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Reading the Bible with a transgender minister
Shannon Kearns knows and is known by scripture deeply; he knows scripture better because he is trans.
We do not read alone
Brad East offers a rigorous argument for the ecclesial context of scripture.
by Zen Hess and Chris Palmer
A religious studies thriller about Karen King’s “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife”
Ariel Sabar’s nonfiction book contains more twists and turns than a car chase.
In the Qur’an, God is a great debater
The Qur’an is not a description of God. It’s a call to conversion.
Philip Kolin’s poems for the holy, violent earth
Yearning for the impossible, glimpsing the unimaginable
Dwelling together in scripture’s room
How can preachers and listeners develop a practice of lingering with the text?
The Museum of the Bible is utterly inoffensive. The Bible is not.
Can artifacts and interactive exhibits ever do justice to scripture's wildness?
The Bible's place in the American imagination
Scripture shapes culture—but always through what we bring to it.
by Zen Hess
Canadian pastor Brian Arthur Brown presents the sacred scriptures of four Eastern faith traditions alongside critical essays about the texts.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are connected as older and younger siblings. It's an asymmetrical relationship.
If it wasn’t for courageous women that dared to see beyond the lies.
Robert Gregg traces five scriptural stories as they were later understood by commentators—Jewish, Christian, and Muslim.
“Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead,
those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
to keep the poor from getting fair treatment. . ."
The LDS canon's four books carry equal weight of authority. All are read as historical witnesses to God's promise of salvation.
Reflecting on the Benedictus gives us an opportunity to
reflect on the place of memorization and repetition in our formation as people
who read the Bible as if our lives depended on it. Ellen Davis calls reading
the Bible as if our lives depended on it confessional reading. She does not
mean reading the Bible in light of a denominational confession. She means
reading the Bible as an "indispensible word."