Author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber had a significant role in shaping 20^th-century political and social concepts.

The magnitude of evil perpetrated by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and their brutal totalitarian regimes proved them utterly false messiahs.

Using the supposed objectivity of DNA to establish human hierarchy may be the dream of eugenicists, but for Kathryn Paige Harden, the goal of having and using genetic information is exactly the opposite.

The UN says the ongoing tragedy in Darfur is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. Aid workers and analysts talk to Vision about the crisis.

With their faith on shaky ground, many nominal Christians and Jews are looking to archaeology to dig them out of their doubts.

The apparent discovery of a theorized God particle builds confidence in science’s Standard Model of the universe and may lead to greater discoveries.

Conspicuous consumption is often used to describe spending on goods and services by individuals or households that wish to display their wealth or income.

The most confounding question that arises from the big bang theory is a simple one: If the big bang is the origin of the universe, what happened before?

Vision interviews W. French Anderson, M.D., director of Gene Therapy Laboratories at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.

Blindness comes in different forms. It can be physical or spiritual. Jesus demonstrates the loving nature of His leadership as He heals a blind man, commissions 70 more to help Him proclaim the gospel, and teaches His disciples to pray.

What can we know about James, the first-century writer of one of the general epistles? And what value does his letter have in the 21^st century?

We’ve all seen headlines about the dangers inherent in social media. Is it time to delete all your accounts?

Save the World and Still Be Home for Dinner by Will Marré proposes a lifestyle that considers sustainability of resources as well as of relationships.

Skeptics question if building cities, removing forests and increasing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere matter in the big picture of life on earth.

We now possess the means of exploring many of the great questions of our place in the universe. But will we find the answers we’re looking for?

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

Disease epidemics were once explained as expressions of God’s implacable anger over our sinful human nature. Then came modern science.

The newly translated “Gospel of Judas” is the latest pseudo-Christian text to generate interest and grab the public’s attention.

David Hulme explores the question “What Makes Us Human?” from the generally overlooked perspective of the ancient Hebrew Scriptures.

Vision reviews Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes, in which author James Mumford proposes a way out of the political trenches that today divide the world into “sides.”