Coronavirus
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
By Elana Schor and Andrew Welsh-Huggins — December 7, 2020
(AP) — A group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job.
Drive-thru live Nativities are tailor-made for a COVID-19 Christmas
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 4, 2020
(RNS) — It’s an idea whose time has come as the pandemic stretches into the Christmas season.
I am appalled by America
By Jana Riess — December 4, 2020
(RNS) — Our Covid death toll is like having 9/11 repeated on a loop every single day, except this time we don’t need foreign terrorists to murder Americans. We’re doing a damned efficient job at that ourselves. What has happened to our country?
The COVID-19 books have arrived: From Pope Francis, John Piper, N.T. Wright and more
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Adelle M. Banks — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — Some prominent Christians have sought to offer comfort or answers to life’s biggest questions in new books published since the coronavirus first upended life last spring.
California megachurch pastor dies days after announcement of COVID-19 diagnosis
By Alejandra Molina — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — In a statement on Monday, Water of Life Community Church in San Bernardino County said pastor Bob Bryant had died earlier in the day.
Applause for Oklahoma’s day of prayer and fasting
By Brad Hirschfield — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — Whether or not Gov. Kevin Stitt means to include nonbelievers in his state, this proclamation is worthy of applause.
Protests, pandemics and politics: The top 2020 searches for Bible passages online
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 2, 2020
(RNS) — Searches for terms such as racism, justice, equality and oppression multiplied by more than 100 after George Floyd’s death.
Faith leaders pair with health officials to save India’s largest slum from COVID-19
By Priyadarshini Sen — December 1, 2020
(RNS) — The densely populated shantytown was the most vulnerable spot for the virus to spread, but Dharavi’s rate of infection is down to 11 cases a day.
Who should get COVID-19 vaccine first?
By Charles C. Camosy — November 30, 2020
(RNS) — Giving a healthy 17-year-old supermarket cashier a vaccine before a 67-year-old with diabetes and asthma cannot be defended.
Sean Feucht protest worries Los Angeles homeless advocates
By Alejandra Molina — November 27, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Feucht has not been reached for comment, but city officials told Religion News Service on Wednesday (Nov. 25) that no permits had been issued to secure the event.
High court blocks NY coronavirus limits on houses of worship
By Jessica Gresko — November 26, 2020
(RNS) — In an unsigned opinion the court said the restrictions "single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment."
COVID vaccines are moral to use, say ethicists, Catholic bishops
By Bob Smietana — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — ‘We have seen the polls looking at how many people are willing to take the vaccines and we’re very concerned the number is much lower than it should be,’ said an ethicist at the Christian Medical & Dental Association.
Biden victory in hand, Black church get-out-the-vote workers assess the future
By Adelle M. Banks — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — Faith in Action, which mobilized for policies that empower Black Americans, noted down-ballot wins, such as passage of a $15 minimum wage in Florida.
Yes, Charlie Kirk, we can be thankful for an imperfect America this Thanksgiving
By Shane Claiborne — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — We can be both thankful for what America is … and impatiently hopeful for what America could be.
When visible Jews endanger lives
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — You think it’s anti-Semitic to criticize Orthodox Jewish gatherings? Then you might want to rethink Judaism.
