King’s theology didn’t develop overnight or come from whole cloth through another source. It developed over years and from sources as diverse as Transcendentalism, Gandhi, the black church and a string of theologians, both his forerunners and his contemporaries.

Faith leaders held a foot washing service for refugees in front of the White House “to raise the importance of servanthood and hospitality,” according to organizers.

Conservative Christian colleges, once relatively insulated from the culture war, are increasingly entangled in the same battles over LGBT rights and related social issues that have divided other institutions in America.

Mr. Rodriguez represents a singular voice in the immigration debate — the rare Latino in the small clique of evangelicals who serve as informal advisers to President Trump.

The challenge today is how to distinguish between, on the one hand, attempts to license discrimination that come cloaked in the language of religious freedom and, on the other hand, genuine disagreements about how people and institutions of vastly different convictions can live together in a pluralistic society.

During worship services and a two-hour gathering Friday that the church called a “family meeting,” Bill Hybels and elders walked members through three inquiries overseen by elders over the last four years, all of which cleared Hybels of misconduct.

I am not ashamed to admit it. They made me do it. Cry. More than once. “They” being the uncommonly common students who led the March For Our Lives rally in Washington. The day may well be accounted as among the most significant in our nation’s history.

A bill requiring Tennessee schools to prominently display the national “In God We Trust” motto is headed to the governor for his signature.

The Memphis megachurch announced the resignation Tuesday, saying that “the leadership team at Highpoint Church agrees that Andy’s resignation is appropriate.” It is the first time the church leadership has termed the encounter involving Savage as “abuse.”