How we understand "The Good Life" depends on the tradition from which we speak. Traditions provide the context within which rational discourse can then take place. Catholic tradition affirms that we were created to be happy. It affirms the reality of God and recognizes him as Goodness itself. God creates, redeems, and sanctifies and wishes us to share in his creative, redemptive, and sanctifying action.

Within the scientific community, miracles are some of the most controversial phenomena described by religion. By definition, miracles are violations of the natural order which makes them, by default, inaccessible to scientific inquiry. But Dr. Consolmagno suggests that this discrepancy is due in part to the way the definition of "miracles" changed during the Enlightenment; he takes The Star of Bethlehem as a case study.

Dreadlocks. Reggae and Bob Marley. Tevya meets a teenager who unlocks the truth behind the beliefs of the "Rasta".

Travel to Qumran, the archaeological site located adjacent to the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were uncovered in the late 1940s. As you tour the caves and the site itself (including an ancient scriptorium and dining room), you'll learn what scholars know about the mysterious community that once lived there.

Islam's interest in other religions begins with the Qurʾān itself. However, whereas in some passages the Qurʾān seems to teach that God does not prefer any religion, only good acts, in other places it polemicizes against not only polytheists but also Jews and Christians. The teaching that Islam alone is the true religion stems from a reading of the Qurʾān central to the development of legal doctrine; this doctrine in turn motivates Muslims to...

The Beatitudes are intimately related to the life of discipleship. They have been interpreted in many ways, but can best be described as actions manifesting the attitudes of the Kingdom. They cannot be lived, however, apart from the grace of God and the movement of the Spirit in our lives. In his Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, St. Augustine draws various connections between the Beatitudes, the gifts of the Spirit, and the petitions of the...

Tevya meets a Jewish high-school film student and reveals why Jerusalem is considered the most sacred place on earth to all Jews.

The cardinal (or moral) virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance direct the appetitive powers of the soul by bringing them under the gentle rule of reason's reign. These virtues are acquired through practice and, once under the influence of God's grace, become infused.

Kevin and his wife run a successful apartment building and share a wonderful life together. Kevin's brother threatens to destroy their happiness when he accidentally sets the building on fire.

Millions of people around the world look to the Bible for moral guidance about marriage, faith and family. But could the Bible contain contradictions, or hidden meanings, that challenge our beliefs about what is right--and what is wrong.