The day I was ordained as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), I knelt on the hard brick steps of the seminary chapel and made promises to proclaim and live out the faith ...

Credit...Photo Illustration by Balarama Heller for The New York Times Supported by By David Brooks Opinion Columnist When I was an agnostic, I thought faith was ...

My daughter will wrestle with worldliness in her education, just as I did. That’s why I want to be around to help. Depending on your circles, mentioning “public school” may elicit strong reactions.

I grew up in a Muslim household where faith was woven into the fabric of our lives. My mother, a woman of deep devotion, often spoke of the Quran’s wonders, including the story of how the universe was ...

What happens when you reach middle age and the very things that sustained you, that gave you structure and identity — that made you you — are gone? Jen Hatmaker went through a drastic middle-age ...

I am currently chair of the philosophy department at the University of Utah. I have taught at “the U” for 32 years. We are a flagship but not an elite university; we admit 89 percent of applicants.

Disagreement is fundamental to Judaism. It is integral in the most basic scriptures of the religion such as the Talmud – the central text of Jewish practice and law. It isn’t for me to say, based on ...

Not quite 27 dresses, but I have worn plenty of formal wear in my adult life. In the past three years, I have attended 15 weddings — as a member of the bridal party in eight of them. I’ve been a ...