Charlotte Wood’s novel, a Booker Prize finalist, follows an atheist whose mysterious path led her to live among nuns in a ...
As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...
“How can you not believe in God after Auschwitz?” A rabbi put this question to Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, ...
It’s an interesting conceit for Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou in his new book, Dealing with the Dead – but it’s not his strongest work ...
The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, delivered a plea from the pulpit to ...
When Donald Trump sat down Tuesday beneath the exquisite stained-glass windows of the National Cathedral, he likely expected ...
Gertrude of Poland, a duchess with royal lineage and deep piety, stands as the first Polish writer known by name. Her Latin ...
Ramadan is expected to begin on Saturday, March 1, this year and will last for either 29 or 30 days.While this will be ...
Cranmer's new prayer book was based on the Sarum Use, but was influenced by German Lutheran services. The eight daily observances of medieval tradition were blended into mattins and evensong. Much was ...
In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.
Starting your day with morning prayer is one of the most powerful ways to invite God’s peace, strength, and joy into your life. When we begin each morning in prayer, we shift our focus from the ...
Your TBR list is getting longer... The simple joy of reading a book can inspire so much. While we’re turning their pages, we use our imaginations to live inside entire worlds with its characters.