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Can you like Dostoevsky?
Philosopher and linguist Julia Kristeva asks but does not answer this question about the Russian novelist’s complex work.
When my dad killed God
My dad, Bill Hamilton, was a beloved divinity school professor. That all changed when God died and we got run out of town.
Animal midrash
Jewish scholar Laura Duhan-Kaplan opens our eyes to biblical birds, insects, and mammals.
My mother said she was pro-life—and worked at Planned Parenthood
There will always be people like her, who are willing to tell the truth that life is choice.
August 7, Ordinary 19C (Luke 12:32-40)
In the shadow of uncertainty, fear and hope look similar.
When abortion is mere abstraction
What’s missing from the debate is the wisdom of first-hand experience.
Billy Graham’s transatlantic brand
America’s pastor stepped into a historical moment framed by the Cold War and secularization.
SCOTUS takes divisive course on religious issues
Earlier this year, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over Christian nationalism, religious exemption requests, and access to communion, the Supreme Court showed that it’s still possible to tame ...
Methodists in Texas, Mexico respond after mass death of migrants
After the deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio, United Methodists in Texas and Mexico are responding with lament, prayer, and renewed efforts to follow Jesus’ command to welcome the stranger....
Columbia Theological Seminary students object to firing of Black administrator
Black students at Columbia Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian Church (USA) seminary in Decatur, Georgia, are protesting the surprise firing of a beloved admissions director, saying it’s the late...
A study of Jewish LA finds a growing and diverse community
About half of Jewish households in Los Angeles include an immigrant to the United States or someone whose parent is an immigrant, according to a new demographic report released by the Jewish Federa...
What if hospice services weren’t just for the dying?
Gloria Foster wasn’t ready for hospice, even though, with a prognosis of less than six months to live, she qualified for it....
Uyghur activist Nury Turkel to head US religious freedom commission
Nury Turkel was unanimously elected chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on June 21....
Kim L. Coleman reelected president of Union of Black Episcopalians
Kim L. Coleman, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia, has been elected to a second three-year term as president of the Union of Black Episcopalians....
Joel Brown to head Disciples of Christ Historical Society
Scholar Joel Brown has been selected as the next president of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society....
Indonesian church leader, politician Willem T. P. Simarmata dies at 68
Willem T. P. Simarmata, Indonesian politician and moderator of the Christian Conference of Asia, died June 17 at the age of 68....
Where our deep sadness and the world’s deep hunger meet
Sometimes vocation springs not from joy but from trauma and grief.