A lmost every religion makes statements or claims that are in harmony with some statements or claims of other faith traditions. For instance, the basic idea of what's called the Golden Rule is found ...

As journalist Anne Applebaum writes in this story in the current issue of The Atlantic about the ongoing war in Sudan: "Statistics are sometimes used to express the scale of the destruction in Sudan.

What I want to say about the recent death of my first wife, Marcia Albright, has only a little to do with our almost-27-year ...

A remarkable new book -- one of the best I've read in a long time -- confirms something I've said more than once here on the blog and in other venues: If your theology causes you to devalue, ...

Before I tell you about this incredible new book that recounts the history of The National Catholic Reporter, I feel a need to disclose my several connections to this courageous and resourceful ...

The recent trial, conviction and sentencing of the man who murdered 11 worshipers and wounded six more at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 has, once again, put the spotlight on resurgent antisemitism in ...

Over the centuries, hatred of Jewish people has manifested itself in countless ways. The book Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, by David Nirenberg, is a pretty good place to start tracing this ...

Years ago, while reading Annie Dillard or maybe Kathleen Norris -- at any rate, some smart female author -- I was struck by the idea that there is something in each of us that is older than we are.

C edar Monroe knows what it means to be called "poor white trash," and has decided to have none of it anymore. Monroe understands that such labels reflect an economy and political and racial systems ...

The surprising (some described it as "shocking") vote yesterday that elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (pictured here in an AP photo) as the 267th pope has produced metric tons of commentary by ...

But that theology really doesn't get tested until it runs into some kind of challenge, some kind of catastrophe. It's then that you see whether your theology makes sense, whether it can offer ...

After last Sunday's worship service at my church (it was youth Sunday and two high school students preached an absolutely terrific sermon), some of us got into a discussion about how students learn ...