The Christian Century

66 articles in the TruthFoundry index. Each links out to the original.

• Exodus golden calf story analyzed via family systems anxiety theory · Author applies Edwin Friedman's anxiety theory to the Exodus golden calf narrative.
• Review of Glimmerings, Wiman and Volf's Christian faith correspondence · This essay reviews Glimmerings, 2023-2024 faith emails between Wiman and Volf.
• Priest Reflects on Playing Apostle Paul in Early Internet Game · Episcopal priest Kit Carlson reflects on his role as Paul in the 2003 reality show The Ark.
• Pastor Reflects on Tension Between Confidentiality and Social Media Gossip · A Lutheran pastor discusses the ethical conflict between maintaining confidentiality and the spread of gossip on social media.
• Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde Announces Resignation After Trump Confrontation · Mariann Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, announces resignation effective June 2028.
• Review: Christine Valters Paintner’s Everyday Blessings Prayer Collection · A chaplain reviews Christine Valters Paintner’s new prayer blessing anthology.
• Pantoum poem depicts Rizpah's biblical grief over executed sons · A pantoum poem portrays Rizpah's vigil following the execution of her seven sons.
• White progressive churches face inclusivity paralysis on anti-racism action · Research finds progressive church inclusivity theology blocks structural anti-racist change.
• Democrat Pastor Adam Hamilton Runs Competitive US Senate Race In Kansas · Megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton runs competitive Democratic US Senate campaign in red Kansas.
• Mehrsa Baradaran Argues Judges Constructed US Neoliberal Order · Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran traces neoliberalism to US courts and racial backlash.
• Theology professor prays for young soldiers boarding flight at war start · Brian Bantum recounts seeing young brown-skinned soldiers and praying for them amid war with Iran.
• Israeli-Americans protest Netanyahu, plan return to Israel to vote against him · Israeli-Americans rallied in New York against Netanyahu, planning travel to Israel to vote.
• Reader essays explore life, connection and healing through the metaphor of seams · Four published reader essays share personal reflections themed around life's seams.
• Bonnie Kristian attempts to rehabilitate the evangelical label in new book · Christianity Today editor Bonnie Kristian defends evangelicalism amid public reputation crisis.
• Light Pollution Erases Night Sky Transcendence, Author Reflects · Author Kit Carlson reflects on lost access to dark night skies due to light pollution.
• Civil Courts Test United Methodist Church Governance Post Disaffiliation · Ongoing US civil court cases test United Methodist Church property and governance rules.
• DOJ asks federal appeals court to allow church political endorsements · US DOJ filed an appeal seeking to permit churches to endorse political candidates.
• Writer mourns Annie Dillard as a spiritual guide, not a friend · A reader mourns Annie Dillard's death, describing her as a spiritual mentor who shaped his life through her writing.
• Jesus' Parable Exposes Duplicity in Religious Leaders and Disciples · JoAnn A. Post analyzes a parable where Jesus exposes liars among religious leaders and his own disciples.
• Biblical Book of Job Examines Links Between Wealth and Virtue · This essay uses the Book of Job to analyze how wealth enables ethical lifestyle choices.
• Finding Inner Stability Amidst Mental Storms · The author suggests carrying inner resilience to navigate internal mental crises.
• Theologian Links Immigrant Longing To Divine Longing For Justice · Kelly Brown Douglas connects immigrant longing to biblical divine longing for dignity and justice.
• Catholic Bishop Fulton Sheen to be Beatified in St. Louis This Week · Emmy-winning Catholic media figure Fulton Sheen will be beatified Thursday in St. Louis.
• Texas Muslims Fight Back Against Anti-Muslim Curriculum and Deportations · Texas Muslims organize against a controversial social studies curriculum and government targeting of community members.
• Lindsay Clancy trial discourse mirrors ancient monstrous woman archetype · Analysis links Lindsay Clancy trial public reaction to historical female monstrosity tropes.
• Trump Nominates Billy Graham Granddaughter as Religious Freedom Ambassador · President Trump nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as US ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
• Theologian uses vineyard parable to critique politics of grievance in US election season · Kelly Brown Douglas argues the vineyard parable challenges a politics of grievance rooted in fear of losing privilege.
• Remembering Annie Dillard, Pulitzer-winning essayist and mystic, at 81 · In a tribute, Amy Frykholm celebrates Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer-winning essayist and mystic who died on September 15, 2025.
• From Shame to Gift: Priest Reflects on Human Folly and Divine Grace · Priest Rachel Mann argues humanity's defining gift is its talent for screwing up, offering liberation via God's grace.
• Book review: 'The Conspiracists' links social isolation to women's conspiracism · Review of Noelle Cook's 'The Conspiracists' links loneliness and trauma to conspiracy adoption in two Jan 6 insurrectionists.