The word contagion comes from the Latin words for “with” and “touch.”
death
My feet hurt. To distract myself, I'm recalling my professional failures.
The solution to the fear of death is to live as dying creatures
Theologian Todd Billings grapples with scripture, philosophy, and his own incurable cancer.
She died in her nurse’s arms.
Death rituals used to happen in our houses. What if we brought them back?
I’m the only person he loved the way he loved me.
Interpreting Jesus’ healings as a conflict with purity laws is dead wrong
Jesus’ conflict, Matthew Thiessen argues, was with the forces of death.
“A lot of people want to talk about the big questions; they just don’t know how to get started.”
At a recent funeral, some churchgoers were surprised by my choice of texts.
They’re in a plastic bag in my closet.
Most of us don’t fear death so much as the process leading up to it.
A black pastor writes to the white church about its complicity in oppression
Lenny Duncan’s letter is full of hope and fury, love and lament—like Paul’s epistles.
Maybe Jesus’ tears at Bethany come from more than grief.
Take & read: New books in Old Testament
Climate catastrophe, economic inequality, and the way we treat our dead
A life worth living, but for how long?
In their new novels, Dara Horn and Chloe Benjamin play with themes of mortality and free will.