I. You shall not make for yourself an idol out of Scripture. This is a particular temptation among evangelicals who hold a very high view of Scripture. We forget that our highest calling is not to ...

The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers. Along with workers worried about their jobs and conspiratorial types worried about a robot takeover, many scholars and pastors ...

Contrary to the claims of some Protestant apologists (and not a few Catholics, for that matter), Catholics actually have a wide freedom to read and interpret the Bible (provided, of course, they read ...

To the Editor : Those whose Christian religious beliefs make them strongly opposed to gay marriage should become knowledgeable about the research of the late Yale University Professor and Chairman of ...

Eight years ago, before she was the academic dean at Catholic Theological Union, Dominican Sr. Barbara Reid had an idea. She wanted to create a work of feminist biblical interpretation that would ...

Thanks to the pathbreaking work of Beryl Smalley, more than a half century ago, today we recognize the central place of the so-called School of Saint Victor in the history of biblical exegesis. By the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, the officiating crew in America’s bruising game of political rugby, made a game-changing call ruling that same-sex couples have the right to marry. The fans in blue and waving ...

Letter writer Barbara Essington ("Know the Bible before interpreting it," June 19) complains that a previous writer who deplored bigotry and hatred against same-gender-preference people needs to learn ...

More than one-quarter of Americans believe the Bible is the verbatim word of God and should be taken literally, according to a new Gallup poll. A survey of more than 1,000 people showed that 28 ...

There's nothing quite so helpful as a fatwa and threats of a Christian boycott to create buzz in advance of new movie. “Noah,” scheduled for its U.S. release on March 28, has become such a target. The ...