I was not a "missionary kid" when I lived for two years of my boyhood in India. My parents, after all, weren't missionaries sent by a church or a Christian missionary society. Rather, my father was ...

A lmost every religion makes statements or claims that are in harmony with some statements or claims of other faith traditions. For instance, the basic idea of what's called the Golden Rule is found ...

And yet silence also can be a disastrous moral choice. If we are silent in the presence of evil, those committing the evil win. Twice in recent weeks I've been urged by religious leaders not to be ...

What I want to say about the recent death of my first wife, Marcia Albright, has only a little to do with our almost-27-year marriage, how and why it ended or our post-marital relationship. (The link ...

A remarkable new book -- one of the best I've read in a long time -- confirms something I've said more than once here on the blog and in other venues: If your theology causes you to devalue, ...

Before I tell you about this incredible new book that recounts the history of The National Catholic Reporter, I feel a need to disclose my several connections to this courageous and resourceful ...

The recent trial, conviction and sentencing of the man who murdered 11 worshipers and wounded six more at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 has, once again, put the spotlight on resurgent antisemitism in ...

Over the centuries, hatred of Jewish people has manifested itself in countless ways. The book Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, by David Nirenberg, is a pretty good place to start tracing this ...

C edar Monroe knows what it means to be called "poor white trash," and has decided to have none of it anymore. Monroe understands that such labels reflect an economy and political and racial systems ...

In the Catholic Church, the "women religious" (you may know them as the nuns) have always occupied what many consider an awkward (or maybe liminal) place. They aren't -- and so far can't be -- priests ...

After last Sunday's worship service at my church (it was youth Sunday and two high school students preached an absolutely terrific sermon), some of us got into a discussion about how students learn ...

Given how many books I read, even I find it surprising to tell you that Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America, by Joel Edward Goza is easily one of the most important books I've read ...