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guest is an author at Religion News Service.
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What I wrote was completely truthful
By guest — October 13, 2016
(RNS) The details of a continuing pattern of sexual sin and sexual assaults against women went beyond what I knew about Trump's vague boasting about past adultery.
Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls
By guest — October 13, 2016
The girls were among the 270 taken in 2014 by Boko Haram, which has pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
How ascendant evangelicals helped defeat Colombia’s peace accord
By guest — October 11, 2016
(RNS) While the evangelical right in the U.S. is experiencing steady decline, its counterpart in much of Latin America is a driving force behind the shift to the political right across the region.
The spiritual abuse in InterVarsity’s treatment of LGBT people
By guest — October 11, 2016
(RNS) During my tenure on staff with InterVarsity, I came to a critical juncture where I recognized that I, as a gay Christian, had nothing legitimate to offer LGBT students on campus.
On Yom Kippur: Criminal justice reform for a new year
By guest — October 10, 2016
(RNS) This Yom Kippur, a rabbi connects the Jewish day of repentance with failings of American prisons.
Once-powerful Philippines church divided, subdued over drug killings
By guest — October 10, 2016
Priests are unsure how to take a stand against the thousands of killings in a war that has such overwhelming popular support.
Catholic nominee for UN secretary-general opposed legalization of abortion in Portugal
By guest — October 7, 2016
LISBON, Portugal (RNS) Former Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is known as a consensus seeker, but one who draws the line when it comes to his own conscience.
Science and the Bible can help ease racial tensions
By guest — October 5, 2016
(RNS) It’s a fact of science that all humans are the same basic color, just different shades, while God's word declares that we are one race, descendants of Adam and Eve.
The Hyde Amendment targeted poor women. It’s time to end it
By guest — September 30, 2016
(RNS) For women, managing their fertility and controlling their bodies is critical to having power over their destinies.
Suicide leaves scars, not the stain of sin
By guest — September 29, 2016
(RNS) When it comes to suicide, I believe in a God who grieves with those of us who crumble under the weight of chemical imbalance, the side effects of medication, life crises, abuse or deep depressions.
New group of evangelicals seeks a more Christian approach to politics
By guest — September 13, 2016
(RNS) Public Faith was not born to counter Donald Trump, but to guide evangelicals who may feel untethered during a particularly bitter election season.
When did ‘modesty’ become a dirty word?
By guest — September 8, 2016
(RNS) Why not let it all hang out? The Quran has the answer.
Phyllis Schlafly, anti-feminist and early supporter of the religious right, dies at 92
By guest — September 5, 2016
She made herself the darling of the religious right by fighting against pay equity for women, abortion rights, arms control, illegal immigration and communism.
Saudi Arabia strives to prevent repeat of fatal crush at hajj
By guest — September 4, 2016
Custodian of Islam's most revered places, Saudi Arabia stakes its reputation on organizing hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to is obliged to undertake the hajj at least once.
Trump calls for new civil rights agenda in visit to black church
By guest — September 3, 2016
Trump in recent weeks has been trying to shore up his support among minority voters.
