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I cannot count the times that I have been asked what it means for us to be Christian in times like these. Ours is a time when far too many of God’s children are subjected to conditions that foster ...

As we consider the inauguration of a new president and the prospect of an unchecked authoritarian regime, many Christians are warily seeking the rationale for a life of faith in a changed political ...

If you have been paying even the lightest attention to public discourse, you will know that trans people are hurting right now. When I transitioned back in 1993, the traditional media in both the ...

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All theology is contextual. The oldest law book in Iceland, Grágás, which emerged sometime between the ninth and 13th centuries, preserves an instruction for emergency baptism when traveling with a ...

What does it mean to be a seminary student in times like this? This is the question I pose to students as they reach the conclusion of their formal theological studies, the MDiv capstone seminar.

January 21 marks the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, the day when George Blaurock, a former Catholic priest, was moved by the Spirit to request believers’ baptism from Conrad Grebel. In turn, ...

Students protesting the war in Gaza are asking deep questions about colonialism, antisemitism, and Christian Zionism. Sarah Coakley explores ruptures on the cross, in the Eucharist, in Spirit-filled ...

The 2024 Netflix drama Joy tells the story of Jean Purdy, a British nurse and embryologist, who in 1968 comes to interview with the physiologist Robert Edwards at his lab in Cambridge. Edwards wants ...

Last April, when students at Emory University began their encampment to protest the war in Gaza and demand divestment, I showed up as a faith leader to support and witness students at Candler School ...

Like many of their neighbors, leaders of the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center watched in horror this week as wildfires destroyed homes, businesses and entire neighborhoods in Southern California, with ...