As Christians, we need to protest authoritarianism and support the people it targets. We also need to underscore the deep ...

Theology is the disciplined reflection on the mystery of God in the world and on the traditions of belief, worship, and ethics that shape communities of faith. It explicitly reinforces the tradition ...

The covenant God makes with Abraham in Genesis twelve is given without conditions, and God promises to bless those who bless ...

In August, an Amish woman threw her child into an Ohio lake to give him to the Lord. While the timeline is difficult to piece together—the ordeal seems to have unfolded throughout the night—it appears ...

Theologian Miroslav Volf, who has written books on subjects ranging from the Trinity to the challenges of reconciliation in divided societies, has turned to what might seem like a frivolous subject: ...

The term theology comes from the Greek words “theos,” or God, and “logos,” or word, and refers to faith-based critical thinking and reasoning. Christian theology focuses on biblical Scripture, ...

Although some contend that there is only one “true” interpretation of Christianity, scholars and believers alike have long ...

In an interview, the late German theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg was asked about the description of his theology as “interdisciplinary.” He said, “Because God is the creator of everything and will be ...

For white people living in the United States, the entanglement of Christianity with chattel slavery and antiblack racism forms a set of deep and confusing paradoxes. As a nation, we understand ...

In an unfortunate exchange during a confirmation hearing last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stepped on a land mine of religious liberty and Christian theology. He challenged a Budget Office ...

Never for a moment did I buy the notion that with the election of Barack Obama as president, the United States had become a "post-racial" society. But even for a skeptic like me, the statistics from ...