As our nation focuses on economic issues such as fiscal cliffs and tax rates, it is odd to see the topic of faith, underlying election issues just six weeks ago, recede completely from sight. It's odd because in contrast to hot-button topics like gay marriage, gun-control, and reproductive rights, Christian...

Though not much read, Americans still revere the novels of Horatio Alger, Jr. Writing nearly 150 years ago, in the midst of Post-Civil War turmoil, Alger taught his young male audience that hard work, good personal hygiene and moral rectitude were a sure path to a brighter, wealthier future.

These...

As president of Union Theological Seminary, I am very proud of this institution's 175-year history as a force for socially-engaged Christianity in America and around the world. It's fascinating to me, though, how many people know of Union but have absolutely no idea what happens on our campus, or at...

Protests on a massive scale are scheduled to occur across New York City today, as Nov. 17 marks the two-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. With Tuesday morning's surprise eviction of protesters from Zuccotti Park, plans are now underway for demonstrations to relocate to City Hall, and even...

Of the many unforeseen results of Sept. 11, 2001, what stands out most in my mind is a startling increase of cooperation among open-hearted and open-minded religious leaders across the country. And not just theoretic cooperation, like signing petitions or standing next to each other at press conferences, but a...

Across New York City, and the entire Empire State, truckloads of wedding invitations are being dispatched for July 25. On that auspicious day, happy gay and lesbian couples are inviting their friends and family to join them on beaches, boats, churches and courthouse steps to watch them tie a knot...

March is National Women's History Month, and the theme for 2011 is "Our History is Our Strength."

Let's take a moment, then, to celebrate achievements of the last century -- or, since American women got the right to vote in 1920. Almost everywhere you look, women are doing work and...

Will you be mine?

This romantic question shivers and quivers around Valentine's Day. If the answer is a fluttery "yes," it's often not long before the happy couple is waltzing down the aisle with a more serious question before them.

Do you promise to have and hold this person, now...

Editor's Note: Huffington Post Religion has launched a scripture commentary series, which will bring together leading voices from different religious traditions to offer their wisdom on selected religious texts. Next month we will have Muslim commentaries for Ramadan, and in September Jewish commentaries for the High Holidays. Each day...

Dear Mr. Beck,

Serene Jones here. I'm President of Union Theological Seminary in New York, home of James Cone, the scholar featured on your liberation theology program this week.

I write with exciting news. Bibles are en route to you, even as we speak! Kindly let me explain. On...

This Sunday morning, my daughter will make her annual bedside delivery of a "For Mom" greeting card. What fun to guess what sort of handwritten promises she might include: an always-clean bedroom, perhaps, or 365 kisses? Whatever she says or does, I know I'll give her a big hug, and...

As a Protestant, and as the President of a seminary known for its commitment to progressive theology, my reaction is deeply divided about the sexual abuse crisis that is currently shaking the Roman Catholic Church in Europe and the United States. Watching the disturbing details of cover-ups by clergy --...

New York - As people of faith and leaders of religious institutions in New York City, we support ending the exclusion of our gay brothers and sisters from civil marriage. Opponents of marriage equality too often attempt to use arguments about religion to denounce equal civil marriage laws. As Christians,...