A few years ago, Jocelyn Whalen wanted to involve her adolescent son and daughter in youth organizations reflecting her family’s values.
Benedict XVI takes confessional tone in response to allegations of abuse coverup
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI took a penitential approach in his response on Tuesday (Feb. 8) to a report on clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich, which he led from 1977 to 1982.
Black Baptists Discover Lost Cemetery in Virginia
They needed a John Deere Gator to reach the perimeter. Then, in the forested area behind a power plant in Williamsburg, Virginia, Colette Roots and her small expedition had to jump over ditches full of rainwater, where they could see…
The Real Story Of The Rev. Oliver Brown, Lead Plaintiff In Brown V. Board Of Education
You may think you know the story of the Rev. Oliver Brown, the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
A judge ordered the U.S. to pay $230 million to victims of a Texas church massacre
The U.S. government must pay victims and families of victims of a 2017 Texas church massacre more than $230 million, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Biden joins pope, imam in calling for ‘human fraternity’
U.S. President Joe Biden joined Pope Francis and a leading Sunni imam on Friday in calling for greater global cooperation to fight the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and other world crises on the second anniversary of a landmark Christian-Muslim peace…
Immigration reform used to unite faith groups—not anymore
Back in 2013, creating a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. was the rare issue that virtually all major American religious groups could agree on. The cause was so unifying that conservative evangelicals joined liberal leaders from other…
Can Lebanon’s Baptists and Maronites Cooperate Amid Crisis?
The value of Lebanon’s largest denomination of lira is now worth $4. It used to be able to purchase a ticket to a Broadway show. Today, amid a currency crisis that has pushed poverty rates to 82 percent, it can buy a…
US Jews talk identity, Holocaust after Goldberg’s remarks
The uproar over Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks about the Holocaust has catalyzed somber reflections by many American Jews about not only the legacy of the Holocaust but anti-Jewish discrimination in the United States and their sense of a collective identity.
Missouri governor’s ‘Christian values’ statement questioned
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has no “litmus test for appointments,” his spokeswoman said Friday, despite a statement earlier in the week indicating he would only nominate a state health director who shared his “Christian values.”
Complaint: Teacher proselytized, made antisemitic comments
The mother of a Tennessee middle-schooler claims a class on the Bible as literature included Christian proselytizing and comments offensive to Jews and other non-Christians, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
Secularism in the US is larger, more diverse and more dynamic than ever, but you wouldn’t know it from the media
“I’m done waiting for mainstream media to cover nonreligious people and secular issues fairly and accurately,” says Sarah Levin, a woman who wears a number of hats in the institutional secular world. “I’m done waiting for them to stop reinforcing…