Mark A. Kellner
Mark A. Kellner is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Mark A. Kellner
The Slingshot: Access to Trump; Refugee ban upheld; Skirting Saudi freedoms
By Mark A. Kellner — July 20, 2017
Conservative evangelical leaders get up close to POTUS while others are kept away; the Supreme Court said the U.S. can temporarily ban some refugees; Saudi Arabia's detention of a miniskirt-wearing woman shows the conflict between Wahhabism and modernity.
The Slingshot: Eugene Peterson’s stand; Pat Robertson’s interview; Transcendentalism revisited
By Mark A. Kellner — July 13, 2017
Teresa Hord Owens, a descendant of one of Indiana’s oldest free black settlements, will be the group's general minister and president.
The Slingshot: Smuggled antiquities; Vatican ‘gay orgy’; Rohingya Muslims
By Mark A. Kellner — July 6, 2017
Hobby Lobby is fined over smuggled Iraqi artifacts; allegations of a ’gay sex orgy’ at a Vatican apartment; and Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar continue to suffer Buddhist repression.
The Slingshot: Mosul mosque; Serving gays; Ramadan and diabetes
By Mark A. Kellner — June 22, 2017
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Mormon leader Thomas Monson released from hospital
By Mark A. Kellner — April 6, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) His hospitalization on Monday, a day after the church’s 187th annual General Conference weekend meetings, sparked concern over his health.
Mormon leader Thomas Monson, 89, hospitalized
By Mark A. Kellner — April 4, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Thomas Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is considered a prophet by the world’s 16 million Mormons.
Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham’s song leader for six decades, dies at 93
By Mark A. Kellner — November 15, 2016
(RNS) Graham, Barrows and soloist George Beverly Shea -- who died in 2013 -- were an inseparable team.
2 Catholics to be honored on US stamps in 2017
By Mark A. Kellner — September 27, 2016
(RNS) The Postal Service does not typically commemorate individuals involved in religion, and the two men's faith was not the most important factor in their selection.
Bernie Sanders supported religious liberty in menorah dispute
By Mark A. Kellner — February 10, 2016
(RNS) As mayor of Burlington, Vermont, the Democratic candidate defended the erection of a giant menorah on the steps of city hall in the 1980s.
Bar association looks into discrimination complaint at BYU law school
By Mark A. Kellner — January 26, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A dissident group has complained about the school’s practice of expelling students who leave the LDS faith or live in same-sex relationships.
Why Mormon leaders are ‘deeply troubled’ by Oregon militiamen
By Mark A. Kellner — January 5, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Taking up arms goes beyond what the religion teaches, say scholars.
How Chuck Colson appeals to young evangelicals
By Mark A. Kellner — December 24, 2015
(RNS) Millennials might not be most likely to look to someone of Colson's age and background as a role model. But his activism, which supporters say advocated issues and not political parties, appeals to some.
Ben Carson’s faith (and mine) has already touched your life (COMMENTARY)
By Mark A. Kellner — October 26, 2015
What Donald Trump doesn’t know about Seventh-day Adventism could perhaps fill a book or two. But the 1 million Adventists in the U.S. would be happy to tell him -- or anyone else -- the full story.
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