(RNS) — As with Islam and Buddhism, Hinduism's decentralized structure means that the loudest voices are often taken to be authoritative.
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(RNS) — Some faith and business leaders oppose a proposal that they say would let Texans use their faith as a shield to deny services as mundane as plumbing or...
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A private home known as Heretic House fills a church-shaped hole for the city's atheists without the trappings of belief in a higher power.
(RNS) — Investigators are trying to determine if the three fires at historic Baptist churches in Opelousas and Port Barre are related or if any of them are...
CHICAGO (RNS) — Students, faculty from Moody and neighboring institutions, previous presidents and other guests gathered Friday (April 5) as Mark Jobe was...
(RNS) — A fedora worn by Rihanna and Indiana Jones has also been the hat of choice for Jews from Eastern Europe to the United States for more than a century.
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — West's wife, Kim Kardashian, said of Kanye's rarely seen faith-oriented act, “It’s definitely something he believes in — Jesus — and...
(RNS) — A New Jersey pastor has filed suit against Wells Fargo Bank and the New Jersey State Police, claiming false arrest. The Rev. Jeffrey Edwards says...
LINCOLN, Neb. (RNS) — Here’s a look at how a few Nebraska communities — Christian, Yazidi and Ponca — are reconciling their faiths with the devastating floods...
(RNS) — A black speaker at a Christian women's conference on race and social justice told audience members that white supremacy is incompatible with the Bible...
(RNS) — This week’s gallery includes several Muslim commemorations, Pope Francis visiting Morocco, and more.
(RNS) — The network may be ending a stream of faith-related segments that CBS has run since the 1940s.
(RNS) — This isn't the first time the renowned civil rights center, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks came to strategize, has been targeted.
BOSTON (RNS) — Tenants of Our Lady’s Guild House, a low-income housing property for single women, say its owners, an order of Catholic nuns, have evicted older...
NAIROBI (RNS) — The country's president warned church leaders against misusing their privileged positions to mislead their congregations.