Frederick Douglass used the words of Psalm 137 in his famous speech, ‘What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?’ For centuries, ...

In those verses, God affirms eunuchs: “Let not the eunuch say, ‘Look, I am a withered tree’” (56:3b, translation mine). We might imagine the voice of the Lord thus encouraging our Ethiopian eunuch, ...

When it comes to LGBTQIA+ inclusion, the Bible keeps sparking conversations — and sometimes, clashes. In communities of faith ...

The black-and-white thinking in our politics brings to mind a skill that the state of Texas requires me to teach my college ...

But with the Bible, the stakes go up. When we say that something is “in the Bible,” what do we mean? Is it the exact ...

These three key religious texts all offer justifications for defensive wars. But they also stress the importance of peace.

Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among ...

The Bible is artful — a “Great Code of Art”, Blake insisted. The word “code” is meant in the sense of “cipher”, the scholar ...

Biblical scholars are warning that there are even more signs the end of the world is drawing near following America's ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a ...

In one of the best Hadith collections, Saheeh Muslim in particular, there are a number of hadiths which some scholars said were weak or problematic, including Abu’l-Hasan ad-Daaraqtni, Abu ‘Ali ...