Minnesota state senator John Marty, son of religion scholar Martin Marty, says the government-sanctioned national motto “devalues and cheapens our religion.”
The unlikely endurance of Christian rock
The genre has been disdained by the church and mocked by secular culture. That just reassured practitioners that they were rebels on a righteous path.
Chelsea Clinton: Reversing abortion rights would be ‘un-Christian’
The former first daughter spoke during a Sirius XM radio show about her thoughts on Roe v. Wade.
Martin Niemöller before the Nazis finally came for him
The German pastor behind the historic “then they came for me” confession famously opposed Hitler — eventually.
The tiny blond Bible teacher taking on the evangelical political machine
Beth Moore grew her flock by teaching scripture to women—and being deferential to men. Now her outspokenness on sexism could cost her everything.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s battering ram
What does the press secretary believe in—other than defending the President’s every word?
What one pastor’s anti-Nike protest says about religion and nationalism in America
An Alabama pastor cut up his Nike gear at the pulpit.
‘Connecting the dots’ between faith and climate change
Tackling issues like climate change or protecting the environment often requires a lot of boring, behind-the-scenes work, far from the spotlight. But sometimes you have to let your light shine.
As congregations dwindle, Baltimore’s empty churches become homes
Shifts in population and religious affiliations have left many area churches bereft of congregants. But a congregation’s loss can be a homeowner’s gain as churches get redeveloped into much-needed housing stock.
Faith groups hope to make carbon fee a moral and spiritual choice
Earth Ministry is throwing moral and spiritual weight behind November’s Initiative 1631.
‘CrossFit is my church’
How fitness classes provide the meaning that religion once did.
‘It’s a gay problem,’ and other myths from the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis
The cover-up has nothing to do with politics. It’s about saving face, protecting priestly friends, and saving the Church from scandal.