The people still gathering at 38th and Chicago
“Stop giving us a reason to still be out here,” says George Floyd Square protest leader Marcia Howard. ”Give me a reason to go in the house!”
Still seeking justice for George Floyd
Five years after an infamous murder, George Floyd Square in Minneapolis remains a site of protest, lament, and mutual aid.
Palestinian and Christian in a violent time
“What does it mean to be church amid these very harsh circumstances?” asks Bethlehem pastor Munther Isaac.
Trending topics: Ecology without colonialism
Five new postcolonial perspectives on living faithfully through climate change
A very particular humanity
Suzanne Robertson didn’t meet “life” on death row. She met a man named Cecil who loved cheesecake.
The Presbyterian missionary who became a revolutionary in Iran
“Howard Baskerville believed there was no separation of religion and politics,” says Reza Aslan, “that democracy was a divine gift.”
Drawing God
A graphic novel about the Hebrew God, a collection of cartoons about Jesus, and a comic strip about the Holy Ghost
Monique W. Morris’s advocacy for Black girls and educational equity
The world sees Black girls as dangerous. Morris shows them that they are scholars.
Judaism scholar Susannah Heschel on her father’s legacy
“How does a political gesture become a moment of prayer?”
Donna Haskins defeats the devil
Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s book about a Black woman’s life is a model of ethnographic work that centers the voice of its subject.
Start over at the beginning (Easter Day B) (Mark 16:1-8)
Mark's Gospel and “There's a Hole in the Bucket”
Imagine how Christian teaching could transform our lives
Mark Jordan’s gentle, urgent invitation
The books we’re giving as Christmas gifts
If your secret Santa were a Century editor, here’s what you might be getting.
Michael Cohen’s tell-all about Trump is mostly about himself
The moral lessons of his humiliation and imprisonment seem fairly limited.
Multigenerational rage, holy listening, and the unveiling of another way
A conversation between Parker Palmer, Stephen Lewis, Matthew Wesley Williams, and Dori Baker about the book Another Way