American actor Mark Ruffalo on Saturday denied that he is antisemitic, one day after Paramount accused the actor of invoking antisemitic tropes in his campaign against the studio’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.
Apologist William Lane Craig draws backlash for questioning Nicene Creed: ‘This is really bad’
Prominent Christian apologist and theologian William Lane Craig drew backlash last week over a clip in which he questioned the Nicene Creed and its assertion that Jesus Christ is eternally begotten of the Father in His divine nature.
Settler attacks threaten the West Bank’s final Christian village
In early August, Joseph Hazboun visited a newly built home among the fields near Taybeh, considered the last Christian village in the West Bank. Its owner, a local Palestinian Christian, claimed he could not access his property safely because of…
Muslims have been part of the American story since before independence
Many early Americans were astute enough, unlike so many Americans today, to distinguish between good and bad Muslims. From the 16th to the 18th Centuries the Barbary pirates (also known as the “naval mujahadeen”) raided the southern coasts of Europe. They stole…
Why Our Dog Was Given A Taiwanese Traditional Pet Funeral
Before a shrine of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha lay a white Spitz, her lifeless body wrapped in a gold “dharani blanket” covered in Sanskrit and Chinese. To the left, a wall was stocked with Buddhist and Taoist offerings, to be burned. The…
Cardinal Brislin joins African clergy in calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide
Ten Catholic clergy from Africa, including Cardinal Stephen Brislin of South Africa, issued a statement Friday (Aug. 21) describing the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza as genocide, drawing on their continent’s experience of war and apartheid.
The USS Abraham Lincoln: America must demand the truth
Given the recent reports of shortages, suffering and deprivation among sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an American aircraft carrier on extended patrol in the Middle East, let me begin by stating my tremendous admiration for our military veterans in…
A Christian Is Suing His Employer over Fossil Fuels in His 401(k). Does He Have a Case?
Andrew Hartley bikes to work, eats a plant-based diet, and involves himself in multiple organizations that help him do what he thinks the Bible tells him to do: care for the Earth.
Belief Isn’t Dying, It’s Just Getting Less Certain
One of the most common critiques I hear about survey research on religion is that it flattens something that is deeply personal and profoundly complex. Questions about belief certainly fall into this trap. The General Social Survey has questions about a respondent’s…
White supremacists spin a Justice Department indictment against a hate‑monitoring group to legitimize extremism and expand recruitment
In April 2026, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Did this field trip to a mosque violate the First Amendment? A group of Palo Alto parents think so.
A group of Jewish, Hindu and Zoroastrian parents and students are suing a California school district, alleging that a high school program’s field trip to a mosque — and no other houses of worship — violated the First Amendment.
Newly Found Augustine Sermons Explore Saul’s Necromancy
King Saul famously courts a medium in 1 Samuel 28, summoning the ghostly figure of the departed Samuel in a moment of distress and disconnection with God. This summer, German researchers summoned new insight on this mysterious passage after uncovering…