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CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The British government unveiled a proposal on Tuesday (Dec....

The world's largest group of Orthodox rabbis is lauding the process that led to the conviction of a Hasidic Jewish man on Monday (Dec....

In a classic 1960 children's book, a baby bird toddles up to one critter after another asking, "Are you my mother?"...

The Supreme Court's decision to take up the explosive issue of same-sex marriage will thrust the high court into a policy debate that has divided federal and state governments and courts, as well a...

Those of us in violence-plagued neighborhoods look forward to winter's reprieve. Our teenagers understand Advent waiting all too well.

Does Christian stewardship look different for millennials who grew up in our increasingly post-Christian world replete with Facebook, Justin Bieber, and legalized marijuana? Is the sky blue? Is North Dakota cold in winter? The good folks at Luther Seminary’s Center for Stewardship Leadership and I have been in some conversations recently about young adults and stewardship.

New today from the Century: The editors on abortion, Ashley-Anne Masters on urban violence and Advent, more.

On Nov. 6, our church building was both a polling place and a place for worship. At some point I began to see the latter as the main event.

“I’m a Christian,” said my oldest daughter, seven-year-old Miriam.  “Really?” I replied. “So what makes you believe that you are a Christian?” “Because I love God, God loves me, and I know Jesus came back to life after dying on the cross.”

New today from the Century: Reflecting back on election-day communion, a Catholic scholar on Peter Singer, more.

Charles Camosy's task is audacious: as a Catholic moral theologian, he thoughtfully engages the work of the controversial and often condemned ethicist Peter Singer.

There is a particular authority that comes from privilege. When a white man steps into the place where he belongs, he has an internal power with which he was born. He is entitled. Like royalty, he sits on the throne naturally, because that place is caught in his blood. But an entirely different power emerges from women who have been told that they are not allowed to speak in church—and suddenly rise behind the pulpit. Something flares up from deep inside of them, and when they have a safe space, the words can come out of them with force and fury.

The Gideon Bible treats the Bible as comfort food. But a diet of the Bible consists of conflict and confrontation.

NEW YORK (RNS) In the end, even Kathie Lee Gifford couldn't save the Broadway musical about a woman who saved souls....

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Ayelet Waldman isn't shy about sharing her true feelings about the upcoming Jewish festival of lights....

"I approached the composition as a prayer," jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck said of his "To Hope!...

In the wake of historic victories for gay rights supporters in last month's elections, a pair of USA Today/Gallup Polls find growing acceptance among Americans toward gay men and lesbians – and soa...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't changing its tune about homosexuality, but it has launched a new website to alter the tone....

Recently I went home early, coming down with a cold, feeling low, sore throat, all those things....