The Lebanese philosopher Charles Malik and the French jurist René Cassin had little in common. When they met, in 1947, Malik was a devout Orthodox Christian, Lebanon’s first ambassador to the U.S. and ...

A religion scholar’s assumptions about historical progress distort the legacy of a central Christian doctrine. Few ideas have changed the world as profoundly as the doctrine that all human beings who ...

Pope Francis blesses a woman as he greets people who have disabilities following Mass in St. Peter’s Square on June 17, 2013. (CNS/Paul Haring) The recently released Vatican document “Dignitas ...

Is God male? Or is she female? For Scripture scholars, the answer is equivocal…or the answer is neither. “The God of scripture is beyond sexuality, neither male nor female, nor a combination of the ...

Christ’s face emerges from a shimmering gold background, his brow slightly furrowed, lips pressed in a quiet, knowing tension, one hand raised in blessing while the other clutches a bejeweled gospel ...

There is a piece of Jewish lore about a group of Jews praying in a synagogue. The setting is Eastern Europe during a time of great antisemitism. On Rosh Hashana, as the Jews take out the Torah and ...

According to a recent survey of Americans, 45% of respondents find being outdoors or in nature to be the most spiritually satisfying activity. Prayer comes close, but church attendance lags far behind ...