1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (696+ words) NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) " Religious leaders in the Central African Republic say they were stunned by the arrival Friday (June 12) of migrants deported from the United States to their country without cultural or familial ties, questioning why people who fled religious…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (343+ words) The only thing that we have that we can actually hold onto in the most difficult circumstances is what we actually believe." So said Mary Darling, the writer and director of the beautiful film, Cast Aside the Clouds. Set in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (304+ words) NOTE: This piece was'originally published at our newsletter A Public Witness. The Religious Right is a term that invites a strong reaction, positively or negatively, because everyone knows what it means. For decades, there has been a concerted political effort…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1062+ words) Word&Way Review: Love Your Neighbor LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR: How Psychology Can Enliven Faith and Transform Community. By Katherine M. Douglass and Brittany M. Tausen. Foreword by Dominique Du Bois Gilliard. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2026. Ix + 229 pages. Jesus responded to…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (629+ words) (RNS) " Many of our nation's top leaders today openly pronounce their Christian faith. Some even read Scripture (or what they imply to be Scripture) during official government briefings. But according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (502+ words) Word&Way When Denominations Address Christian Nationalism On Friday (June 12), the general synod of the Reformed Church in America voted to condemn Christian Nationalism, declaring that the ideology "represents a false church, fundamentally distorting the gospel." The move by the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (627+ words) (RNS) " The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11) prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court building in Washington,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1368+ words) (RNS) " On a humid evening in late March, Victor Glover huddled with his fellow Artemis II astronauts to have what the spacefarers called their "ultimate dinner." It was their last full meal before embarking on their historic journey around the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (415+ words) (RNS) " Bethany Christian Services, long described as the country's largest Protestant adoption and foster care agency, will no longer allow LGBTQ couples to foster or adopt, according to a statement to RNS. In an email to RNS, a spokesperson confirmed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (661+ words) (RNS) " The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, met with President Donald Trump last week in the White House and awarded him one of the highest honors in the church, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy…...