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Q&A: The abortion foe in Congress who made the Affordable Care Act possible
By Charles C. Camosy — August 16, 2017
(RNS) — 'The Democratic Party is no longer the 'The Big Tent Party.' I fear the Democratic Party has become the 'pro-abortion rights' party,' former U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., tells RNS contributor Charlie Camosy.
A Q&A with Hillary Clinton’s pastor: Bill Shillady on ministering to the candidate
By Zach Hoag — August 15, 2017
(RNS) — 'She’s a good Methodist. Methodists don’t talk about their faith very much. She doesn’t wear her religion on her sleeve, but I know that she practices it and she has spiritual disciplines, including reading the Scriptures every day and praying every day,' said Shillady.
New manual guides church leaders in sexual abuse policies and prevention
By Yonat Shimron — August 10, 2017
(RNS) — Unless church leaders are able to tailor the policies to their particular institutions and disseminate them widely among members, a generic sex abuse policy won't work, says Basyle 'Boz' Tchividjian, a former child abuse prosecutor.
‘Changing Our Minds’ explores psychedelic drugs and spiritual healing
By Kimberly Winston — June 13, 2017
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) There are sometimes positive spiritual and religious changes for addicts, wounded warriors and the seriously depressed who take these drugs under clinical supervision — a key component of the treatment.
Haroon Moghul writes candidly about growing up Muslim in America
By Yonat Shimron — June 7, 2017
(RNS) Moghul is not afraid to bare all: his flirtation with atheism, the breakup of his marriage, his diagnosis of bipolar disorder and his work facilitating dialogue between American Muslims and Jews.
Joan Chittister’s ‘radical’ take on humility, fake news and social media
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 19, 2017
(RNS) For the popular activist and author, freedom comes from living out the 12 degrees of humility found in the Rule of St. Benedict, which guides her life as a Benedictine nun. And they're just as applicable today.
Granddaughter’s memoir paints complicated portrait of would-be saint Dorothy Day
By Yonat Shimron — March 8, 2017
(RNS) In 'Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty,' Hennessy presents Day as a matriarch with a close but complicated relationship with her only child, Tamar Hennessy, as well as her nine grandchildren.
Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman: ‘Trust God’ through tragedy
By Adelle M. Banks — March 7, 2017
(RNS) 'Living between heaven and the real world — that’s kind of where I feel like I am right now, longing for heaven more than ever now because I believe that’s where my daughter is.'
Woman in Vatileaks trial got messages via confession box, new book says
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 7, 2017
ROME (Reuters) The episode is one new element in the book 'In Peter's Name,' by Francesca Chaouqui, who got a 10-month suspended sentence at the end of a sensational eight-month trial dubbed 'Vatileaks 2' last July.
In her own words: Coretta Scott King on faith, materialism and grief
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2017
(RNS) She helped type and edit her husband's sermons and rejected the asceticism he had wanted to model after traveling to India and studying Gandhi's words. Excerpts from her book, as told to the Rev. Barbara Reynolds.
Henri Nouwen’s intimate letters shed light on his ‘theology of the heart’
By John Murawski — October 4, 2016
(RNS) Nouwen's letters chronicle his lifelong struggles with celibacy, his disaffection with academia and his prolonged recovery from a nervous breakdown -- among the many spiritual stations that mark this late priest's life.
‘Science Mike’ McHargue: ‘Christians aren’t stupid, and atheists aren’t evil’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 19, 2016
(RNS) The man best known as 'Science Mike' to listeners of 'The Liturgists' and 'Ask Science Mike' podcasts shares his story of losing and finding faith in his first book.
Veteran religion reporter looks for the Bible in public life
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 7, 2016
(RNS) Even with a reported 5 billion copies in print, veteran religion reporter Kenneth A. Briggs says the Bible has all but disappeared from public life. Briggs documents his journey across America to find the Bible -- and the “Bible-less Christianity” its disappearance has created -- in his new book, "The Invisible Bestseller."
Michael Muhammad Knight reclaims the magic from Islam’s margins
By Aysha Khan — June 1, 2016
(RNS) When Muslims and non-Muslims talk about Islam, they tend to leave out a lot of the internal diversity, he says.
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