They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt.
On Purim in wartime, Jews wrestle with a biblical story of retribution
The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are encouraged — in synagogue no less — as Jews gather for a public reading of the biblical Book of Esther….
The Urgent Supreme Court Case That’s Not Getting Enough Attention
While the country holds its breath for the Supreme Court’s responses to the Trump administration’s serial depredations, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Nonetheless, a case set for argument next month before the court merits more attention than the little it has received,…
Nixed USAID Scholarship Helped Christian Students Escape War
Mang Tha Par had just left war-stricken Myanmar and was still getting used to life in Thailand last December when tensions arose between her and her family members back home. Emotional distress prompted her to seek counseling.
Breaking with recent consensus, Trump makes ‘anti-Semitism’ hyphenated again
It was supposed to be settled: Strike the hyphen from “anti-Semitism” and use “antisemitism” instead.
On Religion: Yet Another Threat To The Ancient Church In Syria
In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim — with many shouting — bold statements of faith from the year 787.
Pope Francis’s words air in St. Peter’s Square for first time since illness
Pope Francis’s gravelly, frail voice echoed through St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, as a recorded message from the ailing pontiff delivered his first spoken words to 1.4 billion Catholics since his admission to a Rome hospital nearly three weeks ago.
How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965,…
14 LGBTQ-affirming ministers lose credentials, more face investigation, over beliefs
Grinning before a congregation on the outskirts of Indianapolis, a woman named Rhonda was baptized in a horse trough in 2014 as her girlfriend and kids looked on.
In meeting with Irish leader, Trump disparages Chuck Schumer as ‘not Jewish anymore’
President Donald Trump falsely said that Sen. Chuck Schumer is no longer Jewish and called him a “Palestinian” while speaking to reporters Wednesday.
A fire chief says he battled Christian discrimination. Supreme Court declines to take his case
Ronald Hittle was laid off as fire chief of Stockton, Calif., after facing allegations of misconduct, including an anonymous letter describing him as a “corrupt, racist, lying, religious fanatic.” One of the issues that led to his termination: he had…
‘Come as You Are’ Is Not a Slogan for the Church
In her introduction to your latest book, Jesus Changes Everything, Tish Harrison Warren mentions something many Christians are concerned about: that we live in a post-Christian world.