(The Conversation) — The ethics of self-inflicted death have historically been an important area of reflection for the world’s religions.
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(RNS) — The American Family Association and other critics say the popular series, which will soon begin its second season, glamorizes suicide.
Pearcey's razor-sharp mind combined with a compelling personal story makes her a powerful, if undervalued, champion for conservatives.
(RNS) — A madman, a church, many people dead. It's not 2017 and Sutherland Springs. It's nearly 40 years since the November day in 1978 when the Rev. Jim Jones...
(RNS) The verse is popular among football players. Before his conviction for murder, Hernandez had several other Christian symbols tattooed on his body.
From the prosperous-appearing church of 1979 to the disappearing church of 2016, the Irish experience elicits responses on countless grounds.
(RNS) When it comes to suicide, I believe in a God who grieves with those of us who crumble under the weight of chemical imbalance, the side effects of...
Tullian Tchividjian tells RNS he spent hours researching the best way to commit suicide during this period of despair.
DETROIT — Raheel Siddiqui didn't have any 'disqualifying conditions, medical or otherwise, during recruiting and processing into the U.S. Marine Corps,' a...
...just to watch parades or hear macho defenses of the military or ponder theological “just war” arguments will not go far enough, now that we realize anew...
The option to die with a doctor's prescription would only apply to adults suffering serious and incurable illness and where death is reasonably foreseeable.
It is focused on helping families support LGBT youth even if they are not in sync with the parents' religious beliefs or cultural values.
(RNS) While we refuse to admit the likeness, in some ways our reflection looks a lot like Judas.
(RNS) The death of the Rev. Virgilio Elizondo, called “the father of U.S. Latino religious thought,” came nearly a year after he was accused of sexually...
(RNS) A new study looks at teen suicide rates in Mormon-heavy states. Does it prove there's a problem? Not so fast.