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Though Andy Paley later enjoyed acclaim as a producer, the power-pop group he led with his brother Jonathan faded, as so many of them do....

I began watching Her suspicious that it would glorify bodiless romance or present a mere male fantasy. But the film surprised me.

Seated at a table with other chaplains who have comforted grieving military families, retired army chaplain John Schumacher held the red rose in his hands before he passed it along, pausing to reme...

c. 2014 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) While attending a U.S.-based interfaith camp as a teen, Micah Hendler had an idea....

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Seminaries have a reputation for being late adapters when it comes to modern technology....

After the Spanish government recently announced it would grant citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain five centuries ago, Amit Winder of Tel Aviv began dreaming of a b...

In my Century lectionary column for this week, I mention Scot McKnight’s description of the dual love commandment in Mark 12:28-33 (and synoptic parallels) as the “Jesus Creed”—which also happens to be the title of his popular book on the subject and the name of his blog. My sense is that our lectionary readings from the Leviticus holiness code and the Sermon on the Mount are summae of the gospel.

In the digital age, music albums are often seen as quaint, obsolete. Yet a well-crafted collection of songs often carries with it a narrative arc, even when the compositions lack words. 

Julian Barnes’s attempt to console himself with “It’s just the universe doing its stuff” recalls C.S. Lewis’s recoil from the “goodness” of God.

Those who know me well know that I have a teenaged daughter who speaks most fluently in the language of books....

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Promoting religious freedom is an important part of U.S. foreign policy, President Obama told about 3,500 attendees at the 62nd Na­tional Prayer Breakfast at a Wash­ington hotel....

As we remember the Reformation over the next couple of years, we should also recall its global context.

So, 34 couples got married in a live, mass wedding during the Grammy Awards. Queen Latifah (no, not ordained) officiated at the ceremony, against a projected image of stained glass windows....

In the last year, my church—St....

A spin-off from the 12-volume lectionary commentary Feasting on the Word, this work offers readings, reflections and prayers for each day of the church year....

A United Nations panel has accused the Vatican of protecting itself rather than victims of sexual abuse, and it called on the Holy See to create an “independent mechanism” to investigate new charge...

Major Jewish civil rights groups are denouncing a new publication distributed by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that rejects the existence of Israel as a Jewish state....

Forget crosses, saints, and scenes from the Bible. The prominent face of a cathedral should be adorned these days with something more welcoming to all people: a seashell....

It would be a shame if the crisis in seminary education didn’t lead to fresh thinking about how the church calls, trains and places leaders.