My seminary professors’ favorite refrain was some version of “Theological study needs to be paired with worship and prayer—it needs to actually shape your life.” That this important instruction needed ...

Editor’s note: This article, a response to “The crisis in Catholic theology” by Grant Kaplan, is part of The Conversation, a new initiative of America Media offering diverse perspectives on important ...

In a year marked by political violence and collective unease, writers on religion and spirituality offered reflections on ...

At a time when many thinkers are tempted to dismiss prayer as an irrational, irresponsible, or ineffective religious practice disconnected from the rigors of academic work and activist political ...

The new program will explore the Christian spiritual tradition and look at translating theological truths into living practices of faith The School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College now ...

What are the new horizons for those interested in psychology, theology, and spirituality in Christian counseling? I suggest three in this brief article, though many more could be mentioned. New ...

Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son, by Richard Lischer. Lischer, a theologian at Duke Divinity School, acknowledges that “a father has no business writing a book about his son’s death.” But as ...

Let me start with a declaration from start: I am a Pentecostal Christian who has often been curious about the trajectory of both mainstream Christianity (be it evangelical or Pentecostal) and African ...

In the face of the difficulties of the modern-age, artists and theologians need the inspiration of the Holy Spirit – the source of joy and hope, Pope Francis said Saturday, during the awarding of the ...

There is a new kid on the scientific community’s block: neurotheology — also known as spiritual neuroscience or the neuroscience of religion. It is defined as “the study of correlations of neural ...

For Asians who did graduate studies in theology at Roman pontifical universities in the decade after the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) Aloysius Pieris' book, first published in German [Theologie ...

Candice Benbow is a theologian, writer, and educator whose work focuses on Black women’s shared faith experiences. She created the #LemonadeSyllabus social media campaign and established the ...