As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slavery was a largely male endeavor — that, for the most part, the…
Pope Francis appeals for urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and backs cease-fire proposals
Pope Francis called Sunday for humanitarian aid to urgently reach Palestinians in Gaza and for Israel and Hamas to immediately accept proposals for a cease-fire and release of hostages.
June Honeycutt dies at age 96
June Williams Honeycutt died Saturday, June 8, in Louisville, Ky. She was the widow of Roy Honeycutt, former president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. He was the last “moderate” president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s mother seminary before…
I’ve Preached the Gospel Countless Times. The Love of the Amish Preached it to Me.
On Sunday, June 21, 2020, 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, was kidnapped and later murdered by Justo Smoker—my brother-in-law.
Matthew Krishanu’s Divine Paintings About Religion And Upbringing In South Asia
Personal history, memory and imagination are key to the work of London-based painter Matthew Krishanu, whose atmospheric, pared-back compositions explore childhood, religion and the legacies of colonialism.
Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona
A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away…
Women get a voice in Israel’s vote for chief rabbi. It may not save a deeply unpopular institution.
Israel’s minister of religious affairs, Michael Malchieli, announced last week that he would commit to appointing 10 women to seats in the 150-member assembly responsible for electing Israel’s two chief rabbis, ahead of the next election this summer.
For American Jews, Interfaith Weddings Have Become A New Normal
More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New York City.
Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions
Earlier this spring, the European Parliament voted to overhaul its immigration policy to more evenly distribute responsibility among member states for managing the arrival of migrants and asylum-seekers.
Ohio’s attorney general seeks to block seminary college from selling its rare books
Ohio’s attorney general asked a judge on Tuesday to bar an international institution of Jewish higher education from selling its rare book collection.
Bible societies mount effort to revive view of Scripture as source of ancient wisdom
One of the biggest research projects into Scripture ever conducted is looking into how people use the Bible and what it means to them, an attempt to understand why, in a time when 90% of the world’s population has access…
New commission of religiously affiliated higher education aims to spark collaboration
A prominent association of American colleges and universities has created a new commission of religious schools whose aim will be to share with their nonreligious counterparts recent successes in the areas of access and affordability and the innovations that have…