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Could loneliness be as contagious as the H1N1 virus? Is loneliness dangerous to the public’s health?...

Christian attitudes toward polygamy are more controversial today than they have been for many years. As Euro-American churches debate the issue of same-sex unions, African Christians attack Westerners for their moral laxity and for caving in to secular hedonism. In response, some Western liberals retort that Africans themselves need to put their own house in order. Do African churches define marriage as a sacrosanct union between one man and one woman? If so, then why do their leaders tolerate polygamous unions?

Part of the continuing education for religious leaders of all types ought to involve occasional Sunday mornings spent not in church but observing the way that an increasing percentage of Americans ...

On the flight into Fort Myers, Florida, I looked down on a vast, oil-driven network of fast-food chains, malls and suburbs, little fiefdoms of fancy destined for ruin in the low-carbon future. ...

Every week tens of thousands of people attend virtual worship services that use an online ministry called LifeChurch.tv....

In my 45th year, I “came to my senses in a dark forest." Somehow my life had once again veered out of control, though not in the usual sense: not morally. In that sphere, I was looking pretty good. I was teaching at a university and was a published writer. After a challenging stint as a single mother, I’d made a go of it with a new marriage. Most important, after a decade of deliberate, repetitive sinning, I’d repented and returned to the church. I was bashfully pleased with myself and content with my life.

If, at last, both houses of Congress unite to pass health-care reform legislation, the bill emerging from the conference committee will have to be the result of still further compromising....

The reading from Isaiah reminds us that the world is a turbulent and unsettling place....

In his book Open Secrets, Richard Lischer describes his response to the challenges of his first congregational call....

Watching my 13-year-old sit on the couch and text-message his pals, I intuitively know that our language—our use of words for communicating ...

In the wake of the farm crisis of the 1980s, two New Jersey sociologists, Deborah and Frank Popper, ...

It’s been some time since I donned my best professional earbuds to focus on a question of audio fidelity....

Back in 1994, when Peter Jackson was a relatively unknown director, he made the small but brilliant Heavenly Creatures, a tale about an “unhealthy” friendship between two teenage girls in 19...

The reading from Isaiah reminds us that the world is a turbulent and unsettling place....

Why did the early church in the West grow?...

The tombstone, already in place though happily not yet in use, reads, “Philosopher Gone Wild.” Philosopher<...