Jonathan Woodward
Jonathan Woodward is the podcast producer at Religion News Service.
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RNS Morning Report: Faith Leaders Decry Death Penalty; Muslim Women Sci-Fi Authors; CA Governor Sued
By Jonathan Woodward — July 17, 2020
Protesters against the death penalty gather in Terre Haute, Indiana, on July 15, 2020. Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of a gruesome 1998 kidnapping and killing, was executed Thursday morning at the federal prison in Terre Haute. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
RNS Morning Report: LA Catholic Schools to Open; Onwuchekwa Leaves SBC; Bellevue Baptist Lawsuit
By Jonathan Woodward — July 16, 2020
In this July 18, 2012, file photo, a student staples colored paper to the wall of a classroom after summer school at Our Lady of Lourdes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley)
RNS Morning Report: Anti-Trump Religious Ads; Serve the Moment; Aundi Kolber on ‘Trying Softer’
By Jonathan Woodward — July 15, 2020
President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on June 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
RNS Morning Report: Mission Fire Investigation; Pandemic Mental Health; China Sanctions US Officials
By Jonathan Woodward — July 14, 2020
The interior of the San Gabriel Mission is seen in the aftermath of a morning fire, Saturday, July 11, 2020, in San Gabriel, California. The fire destroyed the rooftop and most of the interior of the 249-year-old church that was undergoing renovation. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
RNS Morning Report: New Investigation at Menlo Church; Refugee Resettlement Cuts; Liturgies at Home
By Jonathan Woodward — July 13, 2020
Pastor John Ortberg preaches at Menlo Church in May 2020. Video screengrab via Menlo Church
RNS Morning Report: Wheaton Firing Details; Conjoined Twins Separated; Conventions Moved Online
By Jonathan Woodward — July 10, 2020
The Rev. Tim Blackmon speaks at Wheaton College on Nov. 18, 2019. Video screengrab via Facebook/Wheaton College
RNS Morning Report: Ministerial Exception; Faith Traditions on Breath; Kanye’s Campaign Platform
By Jonathan Woodward — July 9, 2020
Tom Alexander holds a cross as he prays prior to rulings outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 8, 2020. The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools, hospitals and social service centers can’t sue for employment discrimination. (AP […]
RNS Morning Report: Transgender Activism During Pandemic; Indigenous Voices; PPP Loans to Churches
By Jonathan Woodward — July 8, 2020
Transgender people and supporters participate in a Pride walk observing International Transgender Day of Visibility in Kolkata, India, on March 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
RNS Morning Report: Ortberg Hid Son’s Attraction to Children; DAPL Shut Down; Dalai Lama at 85
By Jonathan Woodward — July 7, 2020
The Rev. John Ortberg preaches at Menlo Church in June 2020. Video screengrab via Menlo Church
RNS Morning Report: Evangelical Racial Reckoning; 2009 Uighur Crackdown; John Lewis Documentary
By Jonathan Woodward — July 6, 2020
A group marches to Jefferson Square in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 2, 2020, to protest the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a Black woman, was fatally shot by police in her home in March. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
RNS Morning Report: Evangelical Leaders on Race; Cardinal Pell on Prison; COVID-19 Treatment Denied
By Jonathan Woodward — July 2, 2020
People participate in the “Prayerful Protest,” a march in memory of George Floyd and against police brutality, in Brooklyn, New York, on June 2, 2020. RNS photo by Roxanne Stone
RNS Morning Report: Revenue Down at Vatican; Alabama Death Row Chaplains; Deborah Joy Winans
By Jonathan Woodward — July 1, 2020
St. Peter’s Square is closed to the public in Vatican City on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Rome. RNS photo by Claire Giangravé
RNS Morning Report: French Rabbi Unites Many; Liberty LGBTQ Students; Lawyers’ Prosecution Decried
By Jonathan Woodward — June 30, 2020
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur speaks at the University of Geneva in May 2019. Photo by LaMèreVeille/Creative Commons
RNS Morning Report: Vacation Bible School Adapted; Lamenting Loss of Hajj; Langar During COVID-19
By Jonathan Woodward — June 29, 2020
Siblings Carson Rodriguez, 3, left, and Madison, 2, participate in Immanuel Lutheran Church’s virtual Vacation Bible School from their home in Merrill, Wisconsin. Photo courtesy of Kyla Rodriguez
Beliefs archives: Celebrant of atheism & humanism, Susan Jacoby
By Jonathan Woodward — June 26, 2020
This week on Beliefs, we return to an earlier conversation with scholar and writer Susan Jacoby. Secularism and atheism find a full-throated defense in this episode. Jacoby takes us on a journey to where we were just one year ago: presidential politics on the rise as the election cycle kicked off, the rise of secularism, […]
