ISTANBUL (RNS) — Arvin Ghahremani, a 20-year-old Iranian Jew accused of murder, was hanged by the country’s Islamic regime on Monday (Nov. 4) after a monthslong trial that was closely watched by the Persian Jewish diaspora as well as human...
(RNS) — You will go to see “A Real Pain” because of the all-star cast of Jesse Eisenberg (who also wrote and directed it), Kieran Culkin (whom many of us loved in “Succession”) and Jennifer Grey (welcoming her back to...
(The Conversation) — Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence – to be models of faith and strength. But wise leadership also means listening and being willing to...
(The Conversation) — Aging is often feared, resisted, and in the cruelest of cases, mocked and even punished. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author of the book “Elderhood,” puts it well when she says older people who seek health care...
(RNS) — What does it mean to reject a god tied to oppressive power? Miguel De La Torre discusses a radical theology of hopelessness. The post Rejecting the ‘God of Trump’ appeared first on RNS. Source link...
(RNS) — Norman Wirzba was not expecting that his book of essays about hope would land the week before Donald Trump scored a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. But the Duke theologian who writes about the environment is...
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — Katherine Leach’s stomach churned while she was driving to Saturday worship at Gateway Church early this summer. Leach, who has been attending the nondenominational North Texas congregation for the past three years, has also tithed...
(RNS) — Demographically, somewhat; values-wise, yes and no. The post Did religion matter in the election? appeared first on RNS. Source link...
(RNS) — Weeks before the 2024 presidential election, disgraced and self-rehabilitated pastor Mark Driscoll came out in support of Donald Trump. He shared a photo of himself shaking Trump’s hand before gleefully announcing that Trump was forming an evangelical Christian...
(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation’s persecution of the religious group and advocating for the release of wrongfully detained prisoners. “As of the latest information available,...
