jonathan.woodward
jonathan.woodward is an author at Religion News Service.
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RNS Morning Report: Unalienable Rights Commission; Plowshares Movement; Rise of the Religious Left
By jonathan.woodward — July 11, 2019
Sheikh Hamza Yusuf will be joining the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights. Video screenshot
RNS Morning Report: Pastor Sues Government; Reports on China’s Muslims; Weapon Blessing Reconsidered
By jonathan.woodward — July 10, 2019
The Rev. Kaji Douša. Courtesy photo
RNS Morning Report: Pence & Pompeo at CUFI Summit; Calvinist Christian Nationalism; VA Policy on Symbols
By jonathan.woodward — July 9, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence, left, greets Rev. John Hagee, founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, before speaking at CUFI’s annual summit on July 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
RNS Morning Report: FosterAll in Los Angeles; Rev. Amy Butler to Step Down; Cult of Santa Muerte
By jonathan.woodward — July 8, 2019
Noemi Amezcua, left, works to recruit potential foster families for FosterAll outside St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, a parish within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, on Father’s Day, June 16, 2019. RNS photo by Heather Adams
RNS Morning Report: Fines against Immigrants in Sanctuary; Opioid Crisis; Jerusalem Excavation
By jonathan.woodward — July 5, 2019
Rosa Ortez Cruz has been in sanctuary at the Church of Reconciliation in Chapel Hill, N.C., since April 2018. Photo by Stef Bernal Martinez
RNS Morning Report: Petition for Sen. Harris Apology; ECC & LGBTQ Inclusion; Green New Deal Endorsed
By jonathan.woodward — July 3, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gestures during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
RNS Morning Report: ‘For His Children’ Campaign; Iraqi Refugee Leaves Sanctuary; Norman Geisler
By jonathan.woodward — July 2, 2019
A migrant mother and children ride a freight train on their journey north to seek refuge in the U.S., in Palenque, Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
RNS Morning Report: ECC Expels Congregation; Hate Crime Reporting Bill; Appalachian Pilgrims
By jonathan.woodward — July 1, 2019
The Rev. Dan Collison and First Covenant Church Minneapolis. Courtesy photos
RNS Morning Report: Streetside Blessings in NYC; President LaKeesha Walrond; Catholic School Firings
By jonathan.woodward — June 28, 2019
The Rev. Adrian Dannhauser, left, blesses Russell Lupis outside Church of the Incarnation on Madison Avenue in New York City on June 25, 2019. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron
RNS Morning Report: Faith & the Democratic Debate; Survey on Slavery; Hadat Muslim Property Ban
By jonathan.woodward — June 27, 2019
Members of the media gather for a walk-through of the stage set-up for the first Democratic debate on June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
RNS Morning Report: Democrats’ Faith Outreach Director; Sister Sobieck; Cuban Jewish Cemetery
By jonathan.woodward — June 26, 2019
Several of the many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. (AP photos)
RNS Morning Report: Taylor U. President Resigns; New Greek Orthodox Leader; Bladensburg Cross
By jonathan.woodward — June 25, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence, left, at the 2019 Taylor University commencement at the invitation of President Lowell Haines, right. Photo courtesy of Taylor University
RNS Morning Report: GU272 Memory Project; Drag Queen Story Hour Protest; Fitness and Faith
By jonathan.woodward — June 24, 2019
Photos of GU272 descendent Donna Comeaux’s family. Photo by Claire Vail
RNS Morning Report: Bladensburg Cross Ruling; Jesuit School Designation; Philadelphia Episcopalians
By jonathan.woodward — June 21, 2019
The 40-foot Bladensburg Peace Cross stands at an intersection in Bladensburg, Md., northeast of Washington, D.C. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
RNS Morning Report: Atheist Ashram; World Refugee Day ‘Ration Challenge’; ‘Fake News’ Survey
By jonathan.woodward — June 20, 2019
Purnendu Goswami, center, a Hindu monk-turned-atheist, with several students of his school for underprivileged children outside his family’s ashram, Bindu Seva Sansthan, in Vrindavan, India, on June 11, 2019. RNS photo by Priyadarshini Sen
