Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to college-educated Protestant parents and raised in nearby Canton, Bowman converted to ...

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Julie Faith Parker is a Hebrew scholar who teaches biblical studies at General Theological Seminary in New York, and Eve ...

Our true and permanent identity is something that hasn’t yet fully come about. Jesus’ transfiguration also reveals his true ...

Heather McTeer Toney’s masterful weaving of storytelling, history, hope, and scientific truth is for Black people, White ...

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on ...

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on ...

The Texas Senate has approved a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms in public schools. This follows hard on the heels of a similar bill in Louisiana that is presently ...

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on ...

Is it possible to have real, authentic relationships across political party lines? In his third book, Jedidiah Jenkins explores this question by taking readers on a road trip with his mother. Jenkins ...