Best of RNS
Like father, like son: Black activists tag-team preach on Father’s Day
By Adelle M. Banks — June 16, 2017
(RNS) Two prominent black ministers, the Rev. Otis Moss Jr. and the Rev. Otis Moss III, are committed to activism and to preaching together annually on Father's Day.
In dramatic turnabout, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2017
PHOENIX (RNS) The previous day, the Resolutions Committee declined to bring a similar statement to a vote.
Portlanders respond to killings with prayer and eclectic spirituality
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 2, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Portland may be the least religious city in the U.S., but its residents are drawing on spirituality and shared values for comfort in the wake of a horrific stabbing on a light-rail train.
Cloistered nuns on Facebook: What’s not to like?
By Josephine McKenna — May 30, 2017
ROME (RNS) At a time when vocations to Catholic religious orders are falling, the nuns see their new approach as a means to promote their work and attract newcomers.
Mourning in Manchester, religious and secular traditions meet and meld
By Catherine Pepinster — May 27, 2017
(RNS) This is a moment where Christian tradition meets secular rituals that have come to define public mourning since this increasingly irreligious nation said goodbye to Princess Diana exactly 20 years ago.
Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 15, 2017
(RNS) For many, the internet has created new platforms to teach, preach and connect.
Trump’s religious liberty order slammed as ‘pretty much nothing’
By David Gibson — May 4, 2017
(RNS) ‘Ivanka and Jared won. We lost,’ as one Christian conservative said.
The ’Splainer: What is female genital mutilation, and what does it have to do with Islam?
By Aysha Khan — April 27, 2017
(RNS) This week, two Muslim doctors were indicted in a high-profile genital mutilation case in Michigan, where a lawmaker cited it in an attempt to introduce anti-Shariah legislation.
No other artist mixed religion and sex like Prince
By Kimberly Winston — April 20, 2017
(RNS) For Prince, who died a year ago this Friday, 'every song was either a prayer or foreplay.'
Marvelous miniatures give up some — but not all — their treasures
By Yonat Shimron — April 18, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) This is a story about a mysterious artist, his glorious art, a failed royal marriage and virtual-reality goggles. And, oh yes, faith preserved 500 years in a wooden ball the size of a peach.
On Passover, fearing the Four Questions
By Lauren Markoe — April 6, 2017
(RNS) The honor of singing the Four Questions at the Passover seder traditionally falls to the youngest child. What happens when that child is scared out of his mind?
Faith helped baseball coach Tony Beasley beat cancer
By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 6, 2017
ARLINGTON, Texas (RNS) This week he returned full time to the game he loves.
Wonderfully made: How churches are seizing on gallery spaces for art
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — March 27, 2017
(RNS) Churches now see an opportunity to leverage their spaces and use art to stimulate dialogue with groups they wouldn’t otherwise reach.
Russell Moore faces a challenging road ahead
By Jerome Socolovsky — March 24, 2017
(RNS) Although his apology for being 'unnecessarily harsh' toward Trump supporters was accepted by the Southern Baptist Convention's top brass, the public voice of America's largest denomination still faces a groundswell of grass-roots discontent.
Princeton seminary taking some heat for honoring Redeemer’s Tim Keller
By David Gibson — March 21, 2017
(RNS) The Manhattan pastor is popular — but his Presbyterian denomination does not ordain women or gays, and his traditionalism has some criticizing the more liberal Princeton Theological Seminary for giving Keller an award.
