Residents of a Detroit-area community with a large Muslim population can sacrifice animals at home for religious reasons.
Young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them?
“When students come back at semester breaks, that’s when the conversations really pick up,” said Jon-Michael Phillips, 35, a youth pastor at a nondenominational church in Jackson, Michigan, a city of about 31,000 between Ann Arbor and Lansing, the state’s…
Left-wing Israelis take to the streets as new government presses right-wing agenda further
As Israel’s new right-wing government continued to signal that it would push through measures to cripple the judiciary and clamp down on public dissent and news operations, thousands of citizens took to the streets in protest and one prominent opposition…
God and guns often go together in US history – this course examines why
As a religion professor, I’ve come to know many students from other countries who identify as Christian. I realized they were puzzled at some of the things Americans often bundled into their faith – things these international Christians didn’t consider relevant…
C of E setting up £100m fund to ‘address past wrongs’ of slave trade links
The Church of England has committed £100m to a fund it is setting up to compensate for its historical benefit from the international slave trade.
Bad Preachers’ Wives
On a hot pandemic day in 2020, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of the fundamentalist Christian Liberty University, was caught with his pants down. To be fair, Falwell voluntarily posed for the compromising photograph, which he then posted to his 25,000 Instagram followers.
Baptists assaulted in indigenous community in Mexico
A Baptist woman in Mexico remains hospitalized in serious condition after being tied to a tree and beaten before Christmas.
US Bishops Urge Biden Administration to ‘Reverse Its Present Course’ on Immigration
On the eve of President Joe Biden’s scheduled Sunday visit to the U.S.-Mexico border to meet with local officials and border enforcement agents, the U.S. Catholic bishops announced their opposition to the administration’s recent crackdown on illegal immigration to the…
United Arab Emirates says it will teach Holocaust in schools
The United Arab Emirates will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools across the country, the country’s embassy in the United States said.
South Carolina’s largest UMC church set to leave denomination
South Carolina’s largest United Methodist church is gearing up to break from the denomination with a formal vote expected next month.
What is Pentecostal Christianity?
In the wake of every election, political analysts pore over polls for clues about how conservative Christians voted, especially evangelicals – and the 2022 midterms are no exception. But these discussions often overlook a group with an increasingly important role…
Jewish teachings greet Los Angeles drivers in billboard campaign
From the intersection of Pico and Hauser boulevards in Los Angeles to the Venice and Lincoln crossing near the beach, drivers across the city are being greeted with billboards featuring affirmations associated with Jewish texts and teachings.