In many Western contexts, organized religion is declining, often due to hypocrisy, politicization or shallow faith. But ...

The Valentinians were one of the most sophisticated Gnostic movements in early Christianity. They taught that reality was ...

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...

I have been asked a number of times what my reasons were for writing this poem, and whether I identify myself with the narrator or with the Gnostic. Other reade ...