The humanities specialize in fostering qualities of the mind like creativity, imagination, deliberation, moral reasoning, and ...

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Dana Trent’s heartbreaking and hilarious book eschews the conventional American rags-to-riches arc.

The United Methodist Church’s splintering has prompted Methodism’s ecumenical association to formalize its guidelines for ...

There are more Latino voters in the US than ever. As reporters and pundits seek to understand this important voting bloc, ...

Jesus said that he is the way, the truth and the life. Jesus is with us in truth. And the truth is that Haitians are not ...

Maybe I’m naive to think that parenting young adults was easier in the past than it is now. Maybe the business of launching ...

They are pious folk who take God or the gods for granted, even as they trust regional lore about dragons and trolls and fair ...

Eliza Griswold profiles a progressive evangelical church that sought to do things differently but fell prey to the ...

An Episcopal church in Oregon that successfully fought a city ordinance limiting its homeless feeding ministry has won a $400 ...

We can choose to live with a posture of hope instead of a disposition of dread. In fact, when you open any issue of this ...