Whether the sins of our past stay with us forever has become a pertinent question of our time. A philosopher argues we don't…
The Second Vatican Council made many doctrinal changes possible in the Catholic Church. An expert argues why the church…
Football plays an important role in American culture. Experts point out some ethical questions you might consider asking…
Author Salman Rushdie's book goes to the heart of Muslim religious beliefs and challenges some of the most sensitive…
The US$2 billion that the Amazon founder and his wife are donating to help the homeless and educate young kids may appear…
Hosay, a religious ritual performed by Trinidadian Muslims, combines the somber Islamic observance of Ashura, brought by…
An expert explains why the Jewish practice of abstaining from food on Yom Kippur is so out of step with the rest of Jewish…
Cuba is avowedly secular. But as the country debates a new Constitution that would protect LGBT rights, churches have come…
An expert argues our connection with these figures is longstanding. They are embedded in our myths and help us explore deeper…
Images of famine or poverty are often used by human rights groups to galvanize support. And they often do. The ethics of…
An expert argues why the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times can hardly be considered an act of civil disobedience and…
Early Christians were open to marriage for priests. It wasn't until the 12th century that celibacy became mandatory…
During the Cold War, American evangelicals smuggled Bibles and other Christian literature to the Soviet Union and other…
Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are…
President Trump has promised to protect religious liberty. But there was a time when evangelicals believed that a religion…
Pope Francis has been accused of a cover-up in the sex abuse scandal involving Theodore McCarrick, a former archbishop.…
An expert explains how a complex set of canon laws and trials are the major obstacle to holding priests accountable. The…
A growing body of evidence points to how animals are aware of death, can experience grief and will sometimes mourn for or…
While many American Catholics believe demons and exorcism to be part of a distant past, an expert explains how beliefs that…
Each year, Muslims from all over the world go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, known as Hajj.…