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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.
‘Interspiritual’ former pastor talks faith beyond church in new book
By Kathryn Post — February 29, 2024
(RNS) — Felicia Murrell’s ‘And: The Restorative Power of Love in an Either/Or World,’ is an invitation to explore an untethered spirituality where God doesn’t belong to any one institution.
A Jane Austen Lent: Archdeacon explores the novelist’s spiritual lessons
By Kathryn Post — February 14, 2024
(RNS) — Rachel Mann’s latest book, ‘A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 40 Days With Jane Austen,’ pairs excerpts from Austen’s novels with reflections on virtues and vices.
Rabbi Sharon Brous and “The Amen Effect”
By Ray Kirstein — January 20, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous about her new book, "The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend our Broken Hearts and World"
New book examines how the Bible came to be — a loser’s tale
By Yonat Shimron — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — Successive expulsions and exiles forced the ancient scribes to forge from their defeats a new identity as a people.
Anne Graham Lotz, Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright on End Times, their health, their ministry
By Adelle M. Banks — August 4, 2023
(RNS) — The daughter and granddaughter of Billy Graham are out with their second joint book, ‘Preparing to Meet Jesus: A 21-Day Challenge to Move from Salvation to Transformation.’
John Blake, journalist on religion and race, goes personal with new memoir
By Adelle M. Banks — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — 'We really need to tell these stories about hope,' said Blake. 'There's a lot of Americans now who have given up ... and believe racism is just a permanent part of American life.'
Theology on Tap? ‘Sober Spirituality’ explores church drinking culture
By Kathryn Post — April 12, 2023
(RNS) — Episcopal priest The Rev. Erin Jean Warde invites readers to consider a mindful relationship with alcohol.
How Southern California helped birth white Christian nationalism
By Yonat Shimron — January 24, 2023
(RNS) — Part memoir, part history of Southern California’s formative role in the rise of the religious right, Bradley Onishi's new book traces his growing estrangement from the faith he once zealously championed.
King scholar applies his philosophies of truth to a ‘post-truth age’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Dr. King argued that no religion has a monopoly on truth,’ said Lewis V. Baldwin, emeritus professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University.
CeCe Winans: ‘private ministry is the thing that fuels your public worship’
By Adelle M. Banks — November 17, 2022
(RNS) — Winans seeks to be a bridge-builder across generations, encouraging older folks to share their faith and life lessons with younger people.
Tony and Lauren Dungy: On faith and family, football and race, winning and losing
By Adelle M. Banks — August 8, 2022
(RNS) — 'I think the world looks at us in our times of disappointment much more so than they look at us in our times of triumph,' said Tony Dungy.
Raphael Warnock says his Senate colleagues sometimes ask, ‘Rev, pray for me’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I enjoyed being a pastor, and, in my heart, that’s who I am essentially — not only a pastor but the son of two pastors.’
Rabbi James Rudin’s memoir recounts the interfaith movement’s hits and misses
By Yonat Shimron — May 30, 2022
(RNS) — In the book, 'The People in the Room: Rabbis, Nuns, Pastors, Popes, and Presidents,' Rudin writes about his favorite collaborators, the challenges of cultivating pluralism and the future of interfaith relations.
In ‘Truth’s Table’ book, women podcasters cast vision for future of Black church
By Adelle M. Banks — April 26, 2022
(RNS) — Co-author Christina Edmondson said ‘there is a benefit and a gift to people who don't identify as Black Christian women to listen respectfully to these stories and narratives.’
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