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‘Shul shopping’ in New York: A Jewish millennial’s two years of wandering

By Tori Luecking — March 29, 2023
(RNS) — Our search for a spiritual home.
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Weeping in Nashville

By Scott Sauls — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — A Nashville pastor contemplates the ‘why?’ of this week’s shooting.

It’s Lord Ram’s birthday this week. Here’s why he’ll be remembered in six faiths.

By Murali Balaji — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — This week, millions will mark the birth of one of the most iconic figures in global lore.

ChatGPT embraces the Golden Rule

By Mark Silk — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — A conversation about religious applications of AI with the latest version of the AI celebrity.

When is it ‘a time to die’?

By Jeffrey Salkin — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — A new documentary and podcast ask the question: When is it enough?

India has turned a manhunt into mass repression. Journalists need to ask why.

By Simran Jeet Singh — March 27, 2023
(RNS) — As several countries slide toward fascism, journalists' questions become more necessary and urgent.

Help! I have been replaced by an AI

By Thomas Reese — March 27, 2023
(RNS) — An artificially intelligent column on AI, by AI.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope – here’s how that has shaped his 10-year papacy

By Timothy Gabrielli — March 27, 2023
(The Conversation) — ‘I see the church as a field hospital,’ Pope Francis once said – not a place where superficial solutions will do much good.

Calls for a ‘green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long tradition of sustainability and care for the planet

By Noorzehra Zaidi — March 27, 2023
(The Conversation) — Communal meals to break fast can mean lots of single-use plastics. A switch to environmentally friendly principles is in line with Islamic principles through the ages.

COVID-19 sent houses of worship online. Will congregations come back in person?

By Ryan Burge — March 24, 2023
(RNS) — Religious leaders can find concern and comfort in a survey about attendance at worship early in the pandemic.

Why a Trump indictment will matter so little to most of his Christian supporters

By Robert P. Jones — March 24, 2023
(RNS) — Consider just a few of the public revelations and remarks by Trump since 2016 and how little they affected white evangelicals' loyalty to him.

Call it Soros-phobia

By Jeffrey Salkin — March 24, 2023
Jew hatred, by any other name. Et tu, Alan Dershowitz?

When making exceptions for Ramadan is no longer the exception

By Dilshad Ali — March 23, 2023
(RNS) — Ramadan is at last becoming baked into American life, and yeah, it feels good.
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