by Colin Harris | Apr 18, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on April 18, 2011. Harris was professor of religious studies at Mercer University at the time of publication. It is republished today on Easter weekend 2019 for the insights it provides into the meaning of this “high holy...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Apr 17, 2019 | Opinion
The recent massacre of Muslim worshippers in New Zealand was the manifestation of a growing global phenomenon, which has been described as nationalist populism, white nationalism, extreme supremacist ideology, xenophobia, racism, populist nationalism and other terms....
by Caroline Smith | Apr 16, 2019 | Opinion
Fleeing in the cover of darkness. A gas tanker. Quicksand. It had all the makings of an incredible Hollywood film. Yet, this was reality. This was their story. They were now my neighbors. I knew them in passing but did not know them well. It was several years ago. I...
by Jon Kuhrt | Apr 16, 2019 | Opinion
The Bible is central to the Christian faith. But it’s also long, complex and parts of it are offensive to many people. And that includes a lot of Christians. I have always found much of the Old Testament difficult, especially books like Joshua, which contain so much...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion
Our identities – our selves – are made from the stories we’ve believed. We’re storied selves: we live in, by and as stories – stories of ethnic, racial, national and regional heritage; of religious traditions or their absence; of gender and sexuality; of socioeconomic...
by Mitch Carnell | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion
“God Will Take Care of You” was a very popular hymn when I was growing up. Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, makes it clear this is not the case in her new book, “Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World.” God...
