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The magi and their epiphany (Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12)
Do they later say to their friends, “How could we not have known?”
Understanding the ideology of guns
Sociologist Jennifer Carlson interviewed 50 gun sellers to find out why so many Americans flock toward firearms.
Seeing abortion access as a blessing
“Abortion is not abstract,” says Katey Zeh, CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. “It happens within the context of a real person’s life.”
January 7, Baptism of the Lord B (Mark 1:4–11)
As if he were working on an assembly line, John dips and raises, dips and raises.
Wisdom and favor (Luke 2:22-40)
The hymns of Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon reflect the worship material of early Christians.
The grace of deep-bellied laughter
Does our theology have space for a Jesus who not only weeps but also laughs?
Capitalism everywhere
Lucia Hulsether explores how the global economic system has absorbed the very movements that seek to resist it.
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1–12)
In welcoming the Magi into her home, Mary opens the door to the whole world.
The Crown abdicates without a successor
My viewing experience recapitulated a running theme of the show: the question, Why are we doing this?
The glory of Epiphany
“It is arguably the least understood and least appreciated church season,” says Fleming Rutledge.
Readers Write
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Help and Seed.
The absurdity of originalism
In Rahimi, the Supreme Court seems to have glimpsed the problems with its own Bruen decision on guns. Should we be relieved?
A blessedly particular theology of evil
John Swinton writes about the nature of evil without a shred of metaphysical obscurity.
December 31, Christmas 1B (Isaiah 61:10–62:3; Psalm 148; Galatians 4:4–7; Luke 2:22–40)
Simeon and Anna echo the worship material of ancient Israel.
The light of hope for refugees (Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20)
Mary and Joseph must have felt dejected and homeless.
Baser things and better things (Luke 1:26-38)
The annunciation is a story about a woman bearing forth the better things from the baser.
Is she bad?
Both May December and Eileen are meant to make us a little queasy as our moral judgments come up short.