The leader of the global Anglican church should not always be a “white guy from England”, the archbishop of Canterbury has said.
KC churches share importance of creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ community
Sundays are revered as a day for worship by many but not all.
Baptism by Flood: Kherson Christians Persevere After Ukraine Dam’s Destruction
For eight months, the Ukrainian city of Kherson endured Russian occupation.
How Pat Robertson made white evangelicals Republican
After Pat Robertson astonished the political world by beating out Vice President George H.W. Bush for second place in the 1988 Iowa Republican caucus (Sen. Bob Dole of nearby Kansas was first), I found myself opining on New York talk…
Panel makes ethics ruling against lawmaker who hid Bibles in Arizona House lounge
An ethics committee in the Arizona House has concluded that a Democratic lawmaker engaged in disorderly behavior by hiding Bibles in a lounge for legislators as a comment about the separation of church and state and the weaponization of religion…
The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they’ve left behind
At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Special Collections, where I am head curator, we’ve recently completed a major digitization and rehousing project of our collection of over 5,400 photographs made by Lewis Wickes Hine in the early 20th century.
Most US Pastors Use Armed Congregants as Church Security
Most churches have some type of security measures in place during worship services. Pastors point to intentional plans and armed church members more than other measures, but compared to three years ago, fewer say they have plans and more say…
Pittsburgh synagogue trial is proving the obvious, but ultimately focused on the death penalty
One by one over the past two weeks, members of Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh have come to the witness stand in federal court and relived the horror of that October morning, when a gunman used high-powered weapons to kill 11 worshippers and badly injure…
Amid pressure from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, organizers of LGBTQ solidarity mass cancel service
A Catholic mass scheduled to be held at Duquesne University in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Catholic community for Pride month has been canceled at the urging of Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik.