Yearly Archives: 2017
RNS Best of 2017: After 30 years, a farewell column
By David P. Gushee — December 27, 2017
(RNS) — David Gushee closes his column to return to life as a scholar — leaving behind culture wars and the fights over and within evangelicalism.
RNS Best of 2017: No other artist mixed religion and sex like Prince
By Kimberly Winston — December 27, 2017
(RNS) For Prince, who died in April 2016, 'every song was either a prayer or foreplay.'
Israel minister proposes a train station named for Trump at Western Wall
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 27, 2017
(AP) The transport minister said this would honor the U.S. president’s “brave and historic to decision recognize the city as Israel’s capital.”
Are you a good person? How can you tell?
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 26, 2017
(USA Today) — Social psychologists, ethicists, and religious leaders tell how to take a moral measure of yourself.
Construction halted at church destroyed in Sept. 11 attacks
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 26, 2017
(AP) Construction on a Greek Orthodox church to replace one that was crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been temporarily suspended.
Politics, religion interfere as Saudi Arabia hosts world chess games
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 26, 2017
(AP) Israeli players were denied visas and a leading cleric stands by his view that chess is forbidden in Islam.
RNS Best of 2017: An unexpected president and the ‘hand of God’
By RNS staff — December 26, 2017
In our 'Hand of God' series, RNS takes a closer look at the widespread belief that God intervenes in our nation’s political process.
India tightens Christmas security after Christians attacked
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 25, 2017
(AP) Christmas celebrations were shadowed by the fear that Hindu nationalist extremists who attack Muslims will turn against Christians as well.
Hey, Mormons — leave dead Jews alone!
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 25, 2017
(RNS) — If the Mormons baptize my dead grandparents, I will go totally postal.
RNS best of 2017: In the Capitol’s shadow, Museum of the Bible readies for opening
By Adelle M. Banks — December 25, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The 430,000-square-foot museum's creators seek to fascinate, educate and — depending on your point of view — evangelize.
Pope Francis laments ‘winds of war’ blowing around the world
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 25, 2017
(AP) — The Christmas message has become an occasion for popes to survey suffering in the world and press for solutions.
Pope on Christmas: Bethlehem trek’s like today’s migrations
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 24, 2017
(AP) — Migrants are 'surviving the Herods of today' who shed innocent blood to impose their power, Pope Francis said.
Judge’s partial lifting of Trump ban gives refugees hope
By Yonat Shimron — December 24, 2017
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. District Judge James Robart granted a nationwide injunction that blocks the administration's restrictions on reuniting refugee families and partially lifts a ban on refugees from 11 mostly Muslim countries.
Jerusalem violence puts damper on Christmas in Bethlehem
By Yonat Shimron — December 24, 2017
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Crowds on Sunday (Dec. 24) were thinner than previous years, with visitors deterred by clashes that have broken out in recent weeks between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces.
‘Merry Christmas’ for Trump is more than a wish
By Yonat Shimron — December 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, he's been liberally sprinkling his public remarks with Christmas tidings. And then pointing it out in case anyone fails to notice.
