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Christian Cooper’s compassion toward Amy Cooper is rooted in his conscience
Good conscience isn’t forged in the heat of the moment. It acquires its shape over time.
August 23, 21A (Exodus 1:8-2:10)
When the privileged and the helpless are called into holy conspiracy
How local activists shut down the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The stakes were high for those in the pipeline’s path—and they fought accordingly.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics drop and spark.
In the black Atlantic region, religious identity is formed by routes rather than roots
Faith shaped by migration, diaspora, and slavery
Songs with dangerous choruses (Psalm 105:1-11; 17A)
Sometimes we can sing in perfected harmony, but there is still something disturbing about our song.
What does it mean to worship an all-powerful God?
These times call into question the nature and morality of power.
Is LGBT equality economically beneficial for all?
Crunching the numbers with M. V. Lee Badgett
Interpreting Jesus’ healings as a conflict with purity laws is dead wrong
Jesus’ conflict, Matthew Thiessen argues, was with the forces of death.
What if COVID-19 changes nothing?
People keep saying we’ll be forever transformed by this pandemic. I’m skeptical.
August 16, 20A (Genesis 45:1-15)
Is the Joseph story just an old unsophisticated morality trope?
The pandemic calls for closed hymnals
Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline
What's wrong with cancel culture?
A suggested agenda for the signers of the open letter to Harper's on free speech