“Right now, more than anything in our hate-filled, divisive, crazy world, I think people are looking for hope” — Kevin Sorbo LOS ANGELES — Opening in theaters nationwide today, August 2, 2024, The Firing Squad, the new Christian film from...
(RNS) — “Jeff, lighten up.” I can imagine someone saying that to me. With all the darkness that has invaded the world — the assassinations of terrorist leaders, the American political situation — such an admonition would be welcome. Which...
(The Conversation) — Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, always envisioned the Games as much more than the sum of their parts. “Olympism,” as he coined it, was a new type of religion – one shorn of gods,...
(RNS) — On a Monday morning in 2019, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eliza Griswold approached the four pastors of Circle of Hope, a progressive evangelical Christian church in Philadelphia, and asked permission to immerse herself in their lives. Amid news cycles...
(RNS) — The contemporary pagan community, unlike many traditional religions, has had direct access to its living founders for decades. Now many of those pioneers, born in the 1940s, are “crossing the veil,” a common pagan phrase. And their stories...
(RNS) — When former President Donald Trump startled a live audience at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Wednesday (July 31) with a dubious claim about Vice President Kamala Harris’ multiracial identity, he also, likely unwittingly, tapped into...
LONDON (RNS) — The leading Muslim umbrella group in the U.K., the Muslim Council of Britain, has urged mosques to be extra vigilant and strengthen their security ahead of regular Friday prayers in the wake of this week’s violent attacks...
(RNS) — On Saturday (July 27), a barrage of rockets fell on a soccer field in Majdal Shams, a town in the Golan Heights, killing 12 children and wounding over a dozen more. It was the latest bloody day in...
(RNS) — If the 1970s were dubbed in Christian circles as “the bookstore revolution,” the first two decades of the 21st century might be more aptly referred to as the bookstore roller-coaster. Thousands of Christian bookstores closed across the country,...
Pride in the Pews, in collaboration with the Faith COMPASS Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, is thrilled to introduce the 2024-2025 Faith and HIV Advocacy Fellowship (FHF). This innovative leadership program is dedicated to empowering Black faith...
