When Jan Gibbs began proofreading Bibles 14 years ago for Peachtree Publishing Services, which celebrated in December the distribution of a billion copies of its works, she first had to learn to draw lines.
Modi Critics Raise Alarms Regarding India’s Persecution Of Religious Minorities
As India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to run for a third term, the country remains on the brink. Activists, journalists and civil society groups have continued in recent months to raise alarms at the rise in religious persecution of…
A small Spanish city’s bid to build Europe’s biggest Buddha
Every November, the Spanish town of Cáceres holds the Medieval Market of the Three Cultures to commemorate its history of religious coexistence, Spanish Inquisition aside.
Florida Collects Enough Signatures To Put Pro-Choice Initiative On November Ballot
Abortion rights advocates in Florida have officially collected enough signatures to put a pro-choice amendment on the ballot in November.
How to deal with same-sex unions? It’s a question fracturing major Christian denominations
Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion welcome the move; some conservative bishops assail the new policy as a betrayal of the church’s condemnation of sexual relations…
Pop-culture angels are more than just embarrassing kitsch
Cloying sentimentality, saccharine pablum, ridiculous camp and embarrassing kitsch—in the contemporary moment the word “angel” hasn’t fared well among those who describe themselves as sophisticates or intellectuals. To many, angels don’t simply conjure superstitious beliefs, but embarrassing superstitious beliefs. Faith in God…
Invested Faith selects six fellows to receive social innovation grants
Invested Faith, a fund that supports faith-rooted social innovators, has announced its ninth class of fellows, or grant recipients. Six people representing five causes will receive fellowships to help them address systemic issues of injustice in their communities while building…
Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power
The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday.
Is being rich bad for your soul? Yes, but not for the reason you expect
For almost seven years, since I first saw it in The Washington Post, the headline has stuck in my head: “Being Rich Wrecks Your Soul: We Used to Know That.”
Alice Hoffman’s new book will imagine Anne Frank’s life before she kept a diary
With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic.
Close Encounters of the Elite Institutional Kind
A friend recently recounted a horrible flying experience full of delays, obfuscating explanations, and eventual cancellations. We concluded that one of the most infuriating parts of modern travel is that there is no single person to blame when it falls…
Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader signs with the New York Mets
Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader is headed back to New York, this time as a member of the New York Mets.