In a culture that sidelined women, Jesus included them as partners in ministry. These women were not just passive followers, ...

Two New York productions of Strauss’s opera reposition its necrophiliac protagonist as a perverse instrument of justice.

The takeover of the ancient site illustrates the expansion of settlers and the Israeli army presence in this Palestinian ...

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON  For ArtSpring  The Metropolitan Opera’s latest production of Richard Strauss’ Salome offers a chilling and ...

There are good mothers and not so good mothers; there are virtuous mothers and wicked mothers. Producing children does not ...

This column is a follow-up of last week’s that was entitled “Smooth words.” People in Isaiah’s time refused his words and wanted words that were pleasing to them. That continues to exist today. I came ...

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NEW YORK — (AP) — Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “Every night I ...

Based on the biblical story of the Jewish princess who was the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, “Salome” provoked a scandalous reaction to its 1905 premiere. It is best ...