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Clergy arrested outside McConnell’s office while protesting health care bill
By Madeleine Buckley — July 13, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Protestors said they want McConnell know it's immoral to cut Medicaid because it helps many children, seniors, and disabled persons.
Interfaith coalition launches ‘Know Your Neighbor’ campaign
By Madeleine Buckley — June 8, 2017
(RNS) The Islamic Networks Group and its 70 interfaith partners announced their summer campaign encouraging interfaith discussion and understanding.
White House, faith leaders say ‘moral obligation’ to halt payday loans
By Adelle M. Banks — April 14, 2016
(RNS) They agreed to "do something to stop payday lenders from preying on consumers."
When John Kasich taught Torah
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 14, 2016
Kasich tried to explain Torah to yeshiva students. He wasn't entirely wrong.
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell recalls her pioneering ministry
By Adelle M. Banks — April 6, 2016
(RNS) Campbell said clergywomen attaining top leadership positions "still is something that is out of the ordinary."
Why Tennessee should love the Bible
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 6, 2016
Tennessee wants the Bible as its state book? They should learn what it contains.
Faith leaders ask candidates to give poor ‘living wage’
By Adelle M. Banks — April 4, 2016
(RNS) “(T)he next President can lift millions out of poverty and secure a brighter future for all Americans,” they say.
Filmmaker crowdfunding documentary about ‘Same God’ flap
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 1, 2016
(RNS) Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? One filmmaker is exploring the question raised by the controversy over a former Wheaton College professor's comments.
‘The Story of God’ shares Morgan Freeman’s questions of faith
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 31, 2016
(RNS) Who is God? Where do we come from? These are questions that led actor Morgan Freeman on a personal journey around the world.
Standing with Muslims, faith groups buy banners
By Lauren Markoe — March 10, 2016
(RNS) A rabbi leads an interfaith campaign to denounce Islamophobia.
The danger and ego of Donald Trump, all in one gesture
By Jana Riess — March 8, 2016
Maybe it was a thoughtless accident that led Donald Trump to have supporters raise their right hands to him. But his refusal to apologize tells us everything we need to know.
Falwell’s Trump endorsement criticized by prominent Liberty University board member
By Jonathan Merritt — March 2, 2016
"I’ve been concerned for Liberty University for a couple of months now, and I’ve held my tongue,” Mark DeMoss said on Super Tuesday.
Wheaton professor who left college over ‘same God’ flap: ‘I would do it again’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 26, 2016
CHICAGO (RNS) Wearing the hijab, said Larycia Hawkins, was a way of “trying to position myself with my Muslim sisters.” That’s what solidarity is, said the former Wheaton College professor.
Why this rabbi wants Christians to know about Judaism and Jews to know about Jesus
By Brandon Ambrosino — February 22, 2016
(RNS) A Reform rabbi from Highland Park, Ill., Evan Moffic thinks the study of the common roots of Judaism and Christianity can serve as a bridge between two faiths that have often misunderstood each other.
My day in Catholic school with Monsignor Tom Hartman (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 18, 2016
(RNS) When I first met Hartman, some 25 years ago on Long Island, we spent the day together. On that day, I learned things about the religious life that I had not known before.
