Death & Dying
What is hell?
By Joanne M. Pierce — April 18, 2018
(The Conversation) — The Christian belief in hell has developed over the centuries, influenced by both Jewish and Greek ideas of the afterlife.
From hell to atonement, musician Audrey Assad has been quietly evolving
By Jonathan Merritt — April 5, 2018
(RNS) — 'I suppose if there is anything I could say I reject, it is the idea that God’s love and acceptance is dependent on our right belief. I no longer see how that could be possible,' said Audrey Assad.
What living with a death sentence can teach all of us about life
By Jonathan Merritt — February 6, 2018
(RNS) — 'If someone found cancer to be a gift, wonderful. But there is a certain cruelty to asking suffering people to bear the weight of other people’s theological conundrums,' Christian historian Kate Bowler tells RNS' Jonathan Merritt. (Commentary)
A funeral director says many churches (unknowingly) promote a ‘death negative’ narrative
By Jonathan Merritt — November 10, 2017
Caleb Wilde says many churches teach that "death, and our mortality, is at heart both shameful and has little to no redeeming value."
The gospel for gun-loving Christians
By Jonathan Merritt — October 3, 2017
How exactly can someone do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly while carrying a deadly assault rifle? asks David Gringor in a commentary.
Eugene Peterson on why he’s leaving public life and whether he fears death
By Jonathan Merritt — July 10, 2017
The 84-year-old best-selling author says he has penned his last book. Here's why he's hanging it up.
Americans want assisted suicide
By Mark Silk — December 9, 2016
(RNS) Why should we stand in their way?
The death penalty killed Jesus. Is it killing us, too?
By Jonathan Merritt — September 2, 2016
Christianity purports to follow a first-century rabbi who was convicted, jailed, and sentenced to die at the hands of the state beside two other convicted felons. Here's why it matters.
Does God really want us to suffer unrelenting pain?
By guest — May 4, 2016
(RNS) It is the common impulse of people of goodwill everywhere to prevent or at least mitigate all forms of gratuitous suffering.
5 faith facts about Prince: Sexy, provocative and religious
By Kimberly Winston — April 21, 2016
(RNS) Prince was a man of faith as much as of music.
10 minutes with … Willie Aames
By Tracy Gordon — June 5, 2008
Actor Willie Aames is best known in his younger years as Buddy from “Charles in Charge,” Tommy on “Eight Is Enough” and later as the Christian superhero “Bibleman.” His recent book, “Grace is Enough,” was co-written with his wife, actress Maylo Upton-Aames, and tracks his journey as a Christian. Aames reveals the couple’s ups and […]
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