The Christian Century: Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive
Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. After his 1980 defeat, Carter devoted himself to the causes of a progressive evangelicalism that has all but disappeared from public view.
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Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. In 1991, religion scholar Ioan Petru Culianu was murdered at the University of Chicago.
Poetry - The Christian Century
Dec 19, 2024 · Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.
The religious aspect of the Israel-Palestine conflict
In mid-May, violence between Gaza and Israel intensified to levels not seen for years, with Hamas shooting hundreds of rockets toward the Tel Aviv area and Israel retaliating with heavy strikes in the Gaza Strip. On May 20, Israel and Hamas agreed...
Belden C. Lane - The Christian Century
May 18, 2010 · Belden C. Lane is professor of theological studies at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and author of The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul (Oxford University...
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Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.
The redeeming darkness of Advent | The Christian Century
Nov 29, 2011 · The church waits like this during Advent—mulishly refusing to sing the songs pouring from loudspeakers at every shopping mall, stubbornly counting the days, puritanically declining to open any presents—because the baby is …
An even better Bible - The Christian Century
Last spring, the National Council of Churches commissioned the Society of Biblical Literature to lead a review and update of the New Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible. The new NRSV Updated Edition contains tens of thousands of changes, many of them substantive. The project was led by ...
Why did Paul prefer singleness for himself and others?
Jul 18, 2018 · But Paul rejects the notion that married Christians should remain permanently celibate (1 Cor. 7:1–3). After all, to say that married couples should avoid sexual expression altogether would be to deny that marriage and human sexuality were created goods, designed and given to us by God.