“We tell Catholics that reading Scripture is an essential ingredient of Catholic life,” says biblical scholar Stephen Binz. “But we don’t teach them how to do it.” In order to “help Catholics discover ...

New strategies for interpreting Scripture turn out to be not so new—and deepen our life in Christ. A wide range of voices claims that a crisis of biblical interpretation is taking place. But contrary ...

Download an MP3 audio interview with the author here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. I have always been a proud Jew, but never a terribly observant one. Several weeks ago, I made ...

The longtime Harvard Divinity School professor says, "There is no single 'correct' way to read the Bible." But, he argues, some ways are more helpful than others. Only 36 percent of Americans say they ...