Kathryn Post

Kathryn Post is an author at Religion News Service.

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A priest observed a ‘Eucharistic fast’ for racial justice. Now, he could be deposed.

By Kathryn Post — May 16, 2024
(RNS) — Ramey, an activist against white supremacy and former rector of an Episcopal church in Alexandria, Virginia, has refused to preside over the Eucharist or to receive it personally since 2022.

FBI asked to join investigation of death of pastor’s wife, Mica Miller

By Kathryn Post — May 14, 2024
(RNS) — Miller’s April 27 death has been the source of fierce controversy and widespread speculation.

Tornado rips steeple off Pennsylvania church during worship service

By Kathryn Post — May 13, 2024
FINLEYVILLE, Pennsylvania (RNS) — 'God had his hand on us,' one of the pastors told Religion News Service.

Grace College professor ousted after online commentators flag ‘woke’ social media posts

By Kathryn Post — May 8, 2024
(RNS) — It’s the latest in a string of professor terminations at Christian colleges seemingly tied to clashes over narrowing and often unspoken political and theological criteria.

Why faith-based groups are prone to sexual abuse and how they can get ahead of it

By Kathryn Post — April 29, 2024
(RNS) — As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to a close, there are a few steps experts say every faith group can take to improve safeguarding protocols.

In ‘Rift,’ author Cait West talks breaking free from Christian patriarchy

By Kathryn Post — April 24, 2024
(RNS) — As a stay-at-home daughter, West was told what to wear, whom to court and how to serve her future husband.

Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’: Religious imagery for a spiritually syncretic era

By Kathryn Post and Madeline Macrae — April 23, 2024
(RNS) — ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ speaks of good Samaritans and Jehovah’s Witnesses, altar sacrifices and prophecies. 

Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis

By Kathryn Post — April 18, 2024
EATONTOWN, N.J. (RNS) — ‘I know there are plenty of people out there who believe animals have no souls,’ said Giuliano. ‘And I cannot accept one of God’s creation is, spiritually, the equivalent of a cup of ice cream.’

‘The Hopeful,’ film about Adventist origins, debuts in theaters

By Kathryn Post — April 17, 2024
(RNS) — ‘I think a lot of those misconceptions that Adventists maybe aren’t mainstream Christians, I think they’re going to be challenged,’ said director and co-producer Kyle Portbury.

How not to comfort the mourning: Hospital chaplain J.S. Park talks grief in new book

By Kathryn Post — April 16, 2024
(RNS) — ‘The biggest myth I see is that grief is a poison to get past,’ said Park.

For Christians raised in ‘high-control’ settings, elections may trigger religious trauma

By Kathryn Post — April 9, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Our bodies recognize that we’re being activated and pushed into trauma responses and that the same abusive techniques are being used on us,’ said author Tia Levings.

The Episcopal Church announces four candidates for presiding bishop

By Kathryn Post — April 2, 2024
(RNS) — The next presiding bishop will succeed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, whose nine-year term concludes on Oct. 31.

17 LGBTQ-affirming ministers face church investigations for signing belief statement

By Kathryn Post — March 27, 2024
(RNS) — The investigation by Indiana Ministries — a jurisdiction within the Anderson, Indiana-based Church of God movement — could result in the withdrawal of the ministers’ credentials.

Does forgiving an abuser mean staying with him?

By Kathryn Post — March 26, 2024
(RNS) — In her new book, 'Forgiveness after Trauma,' Susannah Griffith writes that Christians often misapply forgiveness, especially in cases of abuse.

Unitarian Universalists’ Boston headquarters hosts temporary overflow shelter

By Kathryn Post — March 21, 2024
(RNS) — Amid an urgent need to shelter Massachusetts' growing migrant population, the UUA opened a vacant floor of its South Boston headquarters.
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