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Douglas Wilson’s theology of victim blaming
3+ day, 20+ min ago (694+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. The first time I spoke publicly about being raped, I was at a conservative Christian college, a campus I’d never visited before, a place where I didn’t know anyone in the audience. The rape wasn’t a secret. My…...
A feast day for the whole church
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1623+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. A feast day for the whole church “The Feast of Creation in Christ names our need to celebrate God’s saving work in creation,” says liturgical theologian Kimberly Belcher, “and to do so together.” Illustration by Mary Haasdyk…...
Could Reuben have done more for Joseph? (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (390+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. by Liz Cooledge Jenkins Reuben is the only one among Joseph’s many brothers who thinks twice about killing him. He says, “let us not take his life,” and then again, as if for emphasis, “shed no blood,…...
The faith of an empire
1+ week, 2+ day ago (142+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. The faith of an empire Religious leaders supplied the motives for American expansionism—along with the means and the opportunity. Moreover, the dispersed nature of imperial settlement ensured the success of particular Christian denominations, which coped well…...
Released Texas pastors say immigration agents threatened family separation
2+ week, 4+ day ago (973+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. With voices that cracked and a few tears on their cheeks, pastors Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo and Cinthia Sarai Cardona Otero led their Edinburg, Texas, congregation in praise for their recent release from immigration detention and prayer for…...
Holy impatience
2+ week, 5+ day ago (158+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. I’m tired of waiting for justice. But I am learning to face a world coming to an end with the gift of God who is World Without End. I am not a patient person. As a Brit,…...
Amid ICE killings, more than 100 clergy from across the US stage protest at Delaney Hall
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (1026+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. Amid ICE killings, more than 100 clergy from across the US stage protest at Delaney Hall Amid the recent killings of two immigrants by immigration enforcement agents, around 100 religious leaders from across the country staged a protest outside…...
An agnostic who out-Christianed the Christians
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (130+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. An agnostic who out-Christianed the Christians The 19th-century orator Robert Ingersoll denied God. But his answer to the question of human purpose strikes me as a pretty good one. Robert Ingersoll (Century illustration / Source image: Public domain)…...
Migration as care: A review of Now We Are Here
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (165+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. Gabrielle Oliveira’s ethnographic study analyzes US immigration policy by centering the voices of children and educators. Family Migration, Children’s Education, and Dreams for a Better Life The centering of children’s accounts of their own migration stories is…...
Dorothy Day never spoke of her abortion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (311+ words) © 2026 The Christian Century. Dorothy Day never spoke of her abortion A century later, I refuse to stay quiet about mine—despite the Catholic Worker movement’s tradition of silence. Catholic Worker cofounder Dorothy Day in 1916 (Public domain) Almost 100 years separate Dorothy…...