Once upon a time, there were so many children at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Levittown, New York, that the parish outside ...
After reading a recent piece this week at Religion Unplugged — headlined “AI might be conscious. If so, God help us” — I was ...
Manga has always been a medium in which the ordinary and the extraordinary coexist. A playground can become a site of spiritual encounter, a forest can conceal ancient powers and a familiar creature ...
The planned execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan sparked renewed debate among Christians over capital punishment. Catholic leaders cited church teaching opposing the death penalty, while some ...
From the Yazidis to the Rohingya, from the Uyghurs to other communities facing growing threats around the world, the use and ...
Day after day, the senator-judges begin proceedings by asking God for the same things — truth, wisdom, justice and freedom from bias. As they prepare to decide Vice President Sara Duterte’s fate, thos ...
As some religious studies scholars argue, the charge that Hindus worship false gods and idols took hold in American national culture nearly two centuries ago. Nineteenth-century American schoolbooks, ...
Where do you go to vote on Election Day? I am assuming that all you readers are actually voting. If you don’t, it’s my solemn duty as a classically trained political scientist to tell you that your ...
A recent news release from Christianity Today touted the magazine’s “new editorial leadership team.” It failed to mention the ...
A significant case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear on appeal Nov. 3 evokes major elements of this century’s culture wars. This public policy clash pits claims based upon venerable religious rights ...
Returning to my failed flight to the mountains, my own beloved, a goddess in her own right, reminded me: “You are a student of Hinduism, and you know that the Himalayan peaks are goddesses.” Unlike ...
The Houthis are both an armed political movement and a governing authority in parts of Yemen, as well as an organization ...