In difficult times, the work of truth-telling can seem like obsessing on the negative. But the most important truths are very often uncomfortable and even frightening. This week, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush welcomes writer Jeff Sharlet, author of The...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Responding to reports that President Donald Trump’s administration has touted “zeroing out” foreign aid, faith-based groups that receive government funding to offer assistance abroad and their religious allies are sounding the alarm that they cannot replace the...
(RNS) — Ryan Walters is looking for 55,000 Bibles, and he is seeking $60 donations for each of them. Walters, who is Oklahoma’s state superintendent of public instruction, has made national headlines for his efforts to get Bibles into the hands of public...
(RNS) — Imagine a job interview where, to get the gig, your spouse must answer intrusive questions about their fertility, personal religious beliefs and their own career trajectory. Such interrogations are common for many pastors’ wives across white evangelicalism, according...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As Christian denominations in Africa join the preparation for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, clerics, theologians and laypeople are embracing the moment as a chance to reshape the continent’s spiritual and social...
(RNS) — As Gen Z women and men drift apart on multiple dimensions in American life, they are also increasingly making different political and religious choices. Exit polls show that compared with the 2020 presidential election, the youth vote was...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter’s and by the hospital to pray the rosary for him. Dating to the Middle Ages and...
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit, having survived and thrived in one of most remote and climatically inhospitable places on Earth. And they’re Lutheran. About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the vast majority...
(RNS) — My late mother always used to tell me: “Jeffrey, do not engage with crazy haters on Facebook.” Actually, she never said that to me. My mother died about a decade before the advent of social media. But that...
(The Conversation) — As Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, an important aspect of their faith is their role as stewards of God on Earth. One way Muslims do this is through the practice of Zakat, an obligatory...
