Faith

Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk’s sociological study offers some clues.

The Greek word for faith, pistis, isn’t about assenting to beliefs. It’s about trust.

Brian McLaren says religious doubt isn't the death of faith. It's the birth of faith beyond belief.

These three stances toward God are the beginning of faith.

For both Paul Mariani and Mark Jarman, the mystery is theological.

Transcendent Kingdom explores an immigrant neuroscientist’s complicated relationship with evangelical Christianity.

Phillip Cary locates the heart of Protestantism in the gospel promise it reveals.

New collections by Jeanine Hathaway and Jeanne Murray Walker

The former poet laureate’s quirky faith is a spirituality for prankish oddballs.

Chelsea Bieker's Godshot drips with truth about motherhood, faith, and power.

Sometimes faith is like encountering a grizzly bear.

Pagels vividly recounts her spiritual experiences. But she won’t let herself be bound by any tradition.

Ethan Shagan chronicles the expansion of these concepts since the Middle Ages.

9 values that can shape the end of life in a cruciform way

We need faith, Wiman suggests, because poetry isn't enough.

Anya saw the world in colors.

We don't need arguments from the pulpit. We need living water.

Does biblical scholarship still matter for the life of faith?

In this anthology of poems selected by Wiman, joy comes in modest and unlikely guise.

In our current crisis, fear is both cause and consequence.