The federal government’s decision to pursue Dylann Roof’s execution is widely questioned, and it is in defiance of the wishes and recommendations of survivors of the attack, many family members of the dead and some Justice Department officials.

Growing numbers of synagogues and churches as well as two dozen U.S. cities are offering protection amid the threat of deportation under the Trump administration.

Whatever the final result of the huge, long-running protests by native Americans against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the demonstrations will surely be remembered as a landmark in relations between organized religion, Christianity in particular, and indigenous people.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old accused of killing nine parishioners in a Charleston, S.C., church last year, is competent to stand trial.

Most of what we think we know about the earliest Christians comes from later traditions, Hollywood epics and, sadly, “The Da Vinci Code.”

What unifies the thousands of water protectors is devotion and prayer. Tribal leaders told us repeatedly these aren’t protests; these are ceremonies being held at a sacred place. Understanding the spirituality driving this struggle was an eye-opening experience.

Comfortable in his Maryland home, the Rev. Eric So could not stop thinking about the plight of refugees. The pastor felt so moved that he made an unusual decision: He would not just be a pastor to these refugee families….

Nearly 200 religious and civil rights groups are petitioning President Obama to dismantle the regulatory framework behind a Homeland Security program critics say discriminates against Muslims and Arabs.

A change to a popular translation of the Bible could affect readers’ views on marriage and gender roles.

Luther’s spectacular success was in large part a propaganda phenomenon. His broadside against Catholic Church practices might have gone unnoticed were it not for the introduction a few decades earlier of a new technology: the printing press.

During his campaign, Donald Trump vowed to deport an estimated 11 million foreigners. Since his election victory, he said he would immediately deport 2 to 3 million undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.