As fewer Americans read the Bible literally, Adam and Eve is increasingly functioning less as a fixed doctrine and more as a ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Genesis 2 tells us the story of Adam, Eden and the creation of Eve — a narrative brought to life in Jan Brueghel’s vivid landscape. Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678), “The ...

Presenter: Richard J. Clifford, S.J. To many people today, the opening chapters of Genesis—the seven-day creation account and the stories about Adam and Eve and the flood—are merely entertaining. To ...

Just like elections matter, theology matters. It can be wielded as a weapon or applied as a balm. For generations, people have abused the creation stories in Genesis, misusing them to assert the power ...

"Humans cannot live without stories," writes Stephen Greenblatt in his new book, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. "We surround ourselves with them; we make them up in our sleep; we tell them to our ...