(RNS) — What does the Traditional Plan actually do, and what happens now? Let us ’Splain …
(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy day Shavuot. Both involve ‘gifts,’ but not the kind that come with bows. Let us ’Splain …
(RNS) — Patterson’s comments touched off a flurry of condemnation. But the Southern Baptist Convention has had a long history of conservative stances on women that it maintains are based on Scripture.
(RNS) — When news broke that an assailant had shot several people at YouTube’s San Bruno, Calif., headquarters this week, social media were awash with speculation about the alleged shooter, Nasim Aghdam — including her faith.
(RNS) — What’s the back story on this British import being revisited and reimagined on television Sunday night? Let us ‘Splain …
(RNS) — The much-maligned Passover appetizer has come to epitomize the gastronomic experience of the shtetl, or ancestral towns of many Jews of Eastern European origin.
(RNS) — Where does this affinity between Catholic bishops and labor movements come from? Let us ‘Splain …
(RNS) — Some see the honor as worthy of a preacher who had the ear of American presidents from Harry Truman to Barack Obama, while others see it as a violation of the separation of church and state.
(RNS) Quick — what’s the difference between a Puritan and a Pilgrim? Did either of them actually ‘land’ at Plymouth Rock? And who sat down for the original Thanksgiving? Let us ’Splain …
(RNS) — The court will hear the ‘cake case,’ which may not be a yummy delight for all.
(RNS) — What’s the deal with this nine-night Hindu religious holiday you’ve never heard of? Let us ’Splain …
(RNS) Short answer — no. But it can be perilous to ignore the predictions.
(RNS) — ‘From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over the whole land’ as Jesus was crucified, according the Gospel of Matthew. Was it caused by a solar eclipse? ‘Let us Splain …