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‘My Unorthodox Life’: Meh
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — The Netflix series isn’t antisemitic or self-hating. But there are deeper questions to mine.
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 19, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 12, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 12, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
Battle lines form over social justice: Is it gospel or heresy?
By Jemar Tisby — September 6, 2018
(RNS) — In the current social climate some Christians have called for new movements to fight the marginalization of minorities and the poor as an expression of discipleship. But others see calls for social justice as a distraction from the gospel.
On being a special needs parent on the High Holy Days
By Zohar Luria — September 5, 2018
(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.
Reckoning with Leonard Bernstein’s faith on the centennial of his birth
By Yonat Shimron — August 22, 2018
(RNS) — Did the multitalented Jewish composer and conductor finally find God and faith? We will never know.
What binds Muslims to the Democratic Party?
By Paul O'Donnell — August 9, 2018
(RNS) — Socially conservative Muslims have a surprising and seemingly easy affiliation with the Democratic Party. Why do Muslims abide these differences when other religious groups cannot?
Willow Creek offers lessons in accountability
By Jacob Lupfer — August 7, 2018
(RNS) — You can have all the clever innovations, seeker-friendly methods and oversight structures in the world, but trouble will catch up with you if you’re afraid to hold a leader accountable.
Religious leaders can’t fight terrorism with ideas alone
By Qamar-ul Huda — August 1, 2018
(RNS) — Experts and policymakers need to accept the limitations of religious leaders who live in war zones and under authoritarian regimes.
The culture wars need to make a safe space for conscience
By Jacob Lupfer — July 31, 2018
(RNS) — The booing of Christian soccer player Jaelene Hinkle for following her conscience shows that we need to turn down the temperature in the culture wars.
Democrats for Life of America gather ’round a message: ‘We want our party back’
By Jacob Lupfer — July 19, 2018
(RNS) — Anyone who proclaims a consistent life ethic by opposing war, capital punishment and abortion while affirming migration, health care and social spending is going to be politically homeless in America.
They’re still here: The curious evolution of Westboro Baptist Church
By Hillel Gray — July 17, 2018
(RNS) — No single congregation in America has had the kind of recognition, or notoriety, that the Westboro Baptist Church achieved in the 1990s. While still fiercely anti-homosexual, it has seen a subtle shift in its messaging that injects ideas about Jesus and love, clarifies doctrine and even invokes positive language.
Revisiting Jimmy Carter’s truth-telling sermon to Americans
By The Conversation — July 13, 2018
(The Conversation) — At at time when hypernationalism and xenophobia are increasing in the world, Jimmy Carter's speech — a theological meditation that cautioned against excess, offers a counterexample.
Catholic-heavy Supreme Court moves right as the church moves left
By Jacob Lupfer — July 11, 2018
(RNS) — The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would drive the ideology of the Catholics on the court further to the right and exacerbate the already heightened angst about the institution’s ever more conservative Catholic majority.
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