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5 issues religious liberals will be tuned to in the Democratic debates
By Jack Jenkins — July 30, 2019
(RNS) — Treatment of immigrants, climate change and poverty are among the issues they care about.
The family values we need at the border
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — July 30, 2019
(RNS) — I was raised in the United States by Christians who emphasized the family values of Scripture and exhorted me to be vigilant in resisting worldly forces that tear families apart.
Why do evangelicals support Trump? Blame the suburbs
By Ryan Burge — July 30, 2019
(RNS) — Urban evangelicals have some room for political diversity. Suburban and rural evangelicals do not.
Katy Perry stole Christian rapper’s beat for ‘Dark Horse,’ says jury
By Andrew Dalton — July 30, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury of six women and three men found that pop star Katy Perry and her colleagues copied the bumping beat and riff at the center of a Christian rap song called 'Joyful Noise' for her 2013 hit, 'Dark Horse.'
The Village Church sued for more than $1 million over alleged abuse at church camp
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 29, 2019
(RNS) — A young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a youth minister at a church camp when she was a child is suing the Village Church for more than $1 million for gross negligence and the emotional distress the abuse has caused her.
Unmarked buildings, quiet legal help for accused priests
By The Associated Press — July 29, 2019
DRYDEN, Mich. (AP) — A secretive network operating out of unmarked buildings in rural Michigan provides money, transportation, shelter and legal assistance to priests accused of abuse.
Has the time come for America to atone for its original sin?
By Paul O'Donnell — July 29, 2019
(RNS) — In one of the most significant developments in religious history, slaves cast aside passivity and servitude using a biblical story that is central to Jewish worship. It's time for America to complete that story with atonement in the public square.
Investigation reveals Chicago Archdiocese’s financial woes
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 29, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — Six years later, the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago holds just one-third of the money pledged in the 'To Teach Who Christ Is' campaign to save its struggling schools, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation.
Celebrating new religious freedom law, Bolivian evangelicals push for more
By Eduardo Campos Lima — July 29, 2019
(RNS) — The new law marks a turning point for Protestant denominations that have historically tended to keep their distance from politics.
Photos of the Week
By Kit Doyle — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — This week’s gallery includes Pioneer Day in Utah, a religious bird festival in Paraguay, and more.
‘It’s us or no one’: Nonprofit defends LGBTQ students from their universities
By Chris Karnadi — July 26, 2019
RNS) — Queer students at Christian colleges and other conservative schools often have to deal with isolation and even discipline from the administration, just as many are processing their sexuality themselves. One advocacy group helps them fight back.
Death penalty decision answers lingering questions about how Barr’s faith affects his politics
By Charles C. Camosy — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — The worry that Barr might impose his private religious views on federal matters has apparently been overblown.
Muslim activists continue to push against Quebec secularism law
By Aysha Khan — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — Last week, Quebec’s Superior Court rejected civil rights advocates’ legal request to temporarily suspend operation of the controversial new ban on religious symbols for state workers. But activists say the fight isn't over.
Joshua Harris and the sexual prosperity gospel
By Katelyn Beaty — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — Some evangelicals who denounce the prosperity gospel seem to have no problem touting the purity culture that say God will reward those who wait.
A goodbye to a man who taught us how to look at death
By Bob Smietana — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — Rob said that being willing to die was different than accepting death. He did not want to make friends with death. Instead, he called it the 'final evil' — which he, as a Christian, was willing to endure.
