Kathryn Post

Kathryn Post is an author at Religion News Service.

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In ‘Rift,’ author Cait West talks breaking free from Christian patriarchy

By Kathryn Post — April 24, 2024
(RNS) — As a stay-at-home daughter, West was told what to wear, whom to court and how to serve her future husband.

Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’: Religious imagery for a spiritually syncretic era

By Kathryn Post and Madeline Macrae — April 23, 2024
(RNS) — ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ speaks of good Samaritans and Jehovah’s Witnesses, altar sacrifices and prophecies. 

Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis

By Kathryn Post — April 18, 2024
EATONTOWN, N.J. (RNS) — ‘I know there are plenty of people out there who believe animals have no souls,’ said Giuliano. ‘And I cannot accept one of God’s creation is, spiritually, the equivalent of a cup of ice cream.’

‘The Hopeful,’ film about Adventist origins, debuts in theaters

By Kathryn Post — April 17, 2024
(RNS) — ‘I think a lot of those misconceptions that Adventists maybe aren’t mainstream Christians, I think they’re going to be challenged,’ said director and co-producer Kyle Portbury.

How not to comfort the mourning: Hospital chaplain J.S. Park talks grief in new book

By Kathryn Post — April 16, 2024
(RNS) — ‘The biggest myth I see is that grief is a poison to get past,’ said Park.

For Christians raised in ‘high-control’ settings, elections may trigger religious trauma

By Kathryn Post — April 9, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Our bodies recognize that we’re being activated and pushed into trauma responses and that the same abusive techniques are being used on us,’ said author Tia Levings.

The Episcopal Church announces four candidates for presiding bishop

By Kathryn Post — April 2, 2024
(RNS) — The next presiding bishop will succeed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, whose nine-year term concludes on Oct. 31.

17 LGBTQ-affirming ministers face church investigations for signing belief statement

By Kathryn Post — March 27, 2024
(RNS) — The investigation by Indiana Ministries — a jurisdiction within the Anderson, Indiana-based Church of God movement — could result in the withdrawal of the ministers’ credentials.

Does forgiving an abuser mean staying with him?

By Kathryn Post — March 26, 2024
(RNS) — In her new book, 'Forgiveness after Trauma,' Susannah Griffith writes that Christians often misapply forgiveness, especially in cases of abuse.

Unitarian Universalists’ Boston headquarters hosts temporary overflow shelter

By Kathryn Post — March 21, 2024
(RNS) — Amid an urgent need to shelter Massachusetts' growing migrant population, the UUA opened a vacant floor of its South Boston headquarters.

Was Jesus vegetarian? New ‘Christspiracy’ documentary says yes.

By Kathryn Post — March 18, 2024
(RNS) — 'He was one of the most hardcore animal activists,' one of the filmmakers told RNS.

BYU’s LGBTQ students spotlighted in new grassroots documentary

By Kathryn Post — March 14, 2024
(RNS) — 'A Long Way From Heaven,' which debuts at a private premiere this week, was developed in secret over the last three years.

Poll shows slight dip in US support for LGBTQ rights across religious groups

By Kathryn Post — March 12, 2024
(RNS) — A strong majority of Americans, and majorities of many religious groups, still broadly support LGBTQ rights.

Animal chaplains offer spiritual care for every species

By Kathryn Post — March 8, 2024
(RNS) — 'This is beyond animal blessings and pet funerals,' said animal chaplain Sarah Bowen.

9 Jehovah’s Witnesses convicted of extremism for practicing faith in Russia

By Kathryn Post — March 7, 2024
(RNS) — The men received sentences of up to seven years in a penal colony for practicing their faith.
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