The Catholic Church has also had little trouble reading the Bible symbolically, figuratively, and allegorically, but could it deny that behind the mythic accounts of Adam and Eve stand two real ...

Growing up in church, it was easy to sit back and judge the characters in the popular Bible stories. As an adult, I realize how similar I am to each and every one of them. Eve ate that apple in ...

Might we even resent her? Yet, as with any Bible character, Eve’s moment of failure does not fully define her. Instead, we can find tremendous encouragement in her story. God’s response to her ...