Christianity
Trump forges ahead on Jerusalem despite warnings of violence
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 5, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Turkey threatened to cut ties with Israel, the Palestinians warned they would halt contacts with their U.S. counterparts — and key Washington ally Saudi Arabia spoke out strongly against such a possible step.
Considering the cake case: Is religious freedom bent beyond repair in this country?
By Tom Krattenmaker — November 29, 2017
(RNS) — It’s useful to realize that over the course of our history, religious-minority underdogs are not the only people to invoke religious freedom.
Kaitlin Curtice talks about ‘everyday glory’ and her Native American heritage
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 22, 2017
(RNS) — The popular 29-year-old worship leader has just published her first book, 'Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places.'
Why Communism sucked
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 10, 2017
Next time someone tells you how violent religion is, tell them this.....
Martin Luther’s ‘dream’ church? It wasn’t in Europe
By guest — October 28, 2017
(RNS) — The revelation that Ethiopian Christianity possibly had links to the Protestant Reformation is a game-changer for what is generally thought to be an exclusively European phenomenon. (COMMENTARY)
The Dead Sea Scrolls discovery — still riveting after 70 years
By Lauren Markoe — October 5, 2017
(RNS) — 'Biblical Manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC, are for sale,' read a small ad in The Wall Street Journal, seven years after the discovery of the scrolls.
Commuting to Nairobi, the train becomes a church
By Lauren Markoe — October 2, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Self-styled preachers unofficially turn two coaches into church each day, ministering to a mobile congregation that might not otherwise attend a service.
Jews will not replace us! (And you will not replace Judaism!)
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 24, 2017
David Bowie got it right: This is not America. It is time for Jews to proclaim a better way.
Nabeel Qureshi, who shared conversion from Islam to Christianity, dies at 34
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 18, 2017
(RNS) For many Christians, he was a bridge to Islam, shaping what they knew and understood about the religion and its adherents.
Twisting the cross: The deadly theology of white supremacy
By Lauren Markoe — August 28, 2017
(RNS) — 'A symbol of love can become a weapon. The icon of redemption can become an instrument of terror,' writes Shane Claiborne.
Why is sexuality such a big deal for the church?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 22, 2017
(RNS) — Why do these conflicts — over same-sex marriage, transgender people and the ordination of openly gay people — keep popping up in Christianity?
The ’Splainer: Did a solar eclipse darken the skies during Jesus’ crucifixion?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 18, 2017
(RNS) — 'From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over the whole land' as Jesus was crucified, according the Gospel of Matthew. Was it caused by a solar eclipse? 'Let us Splain ...
Signs and wonder: How people of different faiths view the total solar eclipse
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 18, 2017
(RNS) — On Monday, a solar eclipse will darken skies across the United States, crossing from coast to coast for the first time since 1918. Some people of faith see it as a sign warning of God's judgment on America; others, as cause to wonder at the glory of God in creation.
Evangelicals, Trump and the politics of redemption
By Peter Wehner — August 11, 2017
(RNS) — 'Today, far too many evangelical Christians are tools of the Trump presidency,' Peter Wehner writes in a commentary.
Christian author Jen Hatmaker on the ‘moxie’ it takes to get your books banned
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 7, 2017
(RNS) This summer, she's launching a new podcast that already is set to hit a million downloads in its first month. And she's releasing a book — her 12th — in which she shares more about her life's ups and downs than in any other she's written.
