1963 |
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A typed draft of Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is sent to the Century (June 12). The Century becomes the first major periodical to publish the document in full. Read Pilgrimage to nonviolence (April 13, 1960). |
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1922 |
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Social ethicist and theologian Reinhold Niebuhr begins writing for the Century as a contributing editor. Read To whom shall we go? (March 10, 1927). |
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1921 |
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The Century begins its 68-year residency on South Dearborn Street in Chicago. |
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1896 |
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Jane Addams founds Hull House in Chicago. Several of her lectures are published in the Century, including A book that changed my life (October 13, 1927). |
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1884 |
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The Christian Oracle is established in Des Moines, Iowa, as a Disciples of Christ magazine. In 1900, the magazine is renamed The Christian Century (its offices had moved to Chicago a few years before). Under the leadership of editor Charles Clayton Morrison, the Century becomes increasingly nondenominational. |
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