On the day the Supreme Court hears arguments in a Mississippi abortion ban case, Sheila Katz plans to be at a nearby church.
Vainglory days: a foremost expert on religious violence offers clues to how Qanon might end
QAnon won’t last forever. Sooner or later, even if the failure of their prophecies doesn’t necessarily do them in, conspiracy theories unravel and violent movements associated with them eventually end.
Driver charged with desecrating cemetery during car chase
A driver has ben charged with desecration of a human burial ground after he drove over several gravestones and knocked over a headstone in a Charleston County cemetery as he tried to run from police, investigators said.
White supremacists found liable for violence at Charlottesville rally
A jury has found that a group that helped organized the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is liable for injuries suffered by counterprotesters, awarding a total of $26 million in damages.
Died: Labib Madanat, Who Showed the Bible to Palestinians and Israelis in Word and Deed
During his decades of ministry, Labib Madanat repeatedly passed through Israel’s main international airport. So regularly did security detain and thoroughly search him, he developed his own response.
Pastor who called on husbands to rape their wives is placed on leave
The pastor of a New York City Seventh-day Adventist church who said in a sermon earlier this month that husbands may rape their wives has been placed on administrative leave.
Why Bibles Are Disappearing From Hotel Nightstands
Thanksgiving is once again upon us and with it the official start of the busy holiday travel season that extends through Christmas.
Faith advisory board with Trump ties urges religious vaccine exemptions for military
More than 1,700 religious leaders organized by former President Donald Trump’s faith advisers are urging the U.S. military to grant religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, alleging service members with spiritual objections to the inoculations are being “stripped of their…
A quiet revolution: the female imams taking over an LA mosque
When Tasneem Noor got on the stage at the Women’s Mosque of America in Los Angeles, she felt butterflies in her stomach. Facing about fifty women on praying rugs, ready to deliver a sermon – khutba in Arabic – she…
Can Public Money Go to Religious Schools? A Divisive Supreme Court Case Awaits
The latest case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court on religious rights and school choice has been nearly 150 years in the making.
Pro-Israel pastor apologizes for hosting event where Michael Flynn called for US to have ‘one religion’
The Christian Zionist pastor of a major church asked forgiveness for allowing the church to host an event where Michael Flynn said that the United States should only have one religion.
Some US Christian schools believe religious freedom means they can fire gay teachers
When volleyball coach Inoke Tonga was called in for a meeting with the leadership of Valor Christian high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, this fall, he thought he was about to be offered a promotion.