Las Vegas shooting
We honor the victims of mass killings equally. Why can’t politicians and the press?
By Omar Suleiman — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — Researchers recently found that terror attacks by Muslims receive an average of 357% more coverage than those by other groups.
Can empathy be learned? Science offers some clues
By Rosalie Chan — October 24, 2017
(RNS) — Researchers say empathy is not only a biological instinct, but also a skill human beings can learn and improve upon.
‘Still, small voice’: Ministering to the families of the Las Vegas shooting
By Kimberly Winston — October 13, 2017
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — For almost two weeks now, Brian Scroggins has spent upward of 12 hours a day walking the Las Vegas Convention Center — hugging the anxious, praying with the distressed and crying with those in mourning.
Souls and the guns of America
By Martin E. Marty — October 10, 2017
Let me be ecumenical, interracial, and multi-classy by noting that “everybody” who prosecutes the culture wars wields symbols of awareness of their losses.
Sermon on the Strip: ‘Where is God?’
By Kimberly Winston — October 8, 2017
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — At worship this weekend, people of different faiths sought solace and answers to a question that may be unanswerable: why the mass shooting happened.
In Las Vegas as before, spontaneous shrines bring healing after horror
By Kimberly Winston — October 8, 2017
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — The piles of flowers, teddy bears and candles recall sacred spaces created after terror attacks in New York, Madrid, London and elsewhere, and date back to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.
Preaching about guns? Get political!
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 5, 2017
Preachers can talk about the real world. Or, they can be irrelevant. You choose what kind of religion you want.
After Las Vegas, who says prayer doesn’t ‘work’?
By Brandon Ambrosino — October 4, 2017
(RNS) — While 'it might be reasonable in this instance to question the prayers of those collecting money from gun lobbyists, it seems mean-spirited to issue a blanket condemnation of anyone who turns to prayer in response to suffering,' writes Brandon Ambrosino.
The gospel for gun-loving Christians
By Jonathan Merritt — October 3, 2017
How exactly can someone do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly while carrying a deadly assault rifle? asks David Gringor in a commentary.
After the massacre, a Las Vegas church seizes the chance to serve
By Yonat Shimron — October 2, 2017
(RNS) — Vance Pitman, the founder and senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, has opened its doors as a safe space for prayer and counseling, and, if needed, shelter.
President Trump, this is no time for prayer
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 2, 2017
(RNS) — Yes, it happened again. No more 'thoughts and prayers.' This time, please: action.
Transcript: President Trump offers prayers and a Psalm in Las Vegas remarks
By Kimberly Winston — October 2, 2017
(RNS) President Donald Trump's remarks to the nation following the Las Vegas shooting, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
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