Facing rising inflation, escalating fuel costs and the likely shortages of necessities may be hard, but it need not be scary. Our country has faced scarcity before. We weathered the shortages during ...
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nicholas Kristof THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE Rescuing the Sacred Texts By Karen Armstrong In the ...
The sacrosanct Scripture reflection spreadsheet is circulated among staff members at America. Our associate editor, Molly Cahill, has posted the schedule for reflections, with each staff member being ...
Fewer than half of Americans (44%) say they pray each day. This is a substantial decline from the first Religious Landscape Study (RLS) conducted in 2007, when 58% said they prayed at least once a day ...
A renewed cultural interest in Scripture is recorded in the just-released 9th and final chapter of the 15th annual State of the Bible report by the American Bible Society (ABS). Latest findings come ...
Visitors are pictured in a file photo looking at a Caravaggio painting titled "St. Jerome Writing" during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Pope Francis released an apostolic letter on ...
Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I cannot say that I dislike or disapprove of the saying. I use it myself. But I still stiffen when someone says, ...
Engaging our senses can help us connect with the Bible in a more holistic way. We all lead diverse sensory lives—in the form of memories, reflections, emotions, and events that become embedded into ...
Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Frameworks -- 1. Not Eastern and not Western (lāsharqīyyatan wa-lāgharbīyyatan, Q. 24:35): Locating the Qurʼan within the History of Scholarship -- 2. The Discovery of ...