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I wasn’t sure what to make of Frida, a movie about the sadness, courage and indomitability that characterized the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo....

Recent findings have reopened arguments concerning when humans arrived in our hemisphere....

Dear Derek: I wrote last time that being adopted makes you different, and so, of course, in an obvious way it does....

Why does James begin by addressing teachers?

Jesus sees something the disciples do not even know they are missing.

A decade ago humanitarian interventi...

Today the Roman Catholic Church in the United States is on the verge of either an irreversible decline or a th...

It is difficult to assess the health of the current ecumenical movement....

Books on the dialogue or debate between religion and science are appearing at a rate daunting even to those who are used to working with big numbers, bringing to mind Qoheleth's claim: "Of the maki...

How will Maria nurse her starving baby? How will a burned son be healed? Will the former prostitute Aldegonde break loose from the watchful sisters with whom she has been placed?...

David Buttrick, who through his teaching and writing has shaped a generation of Pro­testant preachers, admits he is not "a guild-approved" biblical scholar....

In Christian tradition Mary Magdalene came to symbolize (without much biblical support)  the fallen woman who repents....

I am not a high-tech person. That’s partly due to age, partly to disposition. The very mention of my technological skills sets my colleagues and family to snickering....

By all reports the Episcopal Church’s General Convention, which took the unprecedented step of confirming an openly gay man as a bishop of the church, was a remarkably civil affair....

Malcolm X characterized "I Have a Dream" as a feel-good exercise designed for white consumption. But there was nothing soft or accommodating about Martin Luther King's speech.

Dear Derek: I’ve written you four letters already, and it occurs to me that, although I’ve talked about how we adopted you, I haven’t said all that much about what being adopted actually means....

As soon as majorities at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention consented to the election of an openly gay bishop, outnumbered conservative delegates condemned the unprecedented action for “brea...

It is tempting to view the fracas over a gay bishop as another instance of liberals sparring with conservatives....

How often do clergy read? And what are they reading?...

Every July for the past seven years, my quiet corner of North Georgia has become the site of a Native American Sundance ceremony....