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Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

By Slavoj Žižek, Global Eminent Scholar at Kyung Hee University The last foreign dignitary Pope Francis received a day before his death was none other than JD Vance, and we can say without ...

A History of Sex and Christianity —the kind of hefty tome inevitably described as “magisterial” by reviewers—teems with ...

Centre Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 193 Main St., will celebrate the Second Sunday of Easter on April 27 ...

As the elements of the sacrament symbolize, this week is not really a jovial time, but rather calls for serious meditation on ...

According to africanchildrenschoir.com, the choir — currently celebrating its 40th year – consists of African youngsters aged ...

The simplicity of his life and the depth of his faith made him a model of the Christlike life which inspired Catholics, ...

We will resume our discussion about heaven next week, but for now I want to focus on holy week. It’s the season when the ...

As the scenes of what The Son of God went through was presented before me, I kept thinking how could anyone watch this and ...

We will resume our discussion about heaven ... As the scenes of what The Son of God went through was presented before me, I ...