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How the pro-religion court rulings may end up hurting conservative Christianity
By Steven Waldman — July 19, 2023
(RNS) — These victories will lead to all sorts of activists making religious liberty claims to advance their goals, and they won’t always be conservative.
Pioneering Christian broadcaster Stuart Epperson dies
By Yonat Shimron — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — Epperson and his brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger, built Salem into a radio powerhouse that became a key communication channel for the religious right and a mainstay of the Republican Party.
‘The Chosen’ resumes filming after strike threatened to stall Season 4
By Kathryn Post — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — The hit show agreed to be retroactively obligated to the contract terms that will be agreed upon between AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA when the strike ends.
77 faith groups get total of $92 million for innovative faith programs for children
By Adelle M. Banks — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Whether it's fragmentation, technological advances or spirituality, we need to refresh the traditional approaches to our faith,’ said one grant recipient.
The King’s College makes deep cuts to faculty, cancels fall classes
By Meagan Saliashvili — July 17, 2023
NEW YORK (RNS) — Operating on thin margins and depending on deep-pocketed conservative Christian donors, the school has been in turmoil since a partnership with a Canadian education investment company, Primacorp Ventures, failed to change its fortunes.
Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible
By Bernard DiGregorio, Christopher P. Scheitle, and Katie Corcoran — July 17, 2023
(The Conversation) — Specific beliefs may have more to do with people’s vaccine views than their religious affiliation – but it depends on which vaccine you’re talking about.
The Rev. Steve Pieters, who changed minds about AIDS, dies at 70
By Riley Farrell — July 14, 2023
(RNS) — His vanguard interview with Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker at the time) aired in an era when fear and false information about HIV/AIDS ran rampant in conservative Christian communities.
How an upstart conservative group is taking Christian nationalist politics local
By Jack Jenkins — July 12, 2023
(RNS) — Meet the group critics call ‘Moms for Liberty in suits.’
Geneva College soccer coach fired after expressing support for LGBTQ people
By Yonat Shimron — July 11, 2023
(RNS) — In early April, Kelsey Morrison posted two messages to her Instagram page: ‘Queer people offer precious gifts to the church: Don't miss out’ and ‘Jesus is radically inclusive.’
For too many Christians, the lines between dominionism, nationalism and fascism are blurred
By Karen Swallow Prior — July 11, 2023
(RNS) — An old social experiment sheds light on how easy it is to manipulate people’s moral compasses.
Few worship leaders avoid Hillsong, Bethel songs — despite controversies and scandal
By Bob Smietana — July 11, 2023
(RNS) — A new study looked at how worship leaders pick music for services — at a time when a handful of megachurches dominate the market.
Many African American SBC churches have women pastors on staff. Will they be expelled next?
By Bob Smietana — July 10, 2023
(RNS) — A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors.
LGBTQ+ Americans are more religious than our Supreme Court battles let on
By Kelsy Burke, Andrew Flores, Suzanna Krivulskaya, and Tyler Lefevor — July 7, 2023
(RNS) — Religion and queerness make strange bedfellows, but they are not as hostile as we may think.
Big churches sound alike. Little churches are the ‘Wild West’ of music, study finds.
By Bob Smietana — July 7, 2023
(RNS) — Worship professor Will Bishop said that focusing on the most popular worship songs can miss what churches are actually singing.
Josh Hawley tweets fake quote about US founding, sparking allegations of Christian nationalism
By Jack Jenkins — July 6, 2023
(RNS) — The quote, which was falsely attributed to Patrick Henry, originated in a 1956 edition of a magazine known for espousing antisemitic and white nationalist beliefs.
