Every religion has its demonology. When Malcolm X made this observation to Alex Haley as they collaborated on what was to become his posthumous autobiography, his immediate target was the antisemitic ...

Howard Dahl should be commended for his thoughtful letter, “ The dangers of being self-righteous,” published online March 19. Unfortunately, Dahl’s vague diction leaves ample room for inference.

New Testament scholars Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine share a goal: dissect and demolish 2,000 years of Christians’ disparaging portrayals of the Pharisees, the Jewish rabbis of Jesus’s time. They ...

Call it a harmonic convergence: Messages crossed my computer this morning from a former Republican, now independent Sen. Jim Hendren, and from a former Republican senator, Bryan King, both essentially ...

I’ve been dormant. More like in hiding. Some articles you don’t want to write. The spirit moves you, but your instincts tell you to lay low. These are the days for the timid to lay low. My favorite ...

Evangelical Republicans today are like certain characters in the Bible in Jesus’ day, the very spiritual, very educated, very rich, very law-abiding and very beautifully clothed Pharisees. Jesus could ...

This impressive collection celebrates the life and thought of late progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans (A Year of Biblical Womanhood). Arranged thematically, the Continue reading » Light ...

LITTLE ROCK — As Rabbi Eugene Levy sees it, Christians and Jews owe a debt to the Pharisees. "If it weren't for the Pharisees, there wouldn't have been a Christianity," the rabbi of Temple B'nai ...

This Shavuot, as we gather to celebrate the giving of the Torah, we do well to ask ourselves: What does it mean to be faithful to the Law of Moses in the light of the life and teachings of Jesus? Was ...

The Rev. Charles E. Whited Jr. is senior pastor of First Trinity Lutheran Church in Tonawanda. Raised in an atheist family, he became a Christian at the age of 18. At 23, he left his job as a marine ...