(RNS) — ‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.
(RNS) — ‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.
(RNS) — A separate proposal calls for a broader theological framework on human relationships.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) — The version housed at Virginia Theological Seminary is not for sale, and archive staffers plan to seek the best ways to make its contents available for the public to view.
(RNS) — The Oklahoma City Thunder is the only NBA team to hold a public, ecumenical invocation before the singing of the national anthem — a longstanding tradition that continues to confound basketball fans who live outside the city.
(RNS) — ‘It was uncomfortable at times, but nobody stormed out,’ said Shariq Ghani, executive director of the Houston multifaith group Bridges. ‘They listened, they shook hands, they hugged, they cried.’
(RNS) — What clergypersons say about such topics varies depending on their viewpoint and, sometimes, their religious affiliation, the Pew Research Center found.
NEW YORK (RNS) — Jones is stepping down as president of Union Theological Seminary after 18 years. Her tenure has been defined by difficult, sometimes unpopular decisions that helped stabilize the institution even as mainline Protestantism declines.
(RNS) — Host Niala Boodhoo was joined at the American University in Washington, D.C., by RNS national reporter Jack Jenkins, religious liberty lawyer and Muslim identity scholar Asma T. Uddin, Mark D. Hall of Regent University and Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center.
(RNS) — But the ancestors of today’s Christian nationalists weren’t the leaders of Christian America — they were the heretics.
(RNS) — As the US embraces aggressive anti-immigrant policies, Clarkston, Georgia, is now a test of how to best protect the diverse community of refugees.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The 500-page report offers an array of incidents to depict a clash between the Biden administration and what the report calls 'traditional Christians.'
(RNS) — When faith communities teach colorblindness, they are teaching their congregants to be silent in the face of devastating decisions like this latest Supreme Court ruling.
(RNS) — Rev. Adam Hamilton, co-founder of the largest United Methodist church in the country, explains why he is running for Senate and believes he can win.
(RNS) — The first woman archbishop of Canterbury will stand shoulder to shoulder and kneel in prayer with the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, which still maintains a male-only priesthood.
(RNS) — The Faith250 initiative has 209 Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations signed up to study 'America’s sacred texts' in a mission to stem the country’s democratic backsliding.
(RNS) — Religious communities have both the reach and the responsibility to speak clearly for peace.
(RNS) — ‘Throughout both of Trump’s terms, he’s done so many things that I thought were going to be over the line, and it never happens,’ said Matthew Sutton, a scholar of religious history at Washington State University. ‘But this moment, it does feel like a turning point.’
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — The pope’s historic visit brings rare calm to conflict-ridden Bamenda and renewed calls for reconciliation across religious lines.
(RNS) — Both Apollo 8 and Artemis II missions included public references to religion, but astronauts aboard the Artemis’ Orion spacecraft struck a broader, more global tone.
(RNS) — In the last week, faith leaders were offered some of their first glimpses into ICE facilities, making use of a degree of access denied to most people — even members of Congress.
(RNS) — ‘Just as Christ’s work on the cross was countercultural, this service is a counternarrative,’ said Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, who leads the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Episcopal Area.
LONDON (RNS) — The society shifted blame for the report to YouGov and insisted its general thesis — that there is a resurgence in Christianity in Britain — still stands.
The network that prepared women to lead the Church of England — before the church was ready.
(RNS) — New York Episcopalians profited from the transatlantic slave trade and were 'uniquely implicated in the odious institution and in anti-Black policies and practices that extend through generations,' according to a new report.
(RNS) — Christian nationalists' preferred framing of American politics as 'secular left vs. Christian' is false.
(RNS) — 'People being willing to stand up for their neighbors, to stand up to the state with all its violence and all its capacity to inflict harm — that's all Sanctuary values,' Woolf said.
(RNS) — Before the deportation crackdown began, ministers of all faiths had been supporting social justice movements, not leading them. In recent months, they have rediscovered their historic roles.
(RNS) — The new survey finds support for Trump’s immigration agenda weakened even among his steadfast supporters: white evangelicals and white Catholics.
(RNS) — Her installation begins at about 10:30 a.m. Eastern time in the United States, 7:30 a.m. Pacific.
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The five are attending in defiance of the wishes of GAFCON bishops, who rejected Mullally’s appointment at a gathering in Nigeria in early March.