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Those who exclude any groups of people from God’s kingdom choose to ignore the teaching of Jesus.
Views on guns are intertwined with views on God for many Americans.
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Support for strong gun ownership rights is often associated with conservative Christian views, but religion and self-defense have a much longer history in the United States.
‘The Nativity,’ circa 1406-10, by Lorenzo Monaco.
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The idea of virgin birth has been part of Christianity since the start, but its significance has shifted over time.
Simchat Torah celebrations in Netanya, Israel, in 2013.
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Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.
A detail of the incipit page with the first words of the Gospel of John: In principio erat Verbum , “in the beginning was the Word”.
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A book that took ten years to make became the oldest surviving version of the Gospels in English.
‘Departure for Canaan,’ a detail of a 13th-century mosaic from the dome of Abraham in St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice.
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The Bible is full of stories about migrants. That doesn’t mean it has a simple takeaway message about them.
Samaritans celebrate Shavuot atop Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank.
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Samaritans still live in Israel, where they are often caught between Israeli and Palestinian identities.
William Ruto addresses his supporters during a campaign rally in Thika, Kenya, in August 2022.
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The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
Human connections can help people through difficult times.
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Academics and religious leaders address the role of faith and community in managing mental health issues in young people and society as a whole.
Part of a restoration edict of Ammisaduqa, one of the rulers of ancient Babylon.
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A scholar of the ancient Near East explains how loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Bible and royal decrees.
Activist Jason Hershey reads from a Bible as he protests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with the anti-abortion group Bound for Life in 2005 in Washington, D.C.
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Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
A 12th-century commentary on the Book of Job shows Satan transmitting a disease to him.
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The field of ‘monster studies’ looks at how texts reflect ideas about what’s evil, weird or scary.
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Christian support for legislation prohibiting abortion is a cultural and political stance. It has nothing to do with the Bible.
‘The Holy Family,’ by the 17th-century Spanish painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
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The Catholic Church considers St. Joseph a role model of fatherhood and faith. In many countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on his feast day.
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man in Israel harvests wheat ahead of the holiday of Shavuot.
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The Jewish festival of Shavuot dates back to biblical times, but its significance has changed over the centuries.
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Sydney Diocese opposition to same-sex marriage is rejected by other diocese at the General Synod- a move that may see the church fracture.
A replica of Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Ky.
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Two scholars of fundamentalism and creationism explain what they found when they visited the Ark Encounter, an evangelical theme park in Kentucky,
The harmful belief that Christianity ‘replaced’ Judaism is partly rooted in the erroneous view that
Jesus told his followers that rules regarding ritual purity were outdated.
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Easter and Passover begin on the same weekend this year. This is an opportunity to revisit misconceptions about Jesus’s ministry and to address anti-Jewish uses of Christian scripture.
A Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces member hugs a resident leaving his hometown following Russian artillery shelling in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022.
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Classic literature is full of themes that speak to refugees’ experience today, from the Book of Exodus to ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’
Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Patriarch of Russia Kirill and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (in background), at a monastery outside Moscow in 2017.
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The Bible and its laws were complex and not practiced in the way many of us think about laws today.