The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one ...

In February, I had a chance to visit with my grandchildren, two of whom are toddlers. The 11-month-old vocalized and used some ASL signs to tell us what they wanted. Eleven seemed delighted when their ...

What Eugene Peterson did for the pastoral imagination, Brueggemann did for the prophetic one. He made scripture strange again ...

The longtime Lilly Endowment vice president’s impact is felt in the hospitable spaces he cultivated, the disciplined ...

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for separation of state and church and for ...

Walter Brueggemann, one of the most widely respected Bible scholars of the past century, died June 5 at his home in Michigan.

What are we looking for when we’re looking for queer?” asks theologian Lisa Isherwood. “I’m looking for a wider picture ...

To date, women only make up 28 percent of Congress, 33 percent of all elected officials within state legislatures, and 33 ...

Audrey Thibert is a religion journalism fellow at Religion News Service. From theological reflections to breaking religion ...

Roman elite interests associated the Jesus movement with broader groups that it made into criminalized targets. Williams ...

When I deconstructed my evangelical faith, I felt isolated, disillusioned, and hopeless. Now, as I experience a resurgence of ...

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