S.J. Velasquez

S.J. Velasquez is an author at Religion News Service.

All Stories by S.J. Velasquez

New Dan Brown novel means extra scrutiny for Masons

By S.J. Velasquez — September 3, 2009
(RNS) — As Dan Brown's latest novel, "The Lost Symbol," heads to bookstores, the Masons are in preemptive damage-control mode.

10 minutes with Omarosa Manigault Stallworth

By S.J. Velasquez — August 26, 2009
(RNS) — Omarosa Manigault Stallworth found infamy as the sassy silver-tongued contestant on Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice.” But the villainess of reality TV is channeling her softer side, moving from the boardroom to the pulpit. Manigault Stallworth, who’s often called simply “Omarosa,” enrolled at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, where she’s studying to become […]

Does Lit 101 lead to unbelief?

By S.J. Velasquez — August 19, 2009
(RNS) — Social science and humanities majors are more likely to prompt students to question their religious upbringings.

Atheists put their faith in Twitter

By S.J. Velasquez — August 14, 2009
(RNS) — Social networking sites like Twitter are giving atheists and agnostics a platform on which they can discuss and debate their religious beliefs — or lack thereof.
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