The final installment in the series examines the multifaceted book of Daniel, which serves as a bridge from the Old Testament to the New.

Prejudging others based on their physical or other characteristics comes quite naturally. How can we overcome our racial and ethnic biases?

The book of Psalms is intended to be an accompaniment to daily life, with all its ups and downs, its tests and trials.

Has the world not gone terribly wrong in emphasizing monetary value over moral conviction, cash over right principles, assets over human worth?

Sometimes referred to as “a little Bible,” the book of Psalms offers much more than just a collection of ancient Hebrew poetry.

It’s become increasingly clear to many that our global problems require global solutions. Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown is the latest to lend his voice to the discussion.

What can we learn from the book of Ecclesiastes, with its shifting viewpoints, its seeming contradictions, and its air of futility?

The decade following the 1918–20 flu pandemic is remembered as a time of freedom—both for growth and for selfish excess. How are the post-COVID 2020s likely to shape up?

Solomon’s name is attached to three books of the Bible. In this installment, we focus on the Song of Songs and the book of Proverbs.

Conspiracy theories have been with us for a long time. We’re now in the age of conspiracism: no need for a theory, just a social media platform.

What are we to do when we undergo suffering, and how are we to understand God’s role?

Vision reviews Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy and John Keane’s The New Despotism. In the wake of the contentious 2020 US presidential election, their message is sobering.

“Truth is fallen in the street,” an ancient prophet told his people. He could just as easily have been talking about today.

Nehemiah’s account chronicles his efforts not only to restore the walls of Jerusalem but also to strengthen its returning inhabitants.

If the editor of Ezra-Nehemiah rearranged passages to achieve a specific literary effect, how would that have affected the story flow?

Vision interviews Italian philosopher and academic Donatella Di Cesare, author of two recent books addressing conditions that threaten the global status quo.

We are by nature focused first on self. Until we change that, the world will never work for all of us.

Freed from Babylonian captivity, some exiled Jews returned to rebuild Jerusalem. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah detail their story.

With her Jewish ethnic group facing annihilation in the days of the Persian Empire, Queen Esther risks her life to forestall the plan.

Vision reviews Donatella Di Cesare’s 2020 book Resident Foreigners, in which she proposes a new philosophy of migration.