Meet the new Justin Bieber: Popstar, husband, holy hugger
(Religion Unplugged) — 'Holy', his new tune with Chance the Rapper, is a more mature effort than Bieber's previous spiritually inspired songs.
Black clergy call for 40 days of prayer, fasting and 'spiritual warfare' before election
(RNS) — It's time for white Christians to respond to Black Christians to deepen our response to the fundamental moral and biblical crisis of this election.
General Conference would be a good time for the LDS church to apologize to the Black community
(RNS) — ‘Racist statements and policies were once made by prophets and apostles, and we specifically need prophets and apostles to overturn them now,’ says guest columnist Kristin Lowe.
Playing the anti-Catholic card in the Barrett nomination
(RNS) — Anti-Catholicism in American politics used to be all about Protestants against Catholics. These days, the Catholic right is crying foul, and their opponent is often other Catholic politicians and the pope himself.
Amy Coney Barrett’s religion is important but irrelevant
(RNS) — People of different faiths, as well as people of no faith, joined together to support or oppose specific policy goals without having to share the same motivations. What mattered was agreement on policy goals, not motivation.
Dear AOC: You blew it
(RNS) — US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a huge mistake. There is still time to correct it.
In death, as in life, Ruth Bader Ginsburg balanced being American and Jewish
(RNS) — If Justice Ginsburg’s family did not follow Jewish tradition by delaying her burial, in other respects they honored that tradition to the hilt.
How corrosive politics make us all less safe
(RNS) — As we vote on our future, America needs to draw on its diverse strengths to solve the problems that confront us all.
Whipsawed by 2020
(RNS) — Now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to look up.
11 years in prison: A Catholic priest serves time for crimes of conscience
(RNS) — The Rev. Stephen Kelly’s primary purpose in life is to resist nuclear weapons and war by putting his body on the line.
Demonizing white evangelicals won’t solve our political divisions
(RNS) — White evangelicals are certainly complicit in our history of systemic racism and nationalism, but transparent prejudice against them offers no way forward for any of us.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an incrementalist, not a revolutionary, once questioned Roe v. Wade
(RNS) — As we honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we may take to heart her advice on maintaining stability and faith in our institutions.
How a Sean Feucht worship service convinced me I am no longer an evangelical
(RNS) — I was surrounded by people who truly believed they were proclaiming the good news. Yet on the edges of their concert, young people of color were begging for them to listen to their grief instead of singing over it.
Is Judge Barrett’s ‘kingdom of God’ different from Obama’s?
(RNS) — Almost no one suggests today that Ginsburg, King and Obama were acting as theocrats when they invoked their faith in the pursuit of public policy.