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Complicated Women in Scripture

July 15, 2020 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

Our last podcast episode from this season asks: how are sacred stories about complicated women taught differently in Christianity and Judaism?
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Healing at a Distance

May 21, 2020 By Michele Micklewright 1 Comment

Nursing homes are the frontlines of the pandemic. Read one chaplain's reflections on healing at a distance drawing on Christian and Buddhist practices.

Disillusionment and the Divine

January 10, 2019 By Amy Peterson Leave a Comment

Over ten years after publishing a best-seller on spiritual practices, Lauren Winner returns to explore their characteristic damage in her latest book.
America Christian Nation

Is America a Christian Nation? Should it Be?

June 18, 2018 By Vance Morgan 1 Comment

Acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson asks: What would one expect to see if America was a Christian nation? The answer may surprise us.
Hungry Person's Bread

The Hungry Person’s Bread

April 27, 2017 By Vance Morgan 2 Comments

Is it lawful to steal through stress of need? Vance Morgan engages in a classroom debate over whether Christianity and capitalism are compatible.
I Heart Francis

Dear Pope Francis, Will You Be My Boyfriend?

April 3, 2017 By Donna Schaper 2 Comments

In this excerpt from her latest book, Protestant Pastor Donna Schaper declares her surprising love for the Pope.
Homemade Chili

Latkes and Homemade Chili

January 11, 2017 By Hannah Yerington Leave a Comment

Hannah Yerington's playful poem imagines a daughter becoming a feminist rabbi and the subsequent fall-out with her Southern Baptist father.
Inter-religious

A Christian View of Inter-religious Relations

June 30, 2016 By Darrell Jodock 1 Comment

How should Christians engage with other religions? Darrell Jodock thoughtfully considers this question.
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Prisoner for the Lord

January 22, 2015 By Peter A. Huff Leave a Comment

The scriptures of other religions have been composed on rugged mountaintops, in verdant forests, on spectacular seashores, and in sheltered hermitages. Christian literature first saw the light of day behind bars.

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Collegeville Institute receives $3.88 million Lilly Endowment grant to fund four years of the Ecclesial Literature Project: Words for the Church and the World.

October 28, 2025

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