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If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...
Is Kendrick Lamar Christian? Explore how his lyrics, performances, and public statements fuel ongoing debates about his faith ...
Exactly a century ago, on June 21, 1925, Brébeuf and his martyred Jesuit companions were beatified in Rome, with a ...
In the new book Queer & Christian, author and pastor Brandan Robertson makes the case for reclaiming the bible, faith and the ...
In the new book Queer & Christian, author and pastor Brandan Robertson makes the case for reclaiming the bible, faith and the church for LGBTQ+ people.
The novelist on her unclassifiable new work, “The Möbius Book”; the limits of autobiography; and the appeal of multiplicity.
The publication was the "first successful religious daily newspaper in the English language." Still faith-focused, it is Utah ...
I enjoyed seeing Religion News Service’s Adelle M. Banks — winner of the Religion News Association’s 2024 William A. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award — at the ACP conference. Banks gave a keynote ...
For nearly seven decades, Elaine Pagels has wrestled with the question: “Why religion?” At age 15, she found herself among thousands in Candlestick Park, electrified by the words of evangelist ...
Some translations of the book of Enoch are easier to follow than others. Enoch 1 is consistent with the fall of the watchers, or angels, as referenced in Genesis 6:1-2: “The sons of God saw that the ...
More specific to the content of the book, Stewart also introduces notable features of arguments about the historical Jesus. He briefly discusses the “criteria of authenticity,” which were once quite ...
Having written a book that deals with Jesus’s companionship with sinners, I agree that his behavior may have evoked criticism—but only to a point. If the authorities considered Jesus’s behavior ...