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Poems of witness
Molly McCully Brown recovers the lives of women at an institution notorious for its eugenics program.
The Spirit's work, denied after the fact
United Methodists have been down this road before. What's different this time is that Karen Oliveto is already a bishop.
Is your church physically welcoming?
You may have signs everywhere proclaiming inclusion of all. But the building itself can exclude some.
The Baptist exception
Christians in the Global South now dominate every major Protestant tradition—except one.
Macy Halford’s two worlds
A New Yorker staffer investigates the evangelical book that will not let her go.
Slaying the monsters
Theological issues might be “settled” for us, but there is a big world out there that needs to hear our voices.
A president walks into a Buddhist purgatory
The new George Saunders novel turns a crazy idea into a deeply moving story.
Feasting with favorite writers
The Century asked writers and teachers, Which three authors—living or dead—would you invite over for dinner?
Dostoevsky and Flannery O'Connor help Marcel Proust edit his long sentences
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Anne Lamott, Ernest Hemingway, and a Gospel writer commiserate about revelation and disclosure
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Lincoln, Luther, and the prophet Jeremiah lament our pathos-filled world
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Mary Magdalene is every woman
Marie Howe’s poems present Magdalene in many forms, contemporary and ancient.
Preaching in the promised land
After the Great Migration, some black preachers addressed the issues their white social-gospel counterparts avoided.