Where faith and scholarship have a nice dinner conversation.
Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at the h
In the late nineteenth century, a newspaper written and published by women and for women sprung up i
There’s a famous passage from First Corinthians: “Let your women keep silence in the churches, for i
When the Lotus Sutra arrived in Boston in 1844 the few people who could read it were intrigued by it
Are you familiar with the New Atheists? The late Christopher Hitchens wrote biting books about relig
People are usually more comfortable talking about their strengths rather than their weaknesses. It’s
One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly is the latest book in the Maxwell Institute’s Living Faith series
The deep red state of Utah is surprising pundits as the 2016 presidential election approaches. For t
As the twentieth century dawned, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remained at odds wi
Perhaps you’ve experienced moments of doubt about your religious faith. Or maybe you’re one of the p
James L. Kugel is one of the foremost scholars of the Hebrew Bible of our time. Kugel recently visit
“Be fruitful and multiply.” According to the book of Genesis, these are the first words God speaks t
What good is a dead body? How have humans cared for dead bodies through the ages and why do we do it
In some ways it’s been a lonelier than usual summer at the Maxwell Institute. Since it was founded i
When the Protestant Reformer John Calvin published his book Institutes of the Christian Religion in
What do you know about African American religious history? Julius H. Bailey joins us in this episode
If you surveyed Americans, asking them to identify themselves as: A) Catholic B) Muslim C) Evangelic
The New York Times Review of Books says Marilynne Robinson “is not like any other writer. She has cr
Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 15
Even if you’ve never heard of a Christian movement scholars call “the prosperity gospel,” chances a
