The evolution of Hell was complex—from Hebrew Sheol’s shadowy stillness to Dante’s fiery abyss, which shaped Western views of ...

Challenge today is to extricate the historical, fully human Mary from theological baggage heaped upon her over centuries ...

Words can injure and inspire. Words can bless or curse. Words can create new moral facts, such as when we make a promise.

After the “hobby” comment drew an outcry, Golan, himself a Gaza war hero, clarified that he was not blaming the military, but ...

The best lies always have an element of truth in them. At no time is that more apparent than every June when Hollywood and corporate America join hands for Pride ...

This is in spite of the fact that most people have become poorer, or at least seen their real income stay static, since the financial crisis of 2008. As the saying goes, “There’s nothing surer: the ...

In recent generations, human consciousness has developed and expanded greatly, while the study and clarification of faith has ...

But a new campaign called I Am Not A Typo suggests that these digital dictionaries can have a real impact – some 41% of adults have experienced their names being autocorrected or flagged as incorrect, ...

From October 2023, despite all evidence to the contrary, many Israelis and members of the Zionist diaspora had been telling ...