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guest is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by guest
How the earthly and divine came together on the walls of a Basque church
By guest — November 14, 2016
ANTEZANA DE FORONDA, Spain (RNS) The town pooled its resources, stabilized the church walls, sealed the cracks and repaired the roof. Then a 68-year old former Franciscan monk and fine artist undertook a spiritual journey to the Basque capital.
Why many Catholic women are voting for Hillary
By guest — November 3, 2016
(RNS) 'I don’t expect to find any politician with whom I completely agree on all policy matters. But I expect the president to be someone with whom I can disagree and who will listen respectfully,' writes Patricia McGuire.
Religious freedom at stake in this election, but not in the way evangelicals think
By guest — November 3, 2016
(RNS) Presidential nominee Donald Trump is singling out and advocating a systemic persecution of a religious minority.
Letter from Irbil: ‘As sisters, we are worried about the legacy of our land’
By guest — November 1, 2016
(RNS) 'On the one hand, we are grateful that our towns are eventually being recaptured. On the other hand, it is heartbreaking to see the damage that ISIS had caused,' write the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena.
Religion may be a miracle drug
By guest — October 28, 2016
Church attendance is correlated with longer life and a sense of meaning.
Baseball as a road to God
By guest — October 28, 2016
(RNS) For decades, people have milked metaphors of baseball and religion beyond what they are worth. The truth is, we can go deeper.
Church pastor: The truth about my late-term abortion
By guest — October 27, 2016
Trump's words drove me to tears, and to write my painful story for the first time.
Trey Pearson: Why evangelicals should vote their beliefs, not their fears
By guest — October 27, 2016
(RNS) This world of fear is the world in which too many evangelical voters live. I know what it is like. For most of my life, I lived in fear of what God would think of me if I were gay.
Feds drop Muslim outreach program
By guest — October 24, 2016
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — The program was criticized by civil rights groups that claimed it would erode trust in community leaders serving on those teams and raise concerns about privacy and liability.
Knesset member challenges ultra-Orthodox influence in Israeli society
By guest — October 24, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) Rachel Azaria has been described as the only member of Israel’s 66-member coalition government willing to challenge the ultra-Orthodox monopoly on family rights and religion-and-state issues.
Displaced Iraqi Christians await return to Mosul with bated breath
By guest — October 21, 2016
BAGHDAD (RNS) As Iraqi forces begin the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul and neighboring towns from the Islamic State group, Iraqi Christians on the Nineveh plain hope their time in exile is soon coming to an end.
Erasing the Temple Mount’s Jewish claims only makes the conflict worse
By guest — October 19, 2016
(RNS) UNESCO member states, some of which successfully 'erased' Jews from their territories through physical extermination during the 20th century, are once again trying to do so with vitriolic rhetoric.
State of the art: A Q&A with the Smithsonian’s new religion curator
By guest — October 17, 2016
(RNS) With a major new initiative recently announced at the Smithsonian Institution, Americans will now be able to more clearly see the role of religion in the history of the United States.
Parliament committee: Labour Party not doing enough on anti-Semitism
By guest — October 15, 2016
A multi-party committee of lawmakers concludes that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn helped create a safe space within Labour ranks "for those with vile attitudes towards Jewish people."
Three Kansas men charged with bomb plot against Somali immigrants
By guest — October 15, 2016
The suspects, members of an anti-Muslim militia group called the Crusaders, allegedly plotted to bomb an apartment complex that is home to many Somalis and where one apartment serves as a mosque.
