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Two years ago, when fighters from the self-described Islamic State began their assault on Karemlash, a town 18 miles southeast of Mosul, Martin Banni, a Chaldean Catholic priest, grabbed...

Every time I see Cleveland's baseball mascot, I think of the Sand Creek Massacre—and the two Methodist leaders behind it.

They share a faith background, but one supports school choice and the other opposes it. Here’s why.

As the Iraq war rages and President Bush continues a fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction, a brutal school shooting in a suburb of St. Louis leaves four teenagers traumatized....

It's a church—and a yoga studio, psychotherapist's office, and Reiki healing space.

Life's later decades present distinctive virtues—and vices.

For a long time I sat with Mary at Jesus' tomb—sad, weeping, hopeless.

White flight, preachers and social media, and the tricky relationship between church and world.  

Most of us only know the pro-life movement after Roe v. Wade. But there's a fuller history—with surprising turns.

In the United Church of Canada, a liberal congregation is growing. Here's how.

While we're preparing for Jesus' birth, these texts talk about getting ready for the Second Coming.

Sometimes you have to struggle to a new height, away from the crowded ground level, to gain new vision.

On HBO's new series, a young Muslim is accused of murder. But whether he's guilty isn't the point.

The college students I teach are right to be disappointed by the current political system. Can they help us move beyond it?

The late-term abortion I chose was the end of a dream.

Yaa Gyasi's novel reveals the freedoms and captivities we all inherit.

In opioid country, churches get to know their recovery communities.

Islam prohibits the depiction of God or prophets, and some Muslims believe drawing any animate being is also forbidden. Certainly no such images appear in the Qur’an, its central holy book....

The religious right, as we know it, isn’t very old. Nor is it static.

I feel like I've heard a lot about tax collectors lately....