pluralism
We can’t take democracy for granted
By Simran Jeet Singh — December 14, 2023
(RNS) — Racial and religious minorities depend upon the values of pluralism and the rule of law for our rights to be protected.
Am I still a centrist?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 16, 2023
(RNS) — A plea from the anguished middle of the road.
To quell racism, tell more stories that welcome the stranger
By Joshua Seftel and Simran Jeet Singh — June 22, 2023
(RNS) — Next time you're channel surfing, stop to consider whether the stories about religion you see are doorways or weapons.
Christian nationalists have provoked a pluralist resistance
By Ruth Braunstein — April 21, 2023
(RNS) — Those fighting for our democracy should be making headlines, too.
The stories we tell about our country and our faith matter
By Michael Wear and Amy E. Black — March 6, 2020
(RNS) — Too many influential people believe and tell the story that either a diverse America is a threat to Christianity or that Christianity is a threat to a diverse America.
Trump’s presidency, ‘Christian supremacism’ criticized at Parliament of World Religions
By John Longhurst — November 6, 2018
TORONTO (RNS) — Speakers at a major interfaith gathering raise concerns about America's political climate, claiming Trump promotes 'Christian supremacy.'
Orthodox rabbi chosen to lead multifaith California theological center
By Yonat Shimron — June 28, 2018
(RNS) — Daniel Lehmann, an Orthodox rabbi and the president of Hebrew College in Newton Centre, Mass., was picked to lead the Northern California consortium that includes graduate and doctoral degree offerings in Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu traditions.
Kosher? Historic ruling lets Israeli diners decide
By Lauren Markoe — September 26, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The court’s kashrut ruling comes at a time of mounting legal challenges to the ultra-Orthodox religious establishment’s control over everything from Jewish marriage and divorce to who is considered a Jew and who isn’t.
Religious liberty for all
By Curtis W. Freeman — August 14, 2017
(RNS) — Evangelical Christians in the founding of our republic understood something worth remembering. The flourishing of their communities depended on the extension of religious freedom, not only to minority Protestant dissenters like themselves, but to all.
Indonesian president threatens to ‘clobber’ those who threaten pluralism
By Ed Davies — May 25, 2017
JAKARTA (Reuters) Religious and political tensions have spiraled with Islamist-led rallies against Jakarta's former governor, an ethnic Chinese Christian who was charged with insulting the Koran.
Saints displaced and replaced
By Martin E. Marty — November 7, 2016
If one cannot handle the dust of the grave, there is comfort to be had, it is reasoned, in the designer urns to be mounted on the mantel at home.
Liberal rabbis stake out their ground at Western Wall
By Lauren Markoe — July 11, 2016
(RNS) In a letter to the prime minister, liberal Jewish leaders have signaled their frustration that the Western Wall deal has been swept aside.
Dial back Christianity in British official life, make room for secularism, says new report
By Trevor Grundy — December 8, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of England is outraged by recommendations that would diminish its dominance in public life to make room for other faiths and unbelievers.
Pope Francis: God redeemed everyone, ‘not just Catholics’
By David Gibson — May 22, 2013
(RNS) In remarks that may prompt a theological debate about the nature of salvation, Pope Francis declared that God “has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!”
Concerts and controversial opera bring faiths together in St. Louis
By Tim Townsend — September 10, 2012
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Terrorism stories are rarely happy stories, and yet the path Timothy O'Leary has taken -- from bringing the controversial opera ``The Death of Klinghoffer'' to St. Louis last year to the Sheldon's second annual Sept. 11 memorial concert this Sunday -- ends with a hopeful, permanent pairing of faith and the arts in St. Louis. By Tim Townsend.
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