Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for mor
Women’s formal involvement in bishops’ synods has grown slowly over the decades. Even when they were excluded, Catholic…
Women’s formal involvement in bishops’ synods has grown slowly over the decades. Even when they were excluded, Catholic…
Early Christian texts reveal how the birth of Christ reflected ideas of the day − in some illustrations, midwives helped…
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy…
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social…
Once a source of unity, anguish over the hostages is now one more source of sharp divides in Israeli politics.
Your identity is not the result of a single decision, but rather the confluence of several factors.
Ninety years ago, Greenberg had a momentous decision to make: Should he play baseball on Yom Kippur?
Historically, Black Pentecostal-charismatic churches have not put an emphasis on political issues. That may be changing,…
Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of US stage and screen for 100 years.
Ancient Maya peoples knew that human beings are not independent from nature but part of it.
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over…
Awareness and acceptance of not only your money, but your feelings about your money, can help guide responsible financial…
The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.
Ancient Indian texts describe in detail which flowers are favored by which gods and the elaborate rituals around how to…
New developments, including the increasing diversity of faith communities and the advent of worship through streamed services,…
Conversations on religious freedom are key to democracy, but they are missing from the discourse this election year, writes…
As one of the last large, influential organizations outside the government, the church is being targeted in Daniel Ortega’s…
The game allows players to free Sun Wukong, the monkey protagonist from the popular 16th century novel ‘Journey to the…
Ahead of the Jewish High Holidays, repentance and forgiveness are on many people’s minds. But self-forgiveness is important…
The settler movement has unprecedented power in Israel today − the result of a decades-long push to mainstream its views…