The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers. Along with workers worried about their jobs and conspiratorial types worried about a robot takeover, many scholars and pastors ...

I. You shall not make for yourself an idol out of Scripture. This is a particular temptation among evangelicals who hold a very high view of Scripture. We forget that our highest calling is not to ...

Contrary to the claims of some Protestant apologists (and not a few Catholics, for that matter), Catholics actually have a wide freedom to read and interpret the Bible (provided, of course, they read ...

Eight years ago, before she was the academic dean at Catholic Theological Union, Dominican Sr. Barbara Reid had an idea. She wanted to create a work of feminist biblical interpretation that would ...

Frances Taylor Gench doesn't ignore difficult texts about women; she wrestles with them. That's because she is committed to the Bible as scripture. In two pages, you go from a simple devotional habit ...

Study finds conservative theology mixed with innovative worship approach helps Protestant churches grow congregations Churches that are theologically conservative with beliefs based on a literal ...

Letter writer Barbara Essington ("Know the Bible before interpreting it," June 19) complains that a previous writer who deplored bigotry and hatred against same-gender-preference people needs to learn ...