The Christian Century

An ecumenical biweekly magazine that examines developments in the contemporary church and probes the religious and moral issues of modern culture. Publishes articles exploring the public meaning of faith and religious tradition in regard to topics such as poverty, human rights, economic justice, international relations, national priorities and popular culture, as well as discussions of the theology and ethos of individual religious communities..

Iraq--ancient Mesopotamia--has some 4,000 archaeological and museum si...
April 19, 2003

Data bite. (News).(a poll shows people's beliefs in Satan)(Brief Artic...
April 19, 2003

Episcopal panel urges no gay blessings. (News).
April 19, 2003

UMC agency seeks change in gay stance. (News).
April 19, 2003

Catholic diocese sues another in sex scandal. (News).(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003

A Christian missionary in Central America was shot and killed March 28...
April 19, 2003

What is being called the world's largest Sikh gurdwara (temple) outsid...
April 19, 2003

Churches in India have expressed shock over the enactment of a controv...
April 19, 2003

Federal Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer ruled on March 31 that the city of Eva...
April 19, 2003

Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). (People).(the first woma...
April 19, 2003

A husband and wife team widely respected for commentary on the Catholi...
April 19, 2003

No joke. (Living by the Word).(practicing the resurrection)
April 19, 2003

Fresh evidence. (Living by the Word).(a discussion of Jesus' resurrect...
April 19, 2003

Design matters: the city and the good life: can the art of traditional...
April 19, 2003

Reclaiming the city: a church stays put.(an article adapted from the s...
April 19, 2003

Resurrection. (Poetry).(Poem)
April 19, 2003

Intruder in my arms: stressed-out mothers.(four books on motherhood an...
April 19, 2003

Mister Rogers. (Faith matters).(the special qualities of the man and h...
April 19, 2003

First aid.(a guide for what to do in case of a biological, chemical of...
April 19, 2003

In the Devil's Snare: the Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692.(a review of...
April 19, 2003

Unplugged.(Book Review)~(book review)
April 19, 2003

A deafening silence.(two real life stories are presented on film)(Movi...
April 19, 2003

Job 1, by Dierdre Luzwick. (Art).(artwork in Luzwick's book The Surrea...
April 19, 2003

Warring arguments. (letters).(two letters discuss the role of America ...
April 19, 2003

Spiritual communities ... (letters).(Letter to the Editor)
April 19, 2003

Home cooking. (M.E.M.O).(illiterate Bantu are preparing to come to the...
April 19, 2003

Urban turnaround: reorienting old churches for a new age often takes g...
April 19, 2003

Media casualties: journalists embedded with the military can't ask per...
April 19, 2003

Century marks.(various stories on various topics)
April 19, 2003

Alternative TV: the war through Arab eyes. Al-Jazeera has been rufflin...
April 19, 2003

Bush-whacked: has the U.S. disabled the UN?
April 19, 2003

Proselytizing in postwar Iraq? (News).(concerns expressed by some Chri...
April 19, 2003

Guns, then gospel? (News).(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003

Religious relief groups resist Pentagon control. (News).(religious gro...
April 19, 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says the "greatest casualty" s...
April 19, 2003

Some 65 antiwar activists were arrested outside the White House on Mar...
April 19, 2003

A shipment of badly needed personal hygiene soap and laundry detergent...
April 19, 2003

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution urging a national...
April 19, 2003

The National Council of Churches and two Muslim groups said they will ...
April 19, 2003

U.S. military chaplains have been solace in the smoke of the battlefie...
April 19, 2003

The Canadian Council of Churches has publicly supported Prime Minister...
April 19, 2003

Pope John Paul II has warned that the war in Iraq, already "a human tr...
April 19, 2003

Easter revolution.(musings on the reality of death)(Editorial)
April 05, 2003

Sorrows of war.
April 05, 2003

Century marks.(a collection of news snippets and ponderings on various...
April 05, 2003

Holding steady. (The Nonanxious Pastor).(turning toward the church in ...
April 05, 2003

Sick system. (Health care: radical surgery needed).
April 05, 2003

Villanelle.(poem)(Poem)
April 05, 2003

Favorite poems: an ongoing series of poems, with commentary, as select...
April 05, 2003

Mainline, Catholic leaders vow peace role. (News).
April 05, 2003

Inspectors pull out. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Relief groups fear catastrophe in Iraq. (News).(even before the start ...
April 05, 2003

Senate passes ban on late-term abortions. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

U.S. Muslims brace for backlash during war. (News).
April 05, 2003

Numbers of uninsured called moral shame. (News).
April 05, 2003

Serving the uninsured. (News).(caption for an illustration)(Brief Arti...
April 05, 2003

U.S. choirs mostly church-based. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Environmentalist wins Templeton Prize. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Union Seminary, Columbia sign deal. (News).
April 05, 2003

Data bite. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Unholy row on God's place in EU constitution. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Ex-Keston monitors begin news service. (News).( freedom-of-conscience ...
April 05, 2003

Half of ex-priests left for love, sex. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

West Africa churches seek peace efforts. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Crushed in Gaza. (News).(photo of Rachel Corey )(Illustration)
April 05, 2003

Moody Bible to end magazine, sell stores. (News).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

The Episcopal bishops of New England said the region risks losing its ...
April 05, 2003

Thirty-eight in Oregon killed themselves through physician-assisted su...
April 05, 2003

Praying for comrades.(photo caption for pix of soldiers in Kabul)(Illu...
April 05, 2003

National Association of Evangelicals. (People).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

Church of the Brethren. (People).(Brief Article)
April 05, 2003

The resignation of Catholic Bishop Manuel Moreno, 72, of Tucson, Arizo...
April 05, 2003

Protest march. (Living by the Word).(Palm Sunday examined)
April 05, 2003

He is not here. (Living by the Word).
April 05, 2003

When I get to heaven: picturing paradise.
April 05, 2003

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