The Knights have not remained politically neutral, and have often worked against separation of church and state. More recently, it made million-dollar plus contributions to overturn marriage equality in California, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.
How Jars of Clay guitarist ended up as a barber
As the band’s religious beliefs shifted, it became tougher to play lucrative evangelical music festivals. They were getting older, and it was time to start thinking about plan B.
American Muslim writer notes predictable media reactions to terrorism
In a tweetstorm on March 22, Moroccan-American and Muslim writer Laila Lalami bemoaned scripted American media reactions to terrorism and mass shootings.
Black activism, unchurched
Where is the church in the Black Lives Matter movement? A new generation of young leaders in Baltimore are largely organizing outside of congregations. What does this mean for their movement — and for the church?
Headed toward Christ: The grand narrative of evolution
As the fate of our planet hangs upon decisions we are making right now, correctly discerning the redemptive presence of God in the wider movement of cosmic and human history is important for our survival. Modern dreams of political emancipation…
Theology schools, facing lean times, look to one another and the Web
Seminaries and divinity schools are in a period of unprecedented experimentation. Schools are merging; or joining together, across religious lines, in interfaith consortiums; or moving online.
Scalia death a blow to Obamacare contraception challengers
Christian groups asking the U.S. Supreme Court to exempt them from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under President Obama’s healthcare law face an uphill battle following Justice Antonin Scalia’s death last month.
Is Palm Sunday a rainforest killer?
For years, Latin Americans were stripping the landscape bare to sell palm leaves to U.S. florists and churches, until an eco-friendly Guatemala program turned things around.
White Americans, this is what it feels like to be a minority
In this political season, a fear, masked by a sometimes openly raging anger directed toward an array of minorities, is the fear of a white majority that is thoroughly panicked by the awareness that it is on a slow but…