Last week, Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period (not counting Sundays) in the Christian calendar that is focused on repentance and preparation for Easter. During Lent, ...

There is something Niebuhrian, and highly ironic, about Rudd's attempt to navigate between the purity of the idealists and the hard right literalism of the conservatives. It has become rather ...

It has become rather fashionable to hurl criticism at the theological and political legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr, not least by my friend Stanley Hauerwas. He, along with John Milbank, have questioned ...

Idolatry (avoda zara) is one of the gravest sins in the Torah. In fact, it is one of three sins for which one must accept death before succumbing (Yoma 82a). But is it merely an ancient relic? As 21st ...

Pope Francis receives an 88% approval rating from American Catholics; Popular Catholic writer wonders if we're guilty of idolatry. RNS: It’s so much easier to spot other people’s idols—in other ...

According to Mikhail Bakunin, the 19th century Russian socialist and revolutionary anarchist, “The State, being the supreme objective, everything that is favorable to the development of its power is ...

During his general audience on Sept. 1, Pope John Paul II encouraged Christians to resist any temptation to idolatry, whether it be wealth, power or success. The Holy Father made his remarks during a ...