The Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner speaks during a demonstration by Christian leaders opposing President Trump’s proposed budget at the U.S. Capitol on March 29, 2017. RNS photo by Lauren Markoe
Need to know: Thursday, September 6, 2018
With Voting Rights Act weakened, black church networks seek more voters
As civil rights activists decry new voting restrictions, black denominations are working to get more people to the ballot box in November.
Should we live to be 500? Christians and secularists come together over transhumanism
For Christian transhumanists, the goal is working with God to accomplish God’s work in the world through the ethical use of science and technology.
Last-minute invite appears to treat White House call with rabbis as an afterthought
Sent 10 days before Rosh Hashanah begins, the invite to a call celebrating the holidays may draw only the Trump administration's closest Jewish allies.
The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook
Does Brett Kavanaugh think abortion should be illegal? A secret network of right-wing activists has spent millions attacking such questions as anti-religious bigotry.
The rise of the imama: women-led mosques are growing
A new movement of women-led mosques are challenging stereotypes about how women are treated under Islam, and making both Muslims and non-Muslims think differently about the faith.
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On being a special needs parent on the High Holy Days
(RNS) — The High Holy Days' long services are often a time when parents of special needs kids must wage the fight between despair and anger on the one hand, and mercy and acceptance on the other.
Woman suing over rape by Mormon leader speaks at his church
(AP) — McKenna Denson was ushered away from the podium at the Mormon church shortly after she began talking during a monthly segment in Mormon services when church members are invited to share their testimony.
A transgender priest finds a new life helping others on the margins
In the makeshift chapel at Constance Abbey, an Episcopal way station for the homeless here, Mother Gillian Klee restarts her life as a priest, and a woman.
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Watch these movies before Yom Kippur!
How to prepare yourself -- spiritually and cinematically -- for the High Holy Days. Jeff goes all film critic on you.
The secret wisdom of Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Her greatest teaching was an off-handed comment. We should pay attention to its truth.
Why every Mormon should read “Saints”
Joseph drank coffee and fought with his brother William, and Emma angrily kicked Joseph's plural wives out of their house. The Church's new Mormon history "Saints" manages to be faith promoting while also keeping it real.
