Jonathan Woodward
Jonathan Woodward is the podcast producer at Religion News Service.
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RNS Morning Report: “Head of Christ” Depiction; Trump Rallies Faithful; Women Religious on Front Lines
By Jonathan Woodward — June 25, 2020
Painting by Warner Sallman, “Head of Christ,” © 1941 Warner Press Inc., Anderson, Indiana. Used with permission
RNS Morning Report: Mutual Aid Efforts; Muslim Protester’s Booking Photo; Junipero Serra Statues
By Jonathan Woodward — June 24, 2020
Laura Porras, right, prepares bags of fresh vegetables as Justin Ruiz, 17, left, and Porras’ niece Ana Karen Porras, 14, center, help in the vestibule at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
RNS Morning Report: Faith Leaders Seek Action; Pope on Pandemic Response; ‘Very Limited’ Hajj
By Jonathan Woodward — June 23, 2020
Claudia Allen speaks at a community interfaith prayer vigil, planned by Pastor Noah Washington of Emmanuel Brinklow SDA Church, on June 12, 2020, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Courtesy photo
RNS Morning Report: Poor People’s Campaign Rally; Junipero Serra Statues: Tennessean Anti-Muslim Ad
By Jonathan Woodward — June 22, 2020
The Rev. William Barber speaks at the “National Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Gathering on June 20, 2020. Image via screengrab.
From the Beliefs archives: Protest and arrest – Rabbi Rachel Timoner
By Jonathan Woodward — June 19, 2020
This week on Beliefs, we revisit a conversation from our first season with Rachel Timoner, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim. She describes the clarity she feels from what she calls the unfinished business of America. Reparations for slavery, the rights of women to control their bodies, and opposition to xenophobic oppression: all part of the […]
RNS Morning Report: Juneteenth Celebrations; Vatican Environmental Document; DACA Decision
By Jonathan Woodward — June 19, 2020
Demonstrators protest near the White House in Washington over the death of George Floyd, June 6, 2020. Juneteenth 2020 will be a day of protest in many places this June 19. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
RNS Morning Report: Uighur Human Rights Law; Religious Liberty Rulings; Minneapolis Wellness Clinic
By Jonathan Woodward — June 18, 2020
In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, a guard tower and barbed wire fences are seen around a facility in the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China’s Xinjiang region. The U.S. considers facilities like this to be detention camps for Uighur Muslims. China responded with swift condemnation on Dec. 4, 2019, after the […]
RNS Morning Report: SBEC’s First Black Chair; Heuertz Harassment Accusations; Catholic Church Reform
By Jonathan Woodward — June 17, 2020
The Rev. Rolland Slade in October 2018. Video screengrab
RNS Morning Report: BLM Protester Found Dead; Black Clergy at Rallies; LGBTQ Employment Ruling
By Jonathan Woodward — June 16, 2020
Oluwatoyin Salau, 19, speaks in front of the Tallahassee Police Department during a protest held Saturday, May 30, 2020. Salau went missing on June 6 and was found dead Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Tesia Lisbon/Special to the Democrat via USA Today)
RNS Morning Report: Aiding Refugees in Greece; Return to Worship Guide; Reviving Japanese Buddhism
By Jonathan Woodward — June 15, 2020
The Home for All restaurant in Lesbos, Greece, is normally full of refugees and activities. The restaurant has been closed in recent months due to the coronavirus. Photo courtesy of Home for All
Quitting Liberty: Dr. Christopher A. House
By Jonathan Woodward — June 12, 2020
Speaker, pastor and scholar Dr. Christopher A. House recently resigned from Liberty University in protest following a now-deleted tweet by president Jerry Falwell Jr. The tweet featured an image of a medical mask bearing a racist photo that appeared on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s medical yearbook page. Dr. House joins Beliefs today to discuss his immediate […]
RNS Morning Report: Church Militant Denounced; Considering Older Congregants; Historic Protest Pics
By Jonathan Woodward — June 12, 2020
The archbishop designated by Pope Francis to the Archdiocese of Washington, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, speaks during a news conference as Cardinal Donald Wuerl looks on, at Washington Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Hyattsville, Maryland, on April 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
RNS Morning Report: Racism a Public Health Crisis; Neighborhood Introspection; UMC Calls for Prayer
By Jonathan Woodward — June 11, 2020
People demonstrate for racism to be deemed a public health crisis in San Bernardino County, California, June 2, 2020. Photo courtesy of Inland Congregations United for Change
RNS Morning Report: Activist Martin Gugino; Trump’s Photo Op at Church; Greear on Black Lives Matter
By Jonathan Woodward — June 10, 2020
Martin Gugino bleeds on the sidewalk after being shoved by two Buffalo police officers June 4, 2020, in Buffalo, New York. Video screengrab via WBFO
RNS Morning Report: Racial Justice Worship Services; George Floyd Memorial; Activist Sentenced
By Jonathan Woodward — June 9, 2020
People raise their fists during a rally, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Las Vegas, against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Locher)
