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.
Why ‘Jesus is a Palestinian’ sounds like Christian solidarity but is disastrous theology
In Advent of last year, a Nativity scene at the Vatican briefly showed the baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh, along with the spurious declaration that “Jesus was Palestinian.”
As ICE targets a Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for
The campus pro-Palestinian protests that erupted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks united many Jewish students, parents and “defense” groups in a national fight against antisemitism, intimidation and the disruption of university life.
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
Donald Trump is the third U.S. president to pardon a large group of insurrectionists. His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two…
Ukrainian Evangelicals Wait for the End
Maia Mikhaluk feels as if she hasn’t slept for three years. Not really. Not well.