Symbols, she says, work like communal shorthand to those who have the key. By the same token they can be bewildering for those who do not have the key. That's why she believes churches should go ...

In last week’s Christian Century, Niebuhr No. 2, H. Richard, analyzes the nature of his own faith and how it has changed. Deification of the Scriptures. Like many another Protestant of his ...

The reality is that cases like ... the religious symbol isn’t attributable to the state. But if officials provide space and then exercise control over the event, that starts to look very different.

took a look and sent all 1,300 packages back to City Hall. The presents were innocent, but strictly speaking, illegal: seasonal chocolates shaped like Christian crosses and St. Nicholas.

After first appearing in the religious art of ... But if you just look at them, you will see a symbol that connects them all – the halo. More like this: - The symbol with a secret meaning ...

He looks particularly ... are the Christian war dead,” thunders Scalia. “I think that’s an outrageous conclusion!” Far less outrageous is the conclusion that religious symbols are not ...