(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy day Shavuot. Both involve 'gifts,' but not the kind that come with bows. Let us ’Splain ...

Robert J. Foley of Wilmington, N.C., sends me a copy of an open letter written by author and rabbi Rami Shapiro to Pope Francis. In it, Rabbi Shapiro hopes that “ruach ha-kodesh, the Holy Spirit ...

US, 2019) and “God is not Alone: Our Mother – the Holy Spirit” (Avalon publishing, UK, 2015) developed out of a thesis that was published 2005 in the late Professor Noel Freedman’s journal ...

In the course of making a slightly different point, having to do with the Jewish origins of Christianity’s “Holy Spirit,” he casually states that “neither biblical nor rabbinic Judaism has ...

The Holy Spirit is like the backstage star of the conclave. One theologian compares the concept to “the deep music in a song, the deep bass line” under the rhythm and melody.

These 10 Days of Awe begin with Rosh Hashanah, (the Jewish New year) and end with Yom Kippur. ... But to do that skirts the true spirit of what this holy time entails.

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine speaks to students at the Kennedy Center on Sept. 18. Levine discussed the relationship between Mormonism and Judaism and addressed several on-campus groups. (Maddi Driggs) ...

Sometimes a very Jewish mother — ‘HAVE YOU EATEN ... the Christmas spirit, the Spirit of ’76, the Holy Spirit — each of these points to something that you know is supposed to ...