What's usually called the "theodicy" question asks why there is suffering and evil in the world if God is both good and powerful. Because no one has found an answer to that question that satisfies ...

A month or so ago, in this blog post, I raised questions about the essential purpose(s) of religion and shared some possible answers. But it's a question that doesn't easily go away. In fact, in some ...

In this time of rising Christian Nationalism, we Americans need examples of people who can help followers of any and all religious traditions find their common ground and work together for the common ...

We're now a month-plus into the second Trump administration and it's hard to imagine why this time of what's been called ...

When I was in Berkeley, Calif., recently to celebrate my birthday with my wife and two of my three sisters (one couldn't be there, though she alleged she wanted to be), I attended worship at St.

Christian seminaries have had a difficult time in the last several decades, as participation in institutional religion in the U.S. has plummeted. They've had to make adjustments in various ways, ...

If, like many Americans today, you are feeling distress and angst about the moral quality of our elected leadership, perhaps you need a model from the recent past to remind you that the United States ...

What's usually called the "theodicy" question asks why there is suffering and evil in the world if God is both good and powerful. Because no one has found an answer to that question that satisfies ...