Mother Teresa will become a saint on Sunday, on the basis of two miracles of healing. But let’s not remove our thinking caps and go all medieval: we should be wary of uncritical endorsement of claims to the miraculous.
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New research has found that LGBT Christians and pastors alike must grapple with difficult spiritual questions.
The ‘Jesus’ controversy is often considered a watershed moment in the Beatles’s career. And yet it remains largely misunderstood.
A lot of people thought America’s religious right was losing its mojo – but it’s still got the wherewithal to build a $172m ark.
Religious conversion sometimes has the added bonus of upward social mobility. But for many in South Africa’s Indian community it had the opposite effect.
We need to change our outlook if we are going to improve international relations.
Since the 1920s Pentecostal churches have had a major impact in South Africa’s Indian community. Their converts have grown larger than all the other Christian denominations put together.
For Muslims generally, as for conservative Christians, homosexual acts are sinful. Christian gays and lesbians have had to work hard for a measure of recognition among fellow-believers; their Muslim counterparts are just beginning that struggle.
Superannuation, health and child care are among the issues that are likely to matter most to voters in the bellwether NSW seats of Eden-Monaro, Robertson and Lindsay.
Not only is the Australian Christian Lobby losing relevance, it has had to appeal to Bill Shorten to pay attention to the group in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
How do you bring someone back from the dead?
The number of people who identify with a religion is declining, but that doesn’t mean it’s on its way out.
Escalating clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria threaten the country’s national and food security. A response based on innovation, sustainability and political will is urgently needed.
Has it really always been an absolute no no?
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are helping change the top-down nature of organised Christianity.
It looks as if the story of the red priestess Melisandre is only just getting started. But is she a prophet, or a witch?
What, exactly, are the political goals of The Satanic Temple, which formed in 2013? A religion professor attended a recent satanic ritual to find out.
The prosperity gospel – a uniquely American strand of Christian theology – creates a dilemma for its adherents.
What on Earth have chocolate rabbits got to do with Easter? Rather a lot, actually.
Judas has had a 2,000-year raw deal. Here’s why it’s time for a rethink.
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor (New Testament Studies), University of Divinity
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