Features
Pastors have the power to convene conversations
Do you actually want to be our pastor?
Encountering the Gerasene demoniac in an American prison
A Palestinian boy, an Israeli soldier, and my American sons
Voices
Stephanie Paulsell
The life of faith requires muscle memory
We need to learn to adjust our posture so our theology rings true.
Philip Jenkins
What's dangerous about exorcism?
The practice plays a big role in Christianity—and not just on the fringes.
Books
Where should the stepkids sit at the funeral?
As family configurations change, so does pastoral care.
The earnest, hilarious Al Franken
The senator's jokes are still funny, even if Trump has made his satire obsolete.
From inertia to (small) action
Mai-Anh Le Tran bravely jumps into the space where theory meets practice.
Flannery O'Connor's demonic characters bear witness to Christ
If O'Connor's stories are shocking, that's only because the gospel is, too.
Climate change and the failure of incarnational nerve
Do we really want God to live with us in a poisoned and degraded world?
Departments
The life of faith requires muscle memory
What's dangerous about exorcism?
Don’t be bored, read the Century
Selected works by Mordechai Beck
Trump's "law and order" is about neither one
News
Nigerian Christian leader honored for aiding victims of Boko Haram
Rebecca Samuel Dali was recognized especially for her efforts to reintegrate women and their children who had been held captive by militants.
Indonesian UCC lay leader detained by ICE
Terry Rombot has faced religious persecution in his home country.
Karen refugees revitalize two mainline churches, inspire film All Saints
Ye Win, now an Episcopal lay minister, paid forward the help he received when he reached the United States from Burma.
U.S. Catholics and Protestants agree: they have more in common than not
Pew Research Center data show that many U.S. Protestants seem unaware of traditional positions.
In the South, a new helping hand: Muslim disaster relief teams
Islamic Relief USA is turning ecumenical rebuilding efforts into interfaith partnerships.
State Department to keep anti-Semitism envoy but scrap many others
Several offices that handle religious freedom issues will be consolidated.
Clergy march in Washington against white supremacy
The protest focusing on hate crimes, mass incarceration, and discrimination received larger support after Charlottesville.
Aid groups seek funds as Sudan crisis worsens
The number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda has reached 1 million.
The next bishop of Raleigh is from Latin America, like many in his flock
Luis Rafael Zarama's appointment by Pope Francis is another indication of the growth in the number of Hispanic Catholics—especially in the South.