The Christian Century

The complex history—and promising future—of a movement

When we make sense of suffering, we lose our ability to protest against it.

Faith, in Morrison’s novels, is about improvising a way toward freedom.

Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels

What the Bible doesn't say about hell

Not just suffering

In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.

She was the C. S. Lewis of her time.

Let me cut to the chase, brothers and sisters. Is this what you think living in Christ looks like?

The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.

The Dutch ecumenist believed the church can—and must—challenge hateful ideologies.

Baptism is about dying with Christ. Why don't more churches talk about this?

Prayer is ministry, and ministry is prayer.

Maybe Jesus’ tears at Bethany come from more than grief.