Whois & Analysis for christiancentury.org

The Christian Century is a Christian magazine based in Chicago, Illinois.

Considered the flagship magazine of U.S. mainline Protestantism, the biweekly reports on religious news; comments on theological, moral, and cultural issues; and reviews books, movies, and music.

The Century hosts four blogs, written and edited by Drew Hart, Edward Carson, Beth Shalom Hessel, Carol Howard Merritt, and Steve Thorngate, as well as hosting a network of more than 100 outside bloggers, CCblogs.

Matt Fitzgerald hosts a podcast entitled, "Preachers on Preaching".

Ecumenism refers to efforts by Christians of different church traditions to develop closer relationships and better understandings.

The term is also often used to refer to efforts towards the visible and organic unity of different Christian churches in some form.

Chicago (or), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States.

With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois, and the Midwestern United States.

It is the county seat of Cook County.

The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S.

A local church is a Christian religious organization or community that meets in a particular location.

Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by-laws, maintain offices, are served by clergy or lay leaders, and, in nations where this is permissible, often seek non-profit corporate status.

Progressive Christianity is a form of Christianity which is characterized by a willingness to question tradition, acceptance of human diversity, a strong emphasis on social justice and care for the poor and the oppressed, and environmental stewardship of the Earth.

Progressive Christians have a deep belief in the centrality of the instruction to "love one another" (John 15:17) within the teachings of Jesus Christ.

This leads to a focus on promoting values such as compassion, justice, mercy, tolerance, often through political activism.

Though prominent, the movement is by no means the only significant movement of progressive thought among Christians (see the 'See also' links below).