Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Interpreting transcripts is a special skill that I have picked up over my years as the academic dean of the seminary division of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy. It can sound mind ...

The so-called “moral argument” gives evidence of God’s existence. But it also directs us to his goodness and grace. As far back as the Apostle Paul’s famous speech on Mars Hill, Christian thinkers ...

I recently took a friend’s three-year-old son to the Natural History Museum in London. We stood together in awe in the hall of dinosaurs, wondering at the beauty, strength and majesty of the ...

Philip C. Almond does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

When we receive God’s blessings of goodness we are not being rewarded for good behaviour. Jeremiah has probing questions for God: “Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy?” ...

Toni Morrison spoke at Harvard Divinity School on the subject of altruism in 2012. Her lecture is published here for the first time. On an October morning in 2006, a young man backed his truck into ...