The quiet rise of Christian dominionism
In 2015, Ted Cruz went to Liberty University to announce his run for president. Liberty had long been a bastion of dispensationalism, an evangelical worldview with a premillennial eschatology and a separatist attitude toward society. But the senator …
Who is Jesus for Muslims? | The Christian Century
Jun 7, 2017 · Zeki Saritoprak’s book Islam’s Jesus examines the role of Jesus in the Qur’an and in Islamic theology.He has written about many Islamic theologians, mystics, and scholars, including the 13th-century poet and Sufi mystic Rumi and the early 20th-century Turkish Muslim scholar Bediüzzaman Said Nursî.
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The religious aspect of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Jun 16, 2021 · 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...
Does the promise still hold? Israel and the land: An essay and ...
Jan 13, 2009 · How are Christians to understand this promise in the 21st century? We asked Gary Anderson to write an essay, and Walter Brueggeman, Marlin Jeschke and Donald E. Wagner to respond.Walter Brueggemann's responseMarlin Jeschke's responseDonald E....
The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.
Nov 21, 2024 · Bonhoeffer the movie, on the other hand, presents him as just this kind of moral agent who clearly recognizes good and evil, with the only real question being whether he has the stomach to do what he knows is right. By reducing moral deliberation to a question of will, the movie not only badly misreads Bonhoeffer. It also traffics in the dangerous idea of the Bonhoeffer moment, inviting its ...
Many paths to Jesus (Mark 9:38-50) | The Christian Century
Sep 27, 2024 · To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. I have never been a hellfire-and-brimstone preacher.
Last Judgment , by Gislebertus (ca. 1130) - The Christian Century
Feb 27, 2019 · The medieval Cathedral of St. Lazare in Autun, France, constructed in about 1120, contained relics of St. Lazarus. Pilgrims to the church were greeted at the entrance by a sculpture of the last judgment. The sculpture is signed “Gislebertus hoc...
Did God intervene to save Trump’s life? | The Christian Century
Jul 18, 2024 · The site of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 15, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo / Gene J. Puskar)
The roots of Hebrew Roots | The Christian Century
Aug 14, 2024 · Also common in the Hebrew Roots movement is a conviction that the church got offtrack in regard to the Torah because it has largely misunderstood Paul’s writings about it—a trap they say Peter explicitly warns against in 2 Peter 3:16.