social justice
How a campus interfaith center fell to Florida’s anti-DEI legislation
By Dennis Holtschneider — February 27, 2024
(RNS) — At the University of North Florida, a ban against polarizing students along religious lines closed a thriving resource.
Why social justice in Israel cannot wait: a conversation with Orly Erez-Likhovski
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 5, 2023
One of Israel's most important social activists speaks out. We all need to hear her.
‘Healing the healers’ with the restorative wisdom of the Black church
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — April 11, 2023
(RNS) — The Rev. Jennifer Bailey believes Americans’ divisions are experienced as grief and loss, and looks to provide rituals to help us heal.
Will the zeal of Asbury University’s revival connect with God’s justice?
By Andre Henry — February 23, 2023
(RNS) — If it stays true to the call of the Hebrew prophets, the Asbury revival won't stop at summoning people to personal piety.
“You People” is the Black-Jewish movie of the year
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 30, 2023
"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." The 2023 version. With hip hop.
Young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them?
By Ken Chitwood — January 11, 2023
(RNS) — ‘The nice thing is they still want to talk and want to know what I think,’ said one pastor. ‘The question is what I can do with these conversations.’
Building a more just church in a post-pandemic world
By Kelly Brown Douglas — October 27, 2022
(RNS) — Trying to ‘get back to normal’ is both folly and missed opportunity — in more ways than one.
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel
By Ryan Burge — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Survey data show that church attendance, not party, is more likely to determine how Christians view the kingdom.
My favorite Christian author has died
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 19, 2022
(RNS) — He wrote one of the best lines about the religious life that I have ever read. I miss him already.
McLean Bible Church leaders hope a new church election will resolve lawsuit
By Bob Smietana — May 19, 2022
(RNS) — The conflict at McLean Bible Church is part culture war, part battle over bylaws.
30 years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
By Richard Flory and Najuma Smith-Pollard — April 28, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We may have set those fires, but we didn’t start those fires,’ said the Rev. Cecil Murray.
Anti-woke preachers Voddie Baucham and Tom Ascol to be nominated as SBC leaders
By Bob Smietana — March 22, 2022
(RNS) — The announced nominations are the latest salvo in the SBC’s ‘woke wars’ over social justice.
Graduate Theological Union’s GTUx is launched to spiritually equip ‘nones,’ activists
By Kathryn Post — March 11, 2022
(RNS) — Their new online learning hub for interreligious activism aims to reach new audiences.
Are today’s seminarians tomorrow’s corporate leaders?
By Kathryn Post — February 10, 2022
(RNS) — Several seminaries have begun to answer America's need for ethical and social leadership in the workplace.
‘Refusal to engage’: Gen Z sees gap in support of LGBTQ+ rights among faith groups
By Josh Packard and Robyn Henderson-Espinoza — January 3, 2022
(RNS) — Those looking for accepting communities may need to look outside of traditional houses of worship.
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