It is well documented that the foremost preoccupation of enslaved Africans in the New World was freedom, the thing that was most denied them. That is why so many resisted their social condition, ...

In this dense analysis, pseudonymous author W. (Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes), a theologian in residence at the missionary organization Global Training Network, unpacks what scriptural metaphors ...

Bestselling author Lauren Winner explores provocative and often overlooked metaphors for God, such as a laboring woman and the "one who smells." Because Jews and Christians believe that God is ...

Imagine for a moment that our civilization has passed, as civilizations do. A perfect storm of global warming, nuclear war, worldwide famine and a reversal of the earth's magnetic pole have conspired ...

In my previous letter to the editor, titled “Biblical snakes were metaphors” (Sept. 23), I revealed to you, readers of The Daily Star, that the “snakes” in Exodus 4:1-4 were symbolic and metaphoric, ...

If Mr. Glenn still contends that Solomon is referring in Ecclesiastes 10:2 to the "political right" in 400 B.C., 2,200 years BEFORE anyone knew what the "political right" even mean - he is in direct ...

Reading Lauren F. Winner's Wearing God is like having a chat with her over coffee. This book is written in conversational chunks and the structure is not always immediately apparent. That being said, ...