(Open Doors) — In Nigeria alone, an average of 10 to 17 Christians are killed for their faith every day.

(RNS) — We are witnessing the rampant criminalization of faith, enabled by the smartphones in our pockets.

(Open Doors) — While Rashad Hussain’s confirmation waits, millions are persecuted for their faith.

(Open Doors) — We are being given a rare glimpse of the immeasurable human cost incurred when authoritarianism is allowed to spread unimpeded.

(Open Doors) — Of the 10 governments that reportedly purchased the tool, all have known histories of human rights violations and have repeatedly demonstrated their desire to suppress dissent.

(Open Doors) — For years, extremist ideologues have dominated India’s executive branch and legislature. Now, the judicial system has fallen.

(Open Doors) — Western countries can insist that Iran drop charges against Christian converts facing prosecution.

(RNS) — Biden the candidate promised to protect religious freedom. But Biden the president seems to have chosen a similar approach to India as his predecessor.

An award for excellent journalism about Muslim Americans was created by a Christian pig farmer and named for a Nineteenth Century Jewish scholar. Maybe this ecumenical nature of the Goldziher Prize is what made it a natural fit for the Religion News Foundation, which is committed to raising funds in order to expand the number […]

Historians might disagree as to whether Martin Luther actually nailed his 95 Theses on the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg in 1517. But on this there’s solid consensus: Luther’s writings launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517, and the world was never the same. As the 500th anniversary approaches, “LutherCountry” – the area of […]

“Science: The Wide Angle,” being released this month by the AAAS, helps seminary students answer the big questions that religious traditions also tackle.