Christian comedian Jeremy McLellan puts social justice at the center of his work and his comedy has turned into an unlikely form of advocacy against Islamophobia.
Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. defends decision to pull anti-Trump column
Falwell denies that he pulled a column from the student newspaper because it was critical of Donald Trump, though students are questioning his assertion.
Being Muslim American in the year of Donald Trump
Muslim Americans describe the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a seminal moment that painfully altered their place in American society. But when CNN interviewed American Muslims about the presidential election, it heard a startling message: 2016 is worse.
God and the genome: A geneticist seeks allies among the faithful
Religious leaders and bioethicists have debated genome editing for decades, but it’s largely been a theoretical consideration. Now it’s a very real possibility.
Suffer the children
The Synoptic Gospels’ story of Jesus’ welcoming the children is as puzzling as it is familiar.
Pat Robertson, Christianity’s crazy uncle
He was once an influential televangelist and powerful leader of the religious right, but in recent years, he’s used his 700 Club television show to spout extreme rhetoric, peddle bizarre prophecies and fling insensitive comments.
‘Bipolar Faith,’ an autobiography of race and mental illness
Monica Coleman says she wrote to show the experience of one with bipolar II who has faith, doubts, loses faith and finds it again and again, and reflects the particularity of African-American experiences.
A new home and a new religion in Germany
Among the Iranian refugees filling European church pews.
Donald Trump reveals evangelical rifts that could shape politics for years
While most of the religious right’s aging old guard has chosen to stand by Mr. Trump, its judgment and authority are being challenged by an increasingly assertive crop of younger leaders, minorities and women.