Kanye West
Five things Kanye knows
By Charles C. Camosy — November 6, 2019
(RNS) — Kanye's new album 'Jesus Is King' has caused a stir for its author's conversion, but what lessons does it offer about faith?
Why Trump — not Jesus — is at the heart of white Christian love for Kanye
By Andre Henry — October 30, 2019
(RNS) — White supremacy has always been on the lookout for black spokespeople. From the moment he donned that red hat, Kanye became their great black hope to endorse their white nationalist messiah.
Is Jesus king of Kanye’s bank account?
By Shane Claiborne — October 29, 2019
(RNS) — It would be a beautiful thing to see Kanye become a prophet of resistance rather than a profiteer of the Christian market.
Is Kanye West even allowed to talk about Jesus?
By Heather Thompson Day — October 25, 2019
(RNS) — Since Kanye West announced his conversion and his intention to produce a gospel album, there's been a reaction from Christian Twitter, most of it mocking his pledge. But there shouldn't be a spiritual litmus test that qualifies us to say what’s happening with our faith.
Kanye West at Coachella was a substitute Easter for sinner-saints
By Heather Adams — April 23, 2019
(RNS) — Beyond his showmanship, some experts say, the God-obsessed rapper is offering something the church typically doesn’t allow for: a space where people are allowed to be saint and sinner.
Kanye West says he’ll bring ‘Sunday Service’ to Coachella for Easter
By Paul O'Donnell — April 8, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — West's wife, Kim Kardashian, said of Kanye's rarely seen faith-oriented act, “It’s definitely something he believes in — Jesus — and there’s a Christian vibe. But there’s no preaching.”
In a hijab at the inauguration, Muslim woman says: Here I am
By Lauren Markoe — January 20, 2017
(RNS) Baraa Ktiri quoted a Kanye West lyric to explain her decision to attend Trump's inauguration: "My presence is a present."
Kardashian pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. to get reality TV show (COMMENTARY)
By Laura Turner — September 10, 2015
(RNS) The young, hip pastor, who married Kanye West and Kim Kardashian last year, has made a career of pastoring some of the biggest celebrities in America. But what does being "cool" have to do with being a Christian?
Kim Kardashian airbrushed out of ultra-Orthodox website
By Maria Puente — April 16, 2015
Nissim Ben Haim, an editor at the Kikar HaShabbat website, said they removed Kim because she is a "pornographic symbol" who contradicts ultra-Orthodox values
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have toddler baptized in Jerusalem
By Reuters — April 14, 2015
JERUSALEM (Reuters) In a quick visit to Jerusalem, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had their toddler daughter, North West, baptized on Monday at a 12th century Armenian church in the old walled city.
From Madonna to Lady Gaga: 10 of the most ‘blasphemous’ pop songs and music videos
By Brian Pellot — November 1, 2013
The dueling queens of pop join Kanye West and John Lennon as some of the biggest names in music whose work has been labeled “blasphemous.”
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