Director Terrence Malik’s new movie is a meditation on traditional Christian questions about evil, suffering, grace, and beauty, says Calvin College professor of English Roy Anker. More →

January 24, 2012

“Computers will match us in emotional intelligence, which includes our whole moral system,” says inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil. More →

December 9, 2011

Biological and technological evolution “is a spiritual process,” says this leading futurist. “Entities become more godlike, never reaching that ideal but moving in that direction exponentially.” More →

December 9, 2011

Purposefulness and self-sacrifice in human life “can never be reduced to a machine,” according to this bioethicist. More →

December 9, 2011

Evangelicals are a key Republican constituency, especially in the primary season, and they still appear to be up for grabs. More →

October 21, 2011

Watch excerpts of three leading Republican presidential candidates talking about religion. More →

October 21, 2011

Religious leaders of this largely Christian country will play a key role in successfully managing its wealth and fostering its adherence to democratic values. More →

August 26, 2011

Donating organs and tissues “is considered an altruistic, charitable act and all the major religions look favorably upon that behavior,” says ethicist Robert Veatch. More →

June 3, 2011

To mark his 70th birthday on May 24, we reprise an essay on religion, spirituality, and Bob Dylan, who once said, “There’s mystery, magic, truth, and the Bible in great folk music. I can’t hope to touch that. But I’m going to try.” More →

May 18, 2011

Reformation historian, award-winning memoirist, and Cuban émigré Carlos Eire says reading the medieval devotional book “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas à Kempis was “a conversion experience.” More →

April 1, 2011