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Stanley Hauerwas drops out of General Theological Seminary lecture series after controversy
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 8, 2014
(RNS) The Christian ethicist said he does not want to be seen as taking sides in a conflict between the administration and its faculty.
Tensions at Episcopal Church’s oldest seminary reflect larger crisis in future of theology schools
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 30, 2014
(RNS) It's unclear whether eight faculty resigned or were effectively fired, and what the future holds for the Episcopal Church's flagship seminary.
Tim Keller’s Redeemer Church and Reformed Theological Seminary to launch NYC campus
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 22, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) The partnership fits in with the desire of evangelicals to plant their flag in large cities such as New York.
New York’s The King’s College becomes first in US to accept Bitcoin for tuition
By Patrick Foster — June 16, 2014
The King's College in New York City will accept the Bitcoin payment system for tuition.
Historic Riverside Church recommends first woman as senior minister
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — April 28, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Riverside's pulpit has been home to some of the most influential clergy in progressive Protestantism, including Harry Emerson Fosdick, William Sloane Coffin Jr. and James Forbes Jr.
Bill de Blasio, New York’s new ‘spiritual but not religious’ mayor
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — January 6, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Now the mayor will have to navigate the lack of his own religious identity within a city as religiously diverse as New York.
Anniversary recalls water as sacred source of life
By Renée K. Gadoua — July 31, 2013
(RNS) European settlers once promised N.Y.'s Iroquois people they would respect the the laws of nature and the state's waterways. On the 400th anniversary of that agreement, known as the Two Row Wampum, New Yorkers are recommitting themselves to better stewardship of a sacred treasure -- water.
King’s College, NY, names Greg Thornbury president
By Adelle M. Banks — July 11, 2013
(RNS) Greg Thornbury, dean of Union University’s theology school, has been named the new president of The King’s College, a New York City evangelical school whose previous leader became embroiled in controversy.
Seeking a comeback, Eliot Spitzer says ‘I sinned’
By Catalina Camia — July 8, 2013
(RNS) Seeking a political comeback five years after he resigned in a prostitution scandal, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he's seeking forgiveness for voters. "I sinned, I owned up to it," he said.
New York City sues Orthodox shops over dress codes
By Michele Chabin — February 28, 2013
(RNS) The New York City Commission on Human Rights is suing ultra-Orthodox Jewish business owners in Brooklyn because they posted signs calling on customers to dress modestly in their stores.
Exhibit highlights blacks’ connection to Scripture
By Chris Herlinger — February 26, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) One fact is unmistakable after seeing a new exhibit of African American art at New York's Museum of Biblical Art: Biblical narratives have been the key constant in the lives of African-American Christians.
COMMENTARY: New survey brings good and bad news for Jewish community
By A. James Rudin — July 2, 2012
(RNS) A new survey brings both good and bad news for America's largest Jewish community: New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. By A. James Rudin.
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