We may dismiss monsters as fictional fabrications used to sell pulp magazines and tacky movies. But monsters are more than ...

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a ...

Nimrod is the biblical archetype of the corrupt leader obsessed with his own power.

This is not a call to naïveté or positivity or cheap hope. No, the kind of hope scripture helps us imagine is a hard-won hope ...

In my mother’s garden, the forsythiaburns gold but is never consumed.I’ve walked past it for forty years,barefoot on grass then gravel then concrete,never thinking to remove my shoes.When the hospice ...

David Zepf teaches creative writing at Lincoln Land Community College and volunteers with a literacy program for adults. From theological reflections to breaking religion news to the latest books, the ...

Antifascist writers of the last century grappled with the same bewilderment we do—and they made sense of their ...

During Advent, we must remember the Creator who radically sets aside the oligarchy—for it was the sounds, smells, and sights ...

As Christians, we need to protest authoritarianism and support the people it targets. We also need to underscore the deep ...

To grow into Christ’s likeness is to step away from power and toward failure.

Why has the authority of American elites been swept aside? Historian Molly Worthen argues that it’s because they failed ...

Sing Christmas carols during Advent. Put up the tree before Halloween. Why does the Southern Baptist Convention wield so much ...