Bible
If American history read like the Bible
By Thomas Reese — November 8, 2022
(RNS) — If the Bible exposes the flaws of our spiritual forefathers, why should American history cover up the failings of our founders?
It’s not fear. It’s faith.
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, I am scared. But I have something else in my pocket. So do you.
Remembering Brother Andrew, a fearless smuggler of Bibles
By David Curry — September 29, 2022
(RNS) — He could not stand silent, knowing people were persecuted for their faith.
Debates about migration have never been simple – just look at the Hebrew Bible
By Ki-Eun Jang — September 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — The Bible is full of stories about migrants. That doesn’t mean it has a simple takeaway message about them.
What are pigs for?
By Charles C. Camosy — September 14, 2022
(RNS) — The answer can be found in the Bible.
You say you want a revolution? Try the Bible
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 26, 2022
It's a noisy text. I wouldn't want it any other way.
They’re banning Anne Frank. Are you kidding me?!?!
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 17, 2022
(RNS) — Warning: They are coming for our young people’s brains.
What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you
By Melanie A. Howard — July 25, 2022
(The Conversation) — Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
Monsters are everywhere in the Bible – and some are even human
By Madadh Richey — July 15, 2022
(The Conversation) — The field of ‘monster studies’ looks at how texts reflect ideas about what’s evil, weird or scary.
Judge: Execution can’t proceed without religious requests
By Juan A. Lozano — July 7, 2022
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials granted all of Gonzales’ requests except for allowing his spiritual adviser to hold his hand.
The scientific meltdown over a controversial discovery of ‘biblical Sodom’
By Jerry Pattengale — April 20, 2022
(RNS) — The remains of a city’s fiery demise near the Dead Sea have archaeologists at odds.
Faith and true crime: The morals of writing about seekers and grisly deaths
By Mark I. Pinsky — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — How a true-crime writer keeps compassion in mind amid gore and tragedy.
Why translating ‘God’s law’ to government law isn’t easy
By Samuel L. Boyd — March 2, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar who studies biblical texts explains how the Bible, its laws, and ancient debates were set within a complex vision of society at that time.
The good, the bad and the factual: Seeing American history through a biblical lens
By Thomas Reese — February 16, 2022
(RNS) — Bible history wasn’t written to make the Jewish people feel good about themselves.
The world united to pray to save the boy in the well. Why not children who die in war?
By Omar Suleiman — February 7, 2022
(RNS) — It’s hard for us to face that we throw the children in war zones into the well.
