For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Jesus is so funny sometimes. The disciples have gone fishing but have come up empty. Jesus, who they do not recognize, stands on the ...

On a recent 78-degree Saturday afternoon, a U.S. flag and the Detroit Tigers’ four World Series championship banners — from 1935, 1945, 1968 and 1984 — flapped in the Comerica Park breeze. For nearly ...