The Intelligent Design (I.D.) movement began in the late 1980s and died -- though some still refuse to recognize its demise -- in a court case in 2005. What I remember most about it after writing a ...

The famous Protestant Reformation leader John Calvin (1509-1564) used to decry what he called the "total depravity" of humankind. It was rooted in the questionable idea of "original sin," which my ...

Which subject are you more likely to talk about with family or friends -- politics, sports, pop culture or religion? A new Pew Research Center study suggests that if you're like most Americans, your ...

Different religions have different views about what scripture is. In fact, often there are debates within a single religion about that, as all the Christian arguments about the nature of the Bible and ...

What's the worst that you could say about, say, love. Or kindness. Or sympathy. Or generosity. I'll wait. It turns out that if we add empathy to that list, there is now, apparently, a growing crowd of ...

The recent trial, conviction and sentencing of the man who murdered 11 worshipers and wounded six more at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 has, once again, put the spotlight on resurgent antisemitism in ...

Yes, of course I'm glad that a few days ago the United Methodist Church decided to change its rules to allow the ordination of otherwise-qualified LGBTQ+ people to be clergy. It should have happened ...

As Christians move through this season of Advent and its culmination, Christmas, it's a good time to remember that what gives the Bible its power, its resilience, its hold on the hearts and minds of ...