References to a supreme Being are common in American culture. Even the nation’s currency proclaims, “In God We Trust.” How did this come to be?

Founder of prestigious scientific and humanitarian prizes, Alfred Nobel seemed able to ignore the way his powerful inventions were used.

It’s a reality with a colorful history dating back to ancient empires: Powerful leaders sometimes fall prey to grand delusions.

Vision reviews four books that explore how we handle our relationships and how the choices we make impact our social connections.

The widespread misjudging of an entire generation has serious implications for our collective future.

What Paul and Barnabas taught Jews and gentiles as they traveled through Cyprus and Asia Minor is the subject of considerable debate and misunderstanding.

The actual process of money creation occurs in depository institutions, principally commercial banks.

Is planting more trees the answer to a looming climate crisis?

Some say that media violence isn’t a major cause of aggression in children, but can constant bombardment with violent images be helping them develop optimally?

Ideologies are about what we choose to believe. In Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology, the author explores the past and current political-economic choices we’ve made.

Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and the first black African to hold the position, served from 1997 to 2006. 

Gaza: What will it take to resolve this seemingly impossible impasse of brothers on the same land?

The disciples still had a lot to learn about their Master and about humility. Attaining spiritual riches requires that we be wholly invested in something other than the physical.

Why are laurel wreath crowns so often associated with history’s conquering heroes?

Broadly speaking, Israeli political philosophy follows two main schools of thought: political Zionism and revisionist Zionism.

Will the next few years see the development of a truly intelligent computer? Will our own tools become our masters?

The final 22 verses of chapter 31 in the book of Proverbs present an acrostic poem that contains the sage advice of a mother to her son, a king named Lemuel.

Listening is good for both our relationships and our own well-being. How can we master and hone this essential skill?

We sometimes hear about people being Good Samaritans. Where does the term come from?