Renewed hopes for ecumenical date for Easter could spell end to longest-running culture war
By Katherine Kelaidis
(RNS) — The ordering of time became a fight about the ecclesiastical implications of scientific discovery and societal change.
United Methodists condemning Christian nationalism should address their complicity
By Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood
(RNS) — The thinning of the UMC’s conservative ranks makes this week’s conference a perfect time to address the issue.
What we have to learn from students leading the charge for justice
By Serene Jones
(RNS) — We need to be the kind of faith and public leaders we want our students to become.
The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland
By Ryan M. Armstrong
(The Conversation) — The Book of Job and ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ both make fun of preachy know-it-alls and resist conventions of their genres.
For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond
By James L. Fitzsimmons
(The Conversation) — Broken mirrors can be associated with bad luck, but for the ancient Maya, a cracked mirror was often desirable.
‘A step back in time’: America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
By Tim Sullivan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change,
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