business
What Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ motto means for religious freedom and free expression
By Brian Pellot — March 6, 2014
Google’s playful primary colors, quirky Doodles and whimsical office spaces are outward expressions of the company’s “Don’t be evil” motto. But the real work Googlers do trying to uphold that mantra for free expression and religious freedom goes far beyond flash.
Katy Perry’s mistake * Brunei’s Allah ban * God’s Constitution: Religious Freedom Recap Feb. 24 – March 3
By Brian Pellot — March 3, 2014
Katy Perry destroys “Allah” in a music video, then dissolves the incident completely amid backlash. Brunei bans non-Muslims from using “Allah” and 18 other holy words. And Tom DeLay tells us Allah, A.K.A. God, wrote the Constitution. S/he just never got around to signing it.
The business case for religious freedom: Q&A with Brian J. Grim
By Brian Pellot — February 28, 2014
We often hear about religious freedom in the context of human rights and national security. Brian J. Grim, founding president of the new Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, argues that religious freedom is just as important for mom and pop shops and global economies.
After Arizona: Should anti-gay churches have tax-exempt status revoked?
By Brian Pellot — February 27, 2014
If ongoing discrimination against women is any indication, houses of worship that discriminate against same-sex couples looking to marry probably won’t lose their tax-exempt status anytime soon. But should they? Join the debate.
Sochi Cadillac ad encourages worship at the altar of work and stuff
By Jonathan Merritt — February 12, 2014
A car company's brash commercial promotes an un-Christian message of materialism and workaholism.
Christian consultant Nancy Ortberg reveals her leadership secrets
By Jonathan Merritt — January 13, 2014
The former Willow Creek Community Church pastor shares the leadership lessons she's learned.
Vision Forum shuts down after patriarchy proponent’s ‘serious sins’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 13, 2013
(RNS) Vision Forum Ministries was geared for a segment of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who profess a traditionalist understanding of Scripture, sexuality and gender roles.
Patriarchy proponent Doug Phillips resigns after extramarital relationship
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 6, 2013
(RNS) Home schooling advocate Doug Phillips preaches a message of "biblical patriarchy," in which a man is called to "rule over his household" and "the God-ordained and proper sphere of dominion for a wife is the household."
New pope means new business for recession-weary Rome
By Alessandro Speciale — March 18, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Just minutes after Pope Francis finished introducing himself to the crowd in St. Peter's Square on March 13, a woman perusing the shelves of a tourist shop just outside the squared asked the storekeeper, ``When will you have souvenirs of the new pope?''
Mormon church lashes back at magazine over portrayal of prophet and profits
By Daniel Burke — July 13, 2012
(RNS) The Mormon church is lashing back at a business magazine that parodied their prophet’s mission and portrayed the church as lucratively rich but miserly with charitable donations. By Daniel Burke.
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