A multi-disciplinary team of scientists used 3,700-year-old archaeological evidence from Jordan’s Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project to understand the end to a civilization that existed near the Dead Sea.
Can being nice to cows save the world? A Hindu man in the Poconos would like to believe so.
The goal of the Lakshmi Cow Sanctuary, a nonprofit, is to save cows destined for the slaughterhouse.
Michael Wear: Christians should be involved in party politics
Whether Democrats or Republicans, Christians in the U.S. can be active participants in party politics and still be true to their faith, says a consultant on religion and politics and former staffer in the Obama administration’s faith-based initiative.
Letters to the Editor for 11.20.18
The latest from our readers: • We ungraduated BTSR alums wonder: Won’t you be our neighbor? | Chris Crowley, Richmond, Virginia
Letter to the Editor – We ungraduated BTSR alums wonder: Won’t you be our neighbor?
As an ungraduated BTSR alum, at the moment, I am relating to the man in the ditch from the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Despite reversal on Hillary and Hellen Keller, ‘Christian Americanist’ bias remains in Texas curriculum
This year’s streamlining process managed to nudge the standards in the direction of less biased coverage of the world’s religions, but much work remains if Texas students are to receive balanced instruction.
War between science and religion is far from inevitable
Because science and religion can complement one another as well as come into conflict, the story of their interrelations is complex.
Mike Pence’s faith-based foreign policy
When the vice president speaks up for human rights, it’s through the narrow lens of his conservative Christian worldview.
From bicycle to social movements, the changing role of chaplains in the US
Why is chaplaincy growing when institutional religious affiliation is on the decline?
There’s just one problem with upcoming evangelical summit on sexual violence
In focusing on a pastoral response, the GC2 Summit risks replicating many of the same issues of insularity that created the need for #ChurchToo in the first place.
Quaker teacher looks at the end of life
In his 10th book, Quaker teacher and spiritual mentor Parker Palmer, 79, offers readers a backward view of his life and what he has learned.
Show them the money: Gospel for Asia faces class action over Christmas catalogs
Many charities find that project fundraising — raising money for a specific need like shoes or an orphanage — is far more effective than asking for undesignated funds.










