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A controversial study suggesting that the abortion rate has increased since President Bush took office was off the mark, its author now admits....

Religious and human rights groups, along with a top UN official, are calling on the Zimbabwe government to end its campaign of evicting the urban poor and destroying their shacks and market stalls....

Former president Jimmy Carter has called on the U.S....

Eugene B. Habecker, president of the American Bible Society, is leaving the New York–based organization to become the 30th president of his alma mater, Taylor University in Ind...

We children of the Enlightenment do not regularly linger over such elusive experiences as dreams....

Worship: Act five

"Do not touch.” “Do not taste.” “Don’t walk on the grass.” What is it about me that wants to do exactly what signs instruct me not to do? The warnings are probably for my benefit. The signs are not evil. So why do they bring out the worst in me?

Jacob and Esau are identified by their relationship with each other.

Disconnectedness is the greatest threat to our spiritual security.

A free association exercise: Random memories from the 18 months I spent as a chaplain intern at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas....

At age eight, Sam became totally paralyzed. A year later he emerged with brain damage, learning disabilities, complex emotional problems and severe behavioral problems. His family began to disintegrate under the strain. His mother committed suicide, and Sam was placed in a psychiatric hospital. In this horrible situation, what earthly difference can Jesus make?

Intelligently detailed, impressively mounted, absorbingly told and undeniably gripping, Sydney Pollack’s The Interpreter is a very satisfying movie—unless you’re seeking something more than ...

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Most Christians and Jews remain settled in separate enclaves....

For those whose life involves a continuous dialogue between insights from their religious traditi...

Oliver continues to practice loving attention to the natural world.

Not long ago I had a conversation with a Roman Catholic bishop wh...

For a Christian, freedom means being the one whom God intends us to be.

The politics of fear has hardly abated since 9/11, or since last fall’s election, which was largely a contest of convincing voters about who could best “kill the terrorists.” A simple spin down the...

A “faith-based economy,” argues Frederick H. Borsch, is based not so much on a “preferential option for the poor” as on a concern for the well-being of a community in which no one is left behind or left out or deprived of dignity. This is a goal that can never be achieved, yet should not be surrendered. says Borsch (Anglican Theological Review, Winter).