NEWS STORY
RNS-West-Union: Cornel West returns to Union Theological Seminary after Harvard tenure dispute
(RNS) — The move comes after West had threatened to leave Harvard University, which he said denied his request to be considered for tenure, according to media reports. This is West’s second departure from Harvard, where he taught in the law school, divinity school and department of African and African American studies. By Alejandra Molina. 425 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Burge-Oped: As a pastor I pray my flock comes back. As a religion demographer I’m more realistic.
(RNS) — It should come as a comfort to pastors of declining churches that the most likely reason for the dramatic rise in the religiously unaffiliated is simple secularization — the theory that as nations become more educationally advanced and economically prosperous, they will become less religious. By Ryan Burge. 1,145 words. (category: k)