4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (131+ words) by Benjamin J. Dueholm The problem with a Christological reading of this story is that it places the church in the place of the Hebrews while obscuring the ways we might identify instead with Pharaoh, his armies, and his gods. As…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (138+ words) Catholics and Jews discuss Zionism This provocative book wrestles with a big question: What, if anything, is the theological significance of the emergence of the state of Israel in 1948? Holy Land, Political Territory, or Theological Promise? What happens when religious…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (108+ words) What does solidarity require? Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor offer a dizzying tour of the concept across geography and history. The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea Jesse Zink is the principal of Montreal Diocesan Theological College, an…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (225+ words) Morality requires other people When we substitute personal interest for the public good, trust begins to disappear in our society. Century illustration (Source images: Jorm Sangsorn / iStock /Getty) In a New Yorker cartoon, two self-contented businessmen relax in wingback chairs....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (904+ words) New PBS docuseries examines the 'interwoven history' of Black and Jewish Americans Host Henry Louis Gates Jr., center, attends a Seder while filming Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History. (Image courtesy of PBS) A new four-part PBS documentary series…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (150+ words) A Judaism primer for Christians Tzvi Novick walks readers through Jewish practice, interfaith history, and the honest reckoning required for authentic relationship. A Guide for Christians The purpose of the survey . . . is not, in the first instance, to arouse shame…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (133+ words) The taste of the crocus to the rain,a January coaxing, their green spears early.Another winter pretending spring,fooling a round of robins shivering in the oaks.At my kitchen window the sun burns coldon my lawn and the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (282+ words) To be God's people is to be caught up in parable, in story and storytelling. Century illustration (Source images: Getty & Creative Commons) It is an exquisite, evocative picture that reflects Andrewes's rich imagination. It effortlessly translates the Magi's journey into…...

3+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (378+ words) Reading the Qur'an at Christmastide For such an important figure in Christianity, Mary gets startlingly little time at the narrative center of the Bible. It's a little different in the Qur'an; Mary even has her own chapter called Surrah Maryam,…...

3+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (375+ words) Reading the Quran at Christmastide For such an important figure in Christianity, Mary gets startlingly little time at the narrative center of the Bible. It's a little different in the Quran; Mary even has her own chapter called Surrah Maryam,…...