Built to train pastors, many seminaries like Princeton and Austin are increasingly welcoming students looking to discern their calling rather than intending to work at a congregation.
Acts 16 calls us to bold, loving resistance — singing hope into darkness, writes Rae Watson.
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New Testament professor Nijay Gupta argues that Paul’s theology centers on love, nodding to significant debates within Pauline studies without falling down the rabbit hole. — Samuel McCann
Strength means leaning in, even when you're uncertain of the outcome and real consequences are on the line, writes Alejandra Oliva.
‘The election of an American Pope, the first American Pope … there’s a signal here that the church is taking a side in what’s happening around the globe,' said Steven Millies, a professor at Catholic Theological Union.
Wade Burns holds a vault of personal insights gleaned from a lifetime of friendship with Civil Rights icons.
As Catholics, our arms will be wide open to the world. We will accompany the world. We will live in the world. — Steven P. Millies
Final votes on Tuesday approve ordination exam question 24-C.
Cardinal Robert Prevost's tweets and posts might offer clues into the mind of Pope Leo XIV.
Is violence ever excusable? Robyn Ashworth-Steen, Jermaine Ross-Allam and Laurie Lyter Bright consider the weight of violence among people of faith.
He begins a five-year term on July 1.
Groundspring, an initiative of First Presbyterian Church (FPC) of LaGrange, Georgia, aims to provide free housing for teachers who serve at the church’s childcare center.
Who is Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, and what might we expect from his papacy?
Sarah Griffith Lund’s theology of neurodiversity is that neurodiverse individuals are whole and loved in their neurodiverse experience, not a problem to be solved. — Jo Wiersema
Revelation’s vision of the city of God invites us not to escape the world, but to engage it, writes Matt Gaventa.
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Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. This year's conference honored the 40th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon’s groundbreaking academic essay that introduced womanist theology to mainline theological education.
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Florida, joins suit to protect safe spaces from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Nonviolent direct action is a moral, courageous response to injustice rooted in faith, writes Rodney Sadler Jr.
In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and the first United States citizen to become the Bishop of Rome.
Timothy Reardon considers Revelation as a resource for active witness to justice, life and the nonviolent resistance of the Lamb.
During her dog's last night, Katy Shevel turned to the ancient prayer of Compline to offer a sacred goodbye filled with love, grief, and abiding joy.
President Donald Trump has appointed evangelical allies and a pair of high-profile Catholic clergy to join other faith leaders on a National Commission on Religious Liberty.
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