Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general and onetime national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has been systematically building a political movement based on Christian nationalist ideas.
Profaning Pulpits is a Bipartisan Affair
In 2018, a young politician just two years into his first elected office sought to unseat an incumbent Democratic U.S. senator. That young politician, Josh Hawley, is more famous today after his fist pump to insurrectionists on Jan. 6, 2021…
Russia’s rabbis call for peace in Ukraine
An array of Russian rabbis has called for an end to the fighting in Ukraine and expressed concern about the conflict creating tension for Jews in Russia.
Christian Charity Compassion International Innovates To Seek “Compassion Of Tomorrow”
NFTs. Online gaming. Cryptocurrency. Compassion International is exploring these and other innovations as it connects with new supporters and prepares itself for Web 3.0, the Metaverse, and beyond.
She was an early church deacon. Catholic women now want to reclaim her example.
Lisa Amman is a cradle Catholic who attended parish schools through 12th grade and then worked at her St. Paul, Minnesota, church for 15 years.
Wisconsin GOP candidate calls for ‘pitchforks and torches’
The Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin endorsed by Donald Trump is calling for people to take up “pitchforks and torches” in reaction to a story that detailed his giving to anti-abortion groups, churches and others — rhetoric that Democrats say amounts…
At Dave Ramsey’s company, some sex outside marriage was OK, court documents show
In early 2019, Dave Ramsey, the finance guru and national radio host, began to think that he’d made a terrible mistake.
Book bannings are bad enough, but where those involved are considered demonic, the stakes could get much higher
Calls for, or at least predictions of, revolution or civil war have been common on the religious and political Right for decades.
Second Baptist Church receives blowback over politically charged sermon
A sermon delivered Sunday by Rev. Ed Young of Houston’s Second Baptist Church, in which he criticized the crime-related policies of “left-wing progressives” and urged congregates to “throw those bums out of office,” has raised questions about whether the church…
Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work
Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished.
Who is Artemis? NASA’s latest mission to the Moon is named after an ancient lunar goddess turned feminist icon
Artemis I will send a rocket without a crew on a monthlong journey around the Moon. The program aims to increase women’s participation in space exploration – 30% of its engineers are women.
A Decade After the First Reason Rally, What Happened to America’s Atheist Revolution?
Ten years ago, thousands of atheists, humanists, and skeptics descended by the busload upon the National Mall in Washington to attend the Reason Rally, the largest-ever gathering of nonbelievers.