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Salah Farah, a Muslim schoolteacher who shielded Christian fellow passengers when their bus was attacked by militants in northern Kenya, died January 18....

A delegation from Howard Univer­sity Divinity School has returned an ancient manuscript to an Ethiopian monastery after scholars discovered its place of origin....

How on earth do we balance the quietness of our hearts with a public call to repentance?

Randomness is distinct from the Greek concept of chance. Conflating the two imports to science the sense that random events are gratuitous.

The Gospel according to Luke has its distinct features: the storybook birth narrative; the poetic songs of Zechariah, Mary, and Simeon; and the heart-warming parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son. In this Sunday's lectionary reading (Luke 4:14–21), however, we get to the heart of the matter and hear what truly makes Luke distinct: a Jesus whose focus is salvation for those in need. Only Luke gives us this encounter, in which Jesus chooses for himself a scripture passage that defines his ministry.

Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that Florida’s death penalty sentencing violates the Sixth Amendment. Tomorrow, the court will consider whether to hear a death-row petition based on the Eighth. The first is comparatively narrow in scope: Florida has to stop sending people to its rather bustling death row unless that decision is made by a real live jury. The second, however, could be quite sweeping.

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The Michigan bodies of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) launched The Gospel in Action––Flint in January as President Obama declared a state of emergency in...

At the hilltop outpost of Esh Kodesh the only sound for miles around is of a dog barking or a rooster crowing....

Daniel O. Aleshire, executive director of the Association of Theological Schools, announced that he will retire before June 30, 2017. ...

Rectify is unlike any series I've watched. Its slow burn reveals the viewer as well as the characters in the story.

In this week’s Gospel reading, many people praise Jesus’ teaching—until he claims that he is the fulfillment of the scripture he reads. It is difficult for American Christians to grasp how shocking Jesus’ announcement is to a first-century synagogue.

The writer of Luke may be challenging his readers to accept even those whom the oppressed might reject, but Paul reminds us to act with love in all things.

When asked about Pope Francis’s call to America for a welcoming immigration policy, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) perhaps unwittingly invoked a biblical trope used countless times in American Protestant churches. I call it the “American Nehemiad.”  The book of Nehemiah is political. 

Another morning is blueing into being over the thin horizon behind the dark trees. It is icy cold, fresh frost ringing the windows and slow snowflakes drifting down behind the glass....

Why have American Christians so readily baptized the idea of free-market capitalism? Kevin Kruse illuminates the long, tangled history.

(The Christian Science Monitor) An affluent school district in suburban Maryland has become the latest district to recognize Muslim ho...

The Anglican Communion’s worldwide leaders, finishing up four days of heated discussions in mid-January, sought to project a sense of unity despite a move to exclude the Episcopal Church from key p...

Two Lutheran seminaries in Penn­sylvania are planning to close and launch together a new school of theology in 2017 with hopes of slashing costs and reversing years of declining enrollments....

Many reforms are needed to make college affordable. The main one, however, is cheaper tuition—which requires greater public investment.