In the face of these kinds of questions it often feels like we need to address questions of theodicy, that fancy theological ...

At times the collection is remarkably self-aware, questioning the role of poetry and interrogating the limits of poetic form.

Brendan Busse, a Jesuit Catholic priest, had just finished a graduation ceremony for eighth graders at Dolores Mission School when he got news about an immigration raid happening in downtown Los ...

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

I received my first heart transplant at age two,” said Eden. I later learned from her that this was a gift from a little boy ...

“Don’t go too far.” Your plea, Meaning this time the child and meaning Still vivid memory— Love lost, once nearer than this ...

Irving Greenberg, an acclaimed writer and Orthodox rabbi, has influenced practically every facet of American Jewish life. He ...

On a trip back to the Indiana Dunesfor a week of vacation, I drive past my mother’sold house—corner of Idler and Wells—several times a day. She’s been gonetwenty years, but I can’t help ...

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for separation of state and church and for nontheism, is experiencing what its co-president calls a “Trump bump.” ...

I find comfort in the routines in life, especially when so much of life seems so uncertain and capricious. For almost a decade, I went running along the same route each day and encountered many of the ...