commentary
How evangelical Q conferences miss the mark on all matters LGBT
By Eliel Cruz — May 6, 2016
(RNS) Organizers say the conferences allow difficult conversations across ideological and theological lines. But that's not always the case.
Why our Jewish and Christian faiths demand criminal justice reform
By guest — May 5, 2016
(RNS) Improving the administration of justice is not just a matter of politics, but also a moral and ethical obligation.
Does God really want us to suffer unrelenting pain?
By guest — May 4, 2016
(RNS) It is the common impulse of people of goodwill everywhere to prevent or at least mitigate all forms of gratuitous suffering.
The ‘bad boy’ cleric poised to be Iraq’s next kingmaker
By RNS staff — May 4, 2016
While Moqtada al-Sadr is trying to cast himself as a populist and reformer, he has a bloody history in Iraq.
The human toll of drone warfare
By Charles C. Camosy — May 3, 2016
(RNS) The U.S. military is about to take a giant step forward in fighting wars without directly endangering American soldiers. Is this a good thing?
Evangelicals must confront the ethical dilemma of partisanship
By Jacob Lupfer — May 2, 2016
(RNS) Political parties need vigorous moral and philosophical debate, and that will not happen if evangelicals oppose all Democrats as a matter of course.
Christians are ‘called to resist’ Trump
By David P. Gushee — May 1, 2016
(RNS) Why faithfulness to Jesus Christ is at stake in how Christians respond to Donald Trump.
Psychedelic drugs can deepen religious experiences
By guest — April 29, 2016
(RNS) Will a country that prides itself on religious liberty allow them?
Why Trump’s rise does not spell the end for the Christian right
By John Fea — April 29, 2016
(RNS) The beliefs of the conservative evangelicals who support Cruz and the conservative evangelicals who support Trump are really two sides of the same coin.
Why picking a president shouldn’t be about individual choice
By Marcia Pally — April 27, 2016
(RNS) With persistent focus on separating -- on the exit from common aims and projects -- people begin to assume others are doing the same. In this way of being, people become unmoored.
A consistently pro-life ethic should include gun control
By Laura Turner — October 7, 2015
(RNS) My rights don't matter as much as another person's life.
COMMENTARY: Competing in the free market
By Tom Ehrich — January 24, 2012
(RNS) Welcome to the marketplace of self-determination, where everything from fact to faith is made a fungible commodity. We will either look out for ourselves, discover wisdom and exercise discernment, or we will get stripped clean by the sharps. By Tom Ehrich. About 700. With photo.
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