Faith is not a neutral noun in the 21st century. Faith is used as a swift demonizer by the media. Faith is abused as a polarizing weapon in political platforms. Faith is misused as a frequent ...

As a missionary for five years in Ethiopia, then minister at a large church in Southern California for 11, I’ve been keenly aware of people’s need for certainty — spiritual, personal, political, ...

Credit...Photo Illustration by Balarama Heller for The New York Times Supported by By David Brooks Opinion Columnist When I was an agnostic, I thought faith was ...

READERS of the July Atlantic must have found excellent entertainment in Mr. Root’s little essay on ‘The Age of Faith.’ His subject is one that we are always interested in — the question of the real ...

This Sunday’s readings offer three different lenses to examine what is perhaps best left mysterious: how faith works within one’s tradition. “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, ...

Pulitzer Prize winner Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, journalists who have been exposing these stories, spent time interviewing hundreds of people who have been connected to the church over the years — ...

The word “light” is frequently encountered in Christian discourse. It usually indicates the illumination that comes from God. It induces us to reflect on the different aspects involved in such ...

When we say we have faith in God, this implies that there is no scope for question, inquiry or any argument about it. When we say God made the Earth and the other planets go round the Sun, this stops ...