The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot
By Kimberly Winston — May 16, 2018
(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy day Shavuot. Both involve 'gifts,' but not the kind that come with bows. Let us ’Splain ...
Spring books: The renewal edition
By Kimberly Winston — April 4, 2018
(RNS) — Here are eight new books — and one bonus track — where religion and spirituality are themes.
Martin Luther King Jr., by the book
By Kimberly Winston — March 29, 2018
(RNS) — Ten books to add depth and understanding to the April 4 anniversary of King's assassination in 1968.
The Slingshot: Page-turning; African panthers; Passion plays
By Kimberly Winston and Jerome Socolovsky — March 28, 2018
Frank Page, Southern Baptist leader, retired due to ‘inappropriate relationship.’ ‘Black Panther’ inspires Kenyan church leaders’ march for Pan-African unity. An Oklahoma Passion play approaches the century mark.
The Slingshot: Last wrongs; Kansas mosque; Sumba rumble
By Jerome Socolovsky and Kimberly Winston — March 21, 2018
No deathbed conversion for atheist Stephen Hawking. Mosque bombing plot rattles immigrants in Kansas’ ‘meat triangle.’ On Indonesian Christian island, animist war game ritual lives on.