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Orphan Black is so suspenseful and addictive, you may not realize that it's examining deep questions about the meaning of selfhood.

Nelson Mandela has died, and most of the TV stations have programs paying tribute to him. Over and over again journalists are referring to him as an “icon.” An “icon” of what? It still sounds vaguely blasphemous. He has repeatedly told journalists (and the world) that he is not a saint, and that he rejects the depiction of him as any kind of saint. So if he is not a saint and not the icon of a saint, what is he?

New today from the Century: Steve Hayes on Nelson Mandela, Kathryn Reklis on the show Orphan Black, more.

Do smartphones make us smarter? Have breakthroughs in communications technology improved the quality of our lives? Media guru Douglas Rushkoff takes these questions on.

I recently went to parents' night at my stepsons' school. Since then, I've been thinking about the parishioners I've served over the years.

New today from the Century: Craig Barnes on life after high school, Emily Heath on staying awake during Advent, more.

David Nirenberg has produced a highly learned intellectual history of anti-Judaism that is also lively, engaging and accessible.

The Eucharist gives us innumerable gifts, but we may think of its power especially in terms of three.

Last week, Ghana’s parliament approved a Ghanaian company to explore oil fields off its coast. This is noteworthy because most companies working to extract Ghana’s oil are American or European. In fact, in 2007 it was a U.S.-based company that discovered the vast oil reserve. To transnational piracy and the increased U.S. military presence that have accompanied oil, Ghana has responded with lively, public debate about neocolonialism—a term coined by Ghana’s founding father Kwame Nkrumah.