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Just how long will the North Dakota oil boom last? Some say that there’s decades of oil in the ground....

New today from the Century: Stephaniel Paulsell on the church and the humanities, Tony Robinson reviews Christopher Beeley, more.

Clergy need reminders about the core purpose of their work. Christopher Beeley draws on the works of early church leaders to deliver one.

It's ironic that multicultural approaches to Christianity are dismissed as novel or “politically correct.” They are deeply rooted in our past.

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With his open and easygoing manner, Pope Francis charmed the media as much as the faithful during his visit to Brazil, the first international pilgrimage...

One of the few reliable maxims in theology is that the simpler the question, the tougher the answer....

Nick, Doug and Aric noticed a trend in movies and games—there seemed to be a lack of creativity when it came to resolving conflict. Violence seemed to be the only resolution and when the killing occurred, that was the end of the story. There was no wrestling with the consequences or struggling with the moral injury.

New today from the Century: An Asian religion called Christianity, the good question Fox asked Reza Aslan badly, more.

I agree with everyone everywhere: Fox News's "why would a Muslim write about Jesus???" interview of Reza Aslan was pretty lousy stuff, yet he handled himself quite well, and good for him for selling more books because of it. All correct. Yet I'm puzzled by what both Aslan's on-air defense and many subsequent commentators imply: that academic/professional credentials inform a person's writing to the exclusion of personal convictions.

We can learn a lot from interdisciplinary conversation. But we are sometimes puzzled by how our colleagues know what they seem to know.

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“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” Most of us can identify with that request. It’s only fair: each member should receive their own portion of a family’s wealth when the time comes to divide it.  But Jesus doesn’t seem to care about fairness.

I jostle one boy on my hip and nudge the other a step closer to the front of the line. Herding cats, I think as he wanders into the neighboring line of communion-goers....

I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin in the 80s and 90s. I regularly encountered poor people and people with substance abuse issues in their families. I knew very few people of color. But I was certainly familiar with the concept of a “crack baby.”

New today from the Century: Poverty babies, what scientists and theologians talk about, more.

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More than 100 prominent Jewish Americans with varying religious and political viewpoints have thrown their support behind the Israeli government’s decisi...

New today from the Century: Jason Byassee on the "clergy killers" doc, Dan Schultz on Ryan Braun, more.