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The Christian Century

The Christian Century is a long-running American mainline Protestant magazine. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The Christian Century began in 1884 as a Disciples of Christ publication called the Christian Oracle. It took on its current name in first issue of 1900, and widened its denominational scope over time. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is January 9, 1957 (v. 74 no. 2). The first actively copyright-renewed contribution is from October 2, 1940. (More details) It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1900: The Internet Archive has volume 17, scanned from microfilm.
• 1901: The Internet Archive has volume 18, scanned from microfilm. Issues from May 30 onward are titled "Christian Century of the Disciples of Christ".
• 1901: The Internet Archive has issues from May 23-December 1901. The first issue is identified as part of volume 18, but then the volume number resets to 1 for the remainder of the year in this volume. (It would later revert to the original volume numbering scheme.) Issues from May 30 onward are titled simply "The Christian Century" (unlike the issues in the 1901 microfilm scan, but on a quick glance appear to include the same or similar content to the issues with the same dates titled "Christian Century of the Disciples of Christ".
• 1902: The Internet Archive has volume 19, scanned from microfilm.
• 1903: The Internet Archive has volume 20, scanned from microfilm.
• 1904: The Internet Archive has volume 21, scanned from microfilm.
• 1905: The Internet Archive has most of volume 22, scanned from microfilm. The 4th and 22nd issues appear to be missing.
• 1906: The Internet Archive has volume 23, scanned from microfilm.
• 1907: The Internet Archive has most of volume 24, scanned from microfilm. The first and 43rd issues appear to be missing.
• 1908: The Internet Archive has volume 25.
• 1909: The Internet Archive has volume 26.
• 1910: The Internet Archive has volume 27.
• 1911: The Internet Archive has volume 28, scanned from microfilm.
• 1912: The Internet Archive has volume 29.
• 1913: The Internet Archive has volume 30.
• 1914: The Internet Archive has volume 31.
• 1915: The Internet Archive has volume 32.
• 1916: The Internet Archive has volume 33.
• 1917: The Internet Archive has volume 34, numbers 1-26, covering January-June 1917.
• 1917: The Internet Archive has volume 34, numbers 27-52, covering July-December 1917.
• 1918: The Internet Archive has volume 35, numbers 1-24, covering January-June 1918.
• 1918: The Internet Archive has volume 35, numbers 25-50, covering July-December 1918.
• 1919: The Internet Archive has volume 36, numbers 1-26, covering January-June 1919.
• 1919: The Internet Archive has volume 36, numbers 27-51, covering July-December 1919.
• 1920: The Internet Archive has volume 37, numbers 1-26, covering January-June 1920.
• 1920: The Internet Archive has volume 37, numbers 27-53, covering July-December 1920.
• 1921: The Internet Archive has volume 38, numbers 1-26, covering January-June 1921.
• 1921: The Internet Archive has volume 38, numbers 27-52, covering July-December 1921.
• 1922: The Internet Archive has volume 39, numbers 1-25, covering January-June 22, 1922.
• 1922: The Internet Archive has volume 39, numbers 26-52, covering June 29-December 1922.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 40, scanned from microfilm.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 41, scanned from microfilm.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 42, scanned from microfilm.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 43, scanned from microfilm.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 44, scanned from microfilm.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 45, scanned from microfilm.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 46, scanned from microfilm.

Official Site / Current Material

• The Christian Century web site has more information about the magazine, and recent articles. Some content is free to access; some requires a subscription.

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