Gwyneth Paltrow trolls the wellness industry
(RNS) — Unlike other companies that commodify our spiritual yearnings, Goop exists apart from the question of whether anyone has ever actually bought any of its products.
Teach your children well: Viral tweet sparks debate over passing on faith
(RNS) — A viral tweet sparked a conversation among Christians about the morality of parents passing on the faith to their children.
The age of nones may favor churches that welcome doubters
(RNS) — Can people who are plagued with doubt feel welcomed by a church that is filled with those who are certain about what they believe?
Why 'Cats' is a musical for our time
(RNS) — The earnest shlock and high camp of 'Cats' — what else can we call Taylor Swift playing a feline in a pastiche of Eliot's Anglo-Catholic mysticism? — captures our current state of dread.
White evangelicals' attacks on James Cone are about power, not truth
(RNS) — A specter has been haunting white evangelicalism, in the shape of the late James Cone, a founder of black liberation theology.
Ethical vegans in UK win court protection for their creed
LONDON (RNS) — A ruling in an alleged wrongful termination case said that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010.
Behind the tensions between Muslims and Sikhs in Punjab
(RNS) — A Muslim mob surrounded the Gurdwara Janam Asthan, marking the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhi.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove wants white evangelicals to reckon with the Bible
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — He holds out hope he can show them how he believes they’ve misread the Bible and help them discover, as he has, the black Southern freedom movement's focus on justice and freedom.
At Gallaudet University, deaf culture and faith mix to create something new
(RNS) — Religious students say the language shift is but a small window into the subtle ways their communities intertwine deaf culture with theology to produce uncommon expressions of faith and activism.
Do humanists celebrate Christmas?
(RNS) — Ethical humanist leader Anne Klaeysen on what people of any faith or no faith can take from the Christmas story and how the holidays can unite the country.
How we all became Jedis
(RNS) — After nearly 40 years, the Star Wars saga is almost complete, and the decades-long journey of the Jedi is ending. But the spiritual legacy of the Jedi is sure to last much longer.
Evangelism and religious supremacy
(RNS) — Historically, the 'gift' of salvation has been weaponized time and time again to justify intervention and conquest.
In this art gallery, conversations about religion and spirituality are welcome
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Bridge Projects is a new gallery space that seeks to link art with spiritual and religious traditions.
Keeping the longing for Christ in Christmas
(RNS) — Advent, with its carols and holiday parties, may be the last vestige of a liturgical life lived in common. But even those who want to keep the Christ in Christmas forget that the season is about the hunger that we feel for the redeemed world.
‘You’ve got to call out evil,’ says pastor of church with Nativity scene separated in cages
CLAREMONT, Calif. (RNS) — Claremont United Methodist Church is taking security measures after its Nativity scene showing Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees in cages has garnered widespread attention.