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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 3h
“When I think about AI, I find myself drawn more and more to this existential question: Why is it so easy for me to imagine that there is someone on the other end of the wire?”

– @daultradio.bsky.social

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The parasocial power of AI
For some reason, it is sometimes easier for us to see personhood in a chatbot than in a fellow...
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Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social · 17h
A new review! As guns continue to define American life and identity, we can understand better how we got here.
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 22h
“@drrachelwagner.bsky.social names two foundational influences behind this cowboy messiah ideology: Christian apocalypticism and American frontier mythology.”

– @amarpeterman.bsky.social reviews Cowboy Apocalypse

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The self-appointed cowboy messiah
Rachel Wagner traces the way frontier fantasies and apocalyptic faith fuel today’s gun-obsessed...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 15d
“It has never been easy for long-established, entrenched communities to open their doors to strangers and foreigners. It shouldn’t be surprising to us that the crux of Jonah’s complaint lies in the possibility of God’s grace extending to a foreign city like Nineveh.”

– Peter Choi
Terrible leaders of the Bible
When I remember the story of Jonah the insufferable prophet, I am filled with a strange...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 22h
“@drrachelwagner.bsky.social names two foundational influences behind this cowboy messiah ideology: Christian apocalypticism and American frontier mythology.”

– @amarpeterman.bsky.social reviews Cowboy Apocalypse

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The self-appointed cowboy messiah
Rachel Wagner traces the way frontier fantasies and apocalyptic faith fuel today’s gun-obsessed...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 1d
“How far does one have to fall before one starts to think that the crucified and forsaken God is not enough? Where do we go when the broken God dies?”

– @revrachelmann.bsky.social

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The silent, suffering God
I’ve spent weeks in the hospital this year. I keep waiting for God to...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 2d
“He stands there like a spoiled child
so certain is he of his mother’s love.”

– read Angela @angelaodonnellpoet.bsky.social’s new poem:

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Christ Discovered in the Temple
After the painting by Simone MartiniHe stands there like a spoiled childso certain is he of his mother’s love.Her gesture is kindly, reasoning,nothing he wants any part of.He hugs himself, his book to...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 2d
In our latest video, Jon Mathieu chats with religion scholar Mac Loftin and biblical scholar Hannah Strømmen about the ways far-right leaders—in Europe and the US—engage in “Bible-use” for political effect.

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How far-right leaders use the Bible
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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 2d
My new @christiancentury.bsky.social article is a reminder that violent cultural imperialism and Christian mission has gone hand in hand throughout American (and not only American) history. www.christiancentury.org/features/yes...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 4d
“Facing the problems of the imprecatory psalms, Bonhoeffer—in attempting to discern the power they may offer for shaping a life of prayer and just praxis during arduous periods in history—makes five interpretive moves.”

– Jeff Jay

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Bonhoeffer prayed the psalms of imprecation
Should we do the same?
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 5d
“Cardinal Dolan and President Trump are right about this. Kirk was indeed a missionary—and that’s precisely the problem.”

– @dwcongdon.com

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Yes, Charlie Kirk was a missionary
Trump is right about this—but not for the reasons he...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 6d
Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English church.

Sam Gee reviews The English Soul: www.christiancentury.org/books/what-e...
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What is English Christianity?
Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 6d
“At a recent action in front of the Philippine consulate calling for the release of a migrant, theologian Primo Racimo declared that raising one’s fists and stomping one’s feet is as much prayer as the prayer often hidden away from public places.”

– @crbernasol.bsky.social
Pentecostalism for the people
Progressive politics can flow naturally from a life of prayer. I learned this from my Latine Pentecostal...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 6d
“I would never have noticed
the tiny spider descending,
dreamlike, thread unseen”

– Read Sarah Rossiter’s new poem

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Riveredge
Jacob dreamed there was a ladder . . . and the angels of God were ascending and descending.—Genesis: 28:13If not alone on the cabin’s deck,listening to the river whisper,open to day’s light unfolding,...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 7d
“The pull has come upon them. They have entered a new orbit. Will it outlast a galaxy or be over in the instant it takes for eyes to meet and unmeet?”

– Thomas Stubbs, one of the winners in our Readers Write contest, supported by the Frederick Buechner Center
Essays by readers: Gravity
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt:...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 8d
According to historian @theotherrbg.bsky.social, FDR’s labor secretary saved tens of thousands of refugees from the Nazis—and narrowly avoided impeachment.

Charles Hoffacker reviews Dear Miss Perkins:
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When Frances Perkins took on the bigots
According to historian Rebecca Graham, FDR’s labor secretary saved tens of thousands of refugees from the Nazis—and narrowly avoided...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 8d
“The Psalms offer few easy answers. They are the words of people who are wrestling with the unrelenting violence of those with power—while still confessing, speaking with a God who sees them.”

– Brian Bantum

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The rhythm of a difficult song
Recently I reread the Psalms. I could feel the turbulence of the world that gave birth to...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 8d
“Our task is to make sure our theological claims are worthy of God’s generous, extravagant love. Unfortunately, not every Bible verse, alone on the page, is worthy of that love.”

– Brandon Ambrosino

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When theology kills
Ruth Miller’s beliefs led to multiple deaths. Is my own faith giving life or taking...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 9d
“People reach for religious language to describe the experience of artistic inspiration. Some have no problem ascribing it to God; some have an enormous problem ascribing it to God. But they often use religious language anyway.”

– Carey Wallace, in an interview by @bromleighm.bsky.social
Being devoted to being inspired
“We spend a lot of time identifying kids with talent and training them on technique,” says writer Carey Wallace. “But there’s virtually no rigorous thought on...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 11d
“The waves of violence and celebration cut against the heart of Christian teaching—Jesus famously taught us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us—but even some left-leaning Christians celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death.”

– Lilia Ellis

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Loving enemies in a time of murder and rage
The kind of love Jesus taught may not be popular. But the alternative has already shown its rotten...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 12d
“James Baldwin calls on White Americans to ‘do their first works over’—to return not with nostalgia but with moral reckoning.”

– Kelly Brown Douglas

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Freedom and the price of the ticket
James Baldwin reminds us that those who seek to police the freedom of others are, ironically, the least...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 12d
“There is a growing movement, broad based and tactically nonviolent, to defend American democracy. As people mobilize, they are looking to community organizations for help.”

– the Christian Century editors

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A time for nonviolence
Political violence is morally unacceptable, against Charlie Kirk or anyone else. It’s also strategically...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 12d
Patrick Condon builds on existing inequality research to focus on one big problem: the price of urban land.

A review by Tim Dickau.

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 13d
“Your memory, an intellect / with a moth hole.”

– from Luci Shaw’s new poem: www.christiancentury.org/poetry/moth-...
Moth Hole
On occasion, your mindblindsides itself. You’re describingyesterday’s adventure to a friend . . .. . . and there’s the blink of a word,you were about to say, searching,almost there, but not quite. A w...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 14d
“I would never have noticed
the tiny spider descending,
dreamlike, thread unseen”

– Read Sarah Rossiter’s new poem: www.christiancentury.org/poetry/river...
Riveredge
Jacob dreamed there was a ladder . . . and the angels of God were ascending and descending.—Genesis: 28:13If not alone on the cabin’s deck,listening to the river whisper,open to day’s light unfolding,...
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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 14d
“If we’re willing to dream new dreams together, there are tools we can learn to use to refashion the places we live into places of shared thriving.”

– @larsakerson.bsky.social

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Mapping my city’s moral geography
When I returned to Harrisonburg, I began to see how the built environment reflects and shapes our values and...
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