Sometimes a vampire is not just a vampire. Take Dracula. To Lucas Kwong, an assistant professor of English at New York City College of Technology, the popular turn-of-the-century novel and its titular bloodsucker are a parable of white European fear…
Not just neo-Nazis with tiki torches: Why Jewish students say they also fear cloaked anti-Semitism
As Julia Jassey packed up her things before flying off to college in Chicago, she had the usual concerns — beginning her life as an adult, making friends and getting her work done. It never occurred to her to be…
Colorado memorial draws religious freedom concerns
A memorial honoring veterans in a cemetery in Monument, Colorado, has attracted national attention due to its reference to Jesus Christ. Organizations ranging from the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation have called for…
UK Methodist Church votes to allow same-sex marriages
Britain’s Methodist Church announced Wednesday that same-sex couples will be allowed to get married on its premises.
Pastor Ed Litton Removes Over 140 Video Sermons After Being Accused of Plagiarism
Pastor Ed Litton has removed dozens of videos from his church’s YouTube channel after he was accused of plagiarizing sermons.
For 3 weeks, clergy and immigrants fasted to pressure lawmakers for pathway to citizenship
For about two years, Rosa Gutierrez Lopez avoided deportation by taking sanctuary in Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, residing in the Bethesda, Maryland, church just nine miles from the White House.
Jury in Baylor sexual assault trial finds Baylor, football players not responsible
A Harris County civil jury on Wednesday sided with Baylor University and two former football players, clearing them each of responsibility in connection with an alleged campus sexual assault.
Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn’t
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana sent a letter to fellow Republicans on June 24, 2021, stating: “As Republicans, we reject the racial essentialism that critical race theory teaches … that our institutions are racist and need to be destroyed from the…
CBF details plans for hybrid General Assembly in August
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has announced details for its hybrid approach to this year’s General Assembly, which got moved from June to August and from Washington, D.C., to a mixed-venue approach. Like many denominational annual meetings, CBF’s 2020 General Assembly…
How White Southern Christians Fought to Preserve Segregation
Americans are in the midst of a reckoning about systemic racism and its history in the United States. “Critical race theory” and “anti-racism” have become a hotly debated topics in the media, in politics, in churches, and in schools. Protesters…
Evangelical Covenant Church joins list of Protestant denominations rebuking Doctrine of Discovery
he Evangelical Covenant Church became the latest Protestant denomination in the United States to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, the theological justification that allowed the discovery and domination by European Christians of lands already inhabited by Indigenous peoples.
Christian musician Matthew West deletes ‘Modest Is Hottest’ YouTube video after pushback
Christian musician Matthew West thought he was poking fun at overprotective dads with a new song “Modest Is Hottest.”