“All my brothers went West and took up land, but I hung on to New England and I hung on to the old farm, not because the paint mine was on it, but because the old house was on it—and the graves.” That’s what Silas Lapham tells a Boston journalist in the opening scene of William Dean . . . . Continue Reading »
As we celebrate 500 years of the Reformation, we should remember that a new reformation is occurring right before our eyes. Continue Reading »
What Benedict outlined in 2006 remains true eleven years later: In order to live in peace with “the rest,” Islam must find within its own religious and intellectual resources a way to affirm religious tolerance. Continue Reading »
Dispatches from the debate: Any left that is unable to see the way we are enslaved by lust will end up the unwitting handmaiden of those who exploit. Continue Reading »
Christianity’s sheer familiarity has desensitized us to its radicalness. Larry Hurtado aims to show how the “odd” became “commonplace,” by surveying the first three centuries of the Jesus movement. Continue Reading »
America’s conservative Christians should consider not only joining the vigils, but also visiting Ahok in his jail cell. Continue Reading »
This great country has come a long way from when Jews had to choose between their jobs and the Ten Commandments. Let us not let the Trump media frenzy take us back to that unpleasant time. Continue Reading »
When an entire continent—healthier, wealthier, and more secure than ever before—deliberately chooses sterility, the most basic cause for that must lie in the realm of the human spirit, in a certain souring about the very mystery of being. Continue Reading »
If there were any doubts about the enduring power of Fatima, Pope Francis has put them to bed. Continue Reading »
Saul’s dread of his younger rival transforms Saul into a power-grasping tyrant. Continue Reading »
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