The first Moral Monday took place in Austin, Texas, and will continue with the hopes of creating positive social change in a state that is candy-apple red.
The political magic of C.S. Lewis
Lewis saw public matters, and indeed all of life, through a theological lens; his Christian belief had important public consequences because it provided him with insights into the human condition.
‘The Exorcist’ and the lost art of Catholic storytelling
A TV reboot of the 1971 novel and its film adaptation debuts this week, but the deeper religious themes of the original story might be lost on contemporary American viewers.
Soaring cathedral attendance buttresses church worship figures
The Church of England is experiencing steady decline in numbers, but latest figures show attendance at England’s 42 cathedrals is soaring.
Religion and resistance at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture
The new museum’s Center for the Study of African American Religion aims to further research on the inextricable role spirituality has played in black America’s past and present.
Congressional chaplains: Can they welcome all religions and no religion at all?
If people from some religious backgrounds are given a place at this congressional podium, a wide range must be represented — including atheists — if we are committed to being a truly pluralistic nation.
Brian McLaren: 10 reasons I parted company with the Conservative Evangelical Project
The more deeply I engaged with the life and teaching of Jesus at the heart of my faith, the less enamored I became with the political project to which evangelicalism was giving its soul.
The giving is the getting (or a pastor walks into an AIDS conference)
What I didn’t quite expect was the hugging, and the tears, and the trembling hands, and the cheers, and the prayers, and the singing, and the whispered exclamations of “I can’t believe you’re here, I didn’t think God still cared.”
Religion and science can have a true dialog
A popular assumption that there is a conflict between the Church and the research world should be dispelled, says Kathryn Pritchard.