Devlyn Brooks is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves Faith Lutheran Church in ...

As a missionary for five years in Ethiopia, then minister at a large church in Southern California for 11, I’ve been keenly aware of people’s need for certainty — spiritual, personal, political, ...

Almost all the scriptures were written by men. As humans have a desire to live forever, religion provides attractive offers of life after death. Humans invented God, the superhuman, to answer all the ...

Most people acquire whatever religious beliefs they possess as part of their youthful indoctrination, (i.e. by growing up in a particular religious context). This becomes more complicated when a child ...

(RNS) — For years, scholars have been identifying the negative stereotypes about various faith groups that are commonly perpetuated through our media. A 2021 report on how film and TV portray Muslim ...

Over the next few weeks, the fall 2025 semester will commence at universities throughout the U.S. Many new and returning students will pursue a course of study in various scientific fields. I teach ...

The eminent philosophical journal Mind published his paper in 1950. Alan Turing opened with, “I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’” The polymath founder of theoretical computer ...

Religion is one of the most dangerous forces on earth. If you’ve ever encountered true fundamentalists, you know why. When you combine eternal stakes with absolute certainty, it produces the kind of ...