"Do you really take the Bible literally?" The person who asks can't believe that I am a reasonable human being in the 21st century. I respond by asking, "What do you mean by 'literal'?" So often we ...

Many justify their opposition to same-sex marriage by quoting the Bible. Whether or not one believes the Bible was divinely inspired, it cannot be read as just another collection of short stores or ...

As we mark the 50th anniversary of “Dei Verbum,” the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 18, 1965, we note that one effect has been increased study of and ...

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It is important for contemporary Christians to have a broad interpretation of God, Jesus, scripture, and theology since fundamentalism can be a dangerous force in our world, denying science, evolution ...