Friday digest

October 18, 2013

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New today from the Century:

Why Lee Hull Moses is trying the Narrative Lectionary this fall

Jason Byassee on the Duck at prayer (subscription required)

James F. McGrath on Christianity and being right

"Put on the new self," a poem by Tania Runyan

In the news:

CAIR taps Jewish filmmaker to lead Philadelphia chapter

Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return

A collective Lenten fast from making purchases at Target has been lengthened into a “full-out boycott,” Jamal Bryant, pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch and one of the leaders of the campaign, an...

by Adelle M. Banks

Features

The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.

By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence.

by Mac Loftin

Features

Evangelical fantasies in Amish country

I grew up in the Quiverfull movement. In the tourism industry of Shipshewana, Indiana, I see a lot that looks familiar.

by Cait West

Voices

Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene?

In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.

by Rachel Mann

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Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return

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Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene?