Foundational to the work of Holocaust educators and many teachers have been the survivors. Given there are fewer survivors…
Thousands of Jewish immigrants and their children changed their names in America – but not at Ellis Island. The reasons…
A scholar talks to Muslims in Puerto Rico and comes back with an understanding of their rich history and their struggles.
Food plays an integral role during the 30-day period of Ramadan. This Speed Read explains how Muslims determine what foods…
Middle-class houses in the US have grown ever larger. The average single-family home is almost twice the size of a home…
The bullshitter may do even more damage than the liar in politics.
It's not shallow to be upset by the latest scandals. Learning about the bad behavior of people we admire can harm our…
By showing us a world from which mothers are largely absent, Mary Shelley reminds us that the genius of motherhood lies…
As the Kentucky Senate considers a bill for school prayer, a scholar explains the violent history of prayer – and a time…
In his short play from 1830, 'Mozart and Salieri,' Russian poet Alexander Pushkin proposed that genius and evil…
The anti-Vietnam War efforts of Yale University chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. and other church leaders alienated many…
Following the controversy over the resignation of House chaplain Patrick Conroy, in this speed read, scholars explain when…
A scholar visited Rajneeshpuram and met the many highly accomplished men and women who became devotees of the controversial…
An expert explains how Facebook's privacy issues are linked to a bigger problem – a 'hostile information architecture,'…
Although the choice of liberal icon Jimmy Carter as commencement speaker at Liberty University might be surprising, an expert…
Here are three lessons that former FBI Director James Comey, took from the 20th-century American Christian philosopher,…
Seeing is not just believing. Seeing changes what we believe, about ourselves and about other people.
The meaning of hell might have changed over the centuries, but for devout Christians it remains a core part of their faith.
Popes are not infallible, yet apologies are rare.
The accounts of survivors of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge show how they were able to find justice and healing by breaking their…