Articles of Faith

How Sikhs combine spirituality with civic engagement

By Simran Jeet Singh — November 3, 2020

(RNS) — In a pivotal election, Sikhs are making their voices heard in ways that are as true to Sikhi as they are to the best American values.

How to show compassion for a president who lacks it himself

By Simran Jeet Singh — October 2, 2020

(RNS) — Many of us want to feel compassion even for a man who rarely exhibits it but feel sincerely challenged to sympathize for someone we hold responsible for profound human suffering.

How corrosive politics make us all less safe

By Simran Jeet Singh — September 25, 2020

(RNS) — As we vote on our future, America needs to draw on its diverse strengths to solve the problems that confront us all.

Writing the inspirational Sikh story my children — and everyone — need to see

By Simran Jeet Singh — August 25, 2020

(RNS) — If kids can learn to see the humanity of those who look different from them, they can learn to see the humanity in everyone they encounter — including their own.

Josh Dickson’s road from Republican evangelical to Biden’s faith outreach director

By Simran Jeet Singh — August 17, 2020

(RNS) — The former community organizer on Chicago’s South Side calls racism ‘the key religious issue of this election.’

Harris’ nomination shows why representation matters, but is not enough

By Simran Jeet Singh — August 12, 2020

(RNS) — The Democratic vice presidential nominee has to show the moral courage to address her own role in perpetuating systems that drag underrepresented communities down.

Patriotic, Catholic and queer: Rebecca Parson’s unorthodox run for Congress

By Simran Jeet Singh — July 31, 2020

RNS — Parson, who would be the first woman and the first LGBT person to represent her district, is also a practicing Catholic who considers her faith an important aspect of her political views.

How American Christianity became white

By Simran Jeet Singh — July 23, 2020

(RNS) — Because it’s enshrined in the First Amendment, we presume religious equality is manifest in our society as well. A new book by Khyati Joshi examines white Christianity’s role in upholding whiteness.

In Linda Sarsour’s new memoir, all activism is personal

By Simran Jeet Singh — July 14, 2020

(RNS) — Linda Sarsour's new memoir, ‘We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders’ reminds us that what makes us ordinarily human is what drives the most extraordinary and prominent among us.

To fight racism, we need to confront religion’s racist past

By Simran Jeet Singh — July 9, 2020

(RNS) — There’s nothing ‘past’ about American racism — it is our present, and will be our future unless we abandon the triumphalism of the country's founding faith.

An outsider’s encounter with the Psalms

By Simran Jeet Singh — July 5, 2020

(RNS) — Instead of trying to contextualize it as a scholar, I decided to approach Psalm 133 as a reader and see how it might speak to me.

Valarie Kaur: ‘Revolutionary love is showing up in the labor for justice’

By Simran Jeet Singh — June 30, 2020

(RNS) — The filmmaker, lawyer and civil rights activist talks about her debut book, ‘See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.’

Jacqui Lewis fills the virtual house to talk about anti-racism

By Simran Jeet Singh — June 22, 2020

(RNS) — The Rev. Jacqui Lewis, the first woman to serve as a senior minister at New York's historic Middle Collegiate Church, has shown how to use diversity to expand the size and reach of her congregation.