A vampire and a Lutheran pastor in Blackfeet country
Stephen Graham Jones’s theologically inflected horror novel just might be his masterpiece.
Trending topics: Abortion stories
Five recently published books that tell stories of abortions from the perspectives of those who have had them
The Palestinian remnant in Bethlehem
“When your land is confiscated, you can’t do anything about it,” says mayor Maher Nicola Canawati. “People just leave. They lose hope.”
Science is finally catching up with Teilhard de Chardin
Frank and Mary Frost, the filmmakers behind a recent PBS documentary about the Jesuit paleontologist, have long seen him as a true visionary.
When religion joins the UFO conversation
“The nexus of religion, technology, and culture is more interrelated than most people assume,” says professor and filmmaker Brett Robinson.
Trending topics: Sexual assault and the church
Senior editor Jessica Mesman reviews four new books.
Trending topics: Israel and Jewish identity
Five new books exploring the identity of Israel and what it means to be Jewish
Burial with dignity
Allison Meier sees cemeteries as great repositories of cultural history—and as spaces deserving of reverence.
Horror movie mom
When I watch a mother slay a monster and hustle her kids to safety, it never fails to satisfy.
Sister Holiday takes the heat
Margot Douaihy’s New Orleans is a fever dream. Her protagonist is a queer, punk nun who is all in on her vocation.
The woman behind tarot’s strange beauty
I wonder how Pamela Colman Smith worked it out in reverse, led by her own creativity straight to the Catholic Church—the place I’ve tried to leave.
The problem with artificial intelligence is us
As long as AI is trained on human behavior, it will tend to replicate our worst flaws.
Releasing our grip (Sirach 15:15-20; Deuteronomy 30:15-20)
So often we are trapped by our own imaginations.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Wind and Splash.