Many religious types are staunch supporters of the thought that God created humans. They argue that everything created has a beginning, and God is that beginning, the cause of everything that exists.

Religious types will try to protect God, saying God is good; and if we humans suffer, it is primarily the outcome of our wrong choices. God wishes us to experience joy and not misery. God is perfect ...

The biblical concept of imago Dei sets the Judeo-Christian narrative apart from other ancient origin stories. Recently, there have been discussions about the core identity of humankind—whether we are ...

Editor’s note: Last year, America asked two professors of theology with backgrounds in gender studies, Elizabeth Sweeny Block of St. Louis University and Abigail Favale of the University of Notre Dame ...

In the past four decades, American views on the origins of human life have significantly shifted, according to a new Gallup poll. The survey, conducted from May 1-23, shows that fewer Americans now ...

About 150 scientists gathered at the eighth annual Society of Catholic Scientists conference this past weekend for talks that touched on the Thomistic notion of free will, the intersection of ...

My preteen boys’ bodies are changing. They are both, now, taller than me — and I am not a short woman. Their feet are unusually disproportionate to the rest of their bodies, so much so that my husband ...

For those who are specific followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there are life questions that have no answers, at least no answers that make any sense to plain-thinking ...