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Abraham was chosen as the father of people from all nations who would join his family through faith in the God of Abraham.

As we consider this week's Torah portion, we might also consider our own situations as present-day custodians and witnesses ...

All fifth Sundays are a joint service of the two churches with communion rotating between the Episcopal tradition and the ...

Introduction In this work, we discuss why African Eschatology is empirically sound and proven, whereas the Christian one is thought to be built on illusions or pure imagination .

We can continue to hope: In a reading of Toldot we may think of Jacob and Esau, of struggle and blessing, of renewal. The memory of horror does not imprison us—it summons us to choose life, to build, ...

When filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, holy mass was an unswervable element of life, even after his father, a second-hand car salesman, won the national lottery. Each ...

So to read and study the Old Testament is to read and study Israel of old. And a whole array of volumes can be mentioned here ...

Genesis Garcia was “a little shy” when she arrived at St. Ambrose University in Davenport for preseason soccer practice ...

Profile Editor Gussie Coulter joins popular historian Tom Holland on the borderlands to explore his intellectual journey, the Roman analogy, and his reflections on the genesis of the West.

One of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts is going on rare public display as part of the ...