The first bullets struck the radio station located on the south end of the 15-acre property of the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. A week later, over the course of two days, more bullets hit the temple…
Catholic solar projects in peril as GOP bill slashes clean energy tax credits
Catholic parishes, schools and houses of worship across the country pursuing wind and solar projects were dealt a major financial blow in President Donald Trump’s domestic-policy and tax-cut bill signed into law on July 4.
How US Christian nationalists are exporting their agenda to Europe
A report on the state of reproductive rights presented to journalists, policy wonks and activists in Brussels on June 26 begins with a quote from the 15th-century general and military theorist Raimondo Montecuccoli: “To wage war, you need first of all…
How Distinctive are Evangelicals, really?
There’s this book that came out way back in 1998 that has a title that has to rank up there in my favorite ones of all time, “American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving.”
T.D. Jakes Hands Over Leadership of Dallas Megachurch
The Potter’s House, the Dallas-based megachurch led by Bishop T. D. Jakes, formally installed Jakes’s daughter and son-in-law—Sarah Jakes Roberts and Touré Roberts—as co–senior pastors on Sunday, ushering in a new era of leadership for the prominent ministry.
The Christian Documentarians Trying to Help Ukraine
Colby Barrett was at his home in Telluride, Colorado, last year when a friend called with an invitation. He wanted Barrett to join a convoy delivering aid to Ukraine.
1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ongoing culture war.
Ukraine strips Orthodox leader of citizenship, alleging links to Moscow
Ukrainian authorities moved Wednesday (July 2) to strip Metropolitan Onufriy, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, of his Ukrainian citizenship, citing alleged ties between Onufriy himself, as well as the church he leads, with Moscow.
The New Gospel Of Death: What Hollywood’s Afterlife Looks Like
Death is a part of life. Ben Franklin put it this way: “In this life, nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
‘The LORD told me it’s flat none of your business’: Jimmy Swaggart’s Scandalous Legacy
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart died yesterday. He’ll be remembered in many ways—as a charismatic preacher and talented singer (Swaggart was Jerry Lee Lewis’ cousin). But perhaps his most lasting legacy is as a creative pioneer in the art of managing a…
In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
A Conservative synagogue in Minnesota has become the first in its denomination to allow its clergy to participate in — but not officiate — weddings of Jews who marry outside their faith.
Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass
Leaked documents seemingly undermining Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass provided an incomplete reconstruction of the evidence that informed his 2021 decision to crack down on the spread of the ancient liturgy, the Vatican said Thursday.