New CC content on assassination attempts, hero worship, church trends, and more.

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** The news cycle is a vortex
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Whether or not you live in the US, you have probably been seeing more and more headlines about our presidential candidates. As you might have noticed, the Century does not try to keep up with the 24-hour news cycle. As a monthly magazine, we simply can’t—plus the word “thoughtful” is in our tagline, so we like for our writers to take the time to reflect.

In other words, I have no new content for you related to President Joe Biden’s decision to step down from his reelection campaign. But once in a while we are able to get an insightful piece onto our website shortly after a major event. This is one of those times, as Brandon Ambrosino offers a profound theological reflection on the role of luck in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump ([link removed]) —and the crucifixion of Jesus.

Scroll down for more great new content, like Julian DeShazier’s critique of the church’s obsession with “great men.” ([link removed]) Plus more, including our video of the week with Ross Kane about his July cover story on the tension between anti-colonialism and pro-LGBTQ efforts ([link removed]) .

Email me: How engaged are you with politics?

Jon Mathieu
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** Did God intervene to save Trump’s life? ([link removed])
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“Underneath the theological questions that we don’t know how to answer are other theological questions that we don’t even know how to ask.”

by Brandon Ambrosino
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** The great man theory is poison for the church ([link removed])
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“The more I talk to my millennial and Gen Z clergy colleagues, the more I’m certain that one particular assumption is going to be our ruin.”

by Julian DeShazier
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** Ross Kane on anti-colonial, pro-LGBTQ church politics ([link removed])
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[VIDEO] Ross Kane chats with Jon about the perceived tension between anti-colonialism and pro-LGBTQ efforts in some church traditions. He suggests a framework of interdependence for denominations.


** In the Lectionary for July 28 (Ordinary 17B) ([link removed])
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It’s almost as if power and prestige somehow facilitate abusive patterns and protect perpetrators!

by Joanna Harader

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** My childhood congregation was a progressive Christian dream come true ([link removed])
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So why don’t more of the people who grew up there practice Christianity as adults?

by Celeste Kennel-Shank


** Dress and redress ([link removed])
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“Megan Sweeney takes the stories among her familial debris seriously, and she approaches cloth and clothing as worthy objects of interpersonal exploration and reflection.”

review by Céire Kealty
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