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(RNS) — We can love the U.S. and recognize the sin of slavery, the genocide against Native peoples and our role in global warming.

From the blog of Daniel Kennemer at The Times of Israel

When talking about “the Bible,” I’ll be referring to the version of the Bible shared by the largest number of people, namely, the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament.

Let’s be brutally honest here. It would be arrogant and foolish to imagine that, in one short article, any of us could make a definitive statement about the Bible and

How Did the Christian Bible Come to Be? *Note: If you choose to comment, please follow these guidelines: Keep it relatively brief (no more than 100

Mark Edwards reviews a study of the origins of the concept of sin

To many Christians, abortion is a clear moral case. They believe abortion is like killing a person, with some equating it to murder. But the Bible is largely silent on the ethics of abortion. And after the Roe v. Wade ruling in the 1970s, the Southern Baptist Convention affirmed the need for the procedure in many cases. But the Religious Right later took an anti-abortionist stance and Republicans have since politicized the issue.

A rabbi and a Protestant minister in Kentucky offer clergy suggestions for how to engage their congregations in helping to solve the climate crisis.

2022 marks the 157th anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in former Confederate states. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was more than two years since the Proclamation had been issued in 1863, but it took until that day for word of freedom to reach...

This Encyclopedia Britannica Society list features 5 harvest festivals celebrated around the world.