With zip-ties on their wrists, the Rev. William Barber and 31 other protesters were led away by police as supporters continued protest chants in support of health care for all.
For two evangelical Christians, Manuel Noriega became the ultimate jailhouse convert
Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega had been locked up in a federal prison outside Miami for less than a week when a package arrived with his name on it. Inside was a leather-bound copy of the Soul Winner’s New Testament.
How St. Patrick evangelized a violent culture
It is hard to imagine a time or place more opposed to the gospel than fifth-century Ireland.
A giant ark is just the start. These creationists have a bigger plan for recruiting new believers.
Instead of building a church, Answers in Genesis is sharing its teachings through a controversial biblical theme park designed to attract believers and nonbelievers alike.
Why are there so few mainline celebrities?
The chilly relationship between mainline Protestantism and the popular marketplace has become a feature of the mainline’s self-understanding. The more that evangelicals and Pentecostals dominate megachurches and TV, the more that mainline pastors seem disinclined to enter the fray.
An ancient Nordic religion is inspiring white supremacist terror
Some white supremacists have turned to an ancient religion known as Odinism and in at least six cases since 2001, professed racist Odinists have been convicted of domestic terrorism attacks, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Gunmen attack Coptic Christian convoy in Egypt, killing at least 26
Gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying Coptic Christians in southern Egypt early Friday, killing at least 26 people, according to a church official, in the latest deadly assault on the country’s embattled religious minority.
On minimalism + Millennials: Hold on, it’s not what you think
What if our struggles as aspiring minimalists, Millennials, middle-aged, and middle-class Christians are rooted not in the fact that we didn’t take the message of the Church seriously enough, but that we took the message we received too seriously.
‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school defends decision to deny pregnant teen graduation ‘walk’
Countering criticism even from conservative Christians, the principal of a Christian school in Maryland invoked its moral code in defense of a decision to forbid a pregnant student from crossing the graduation stage.
Martin Luther: Father of protest songs?
Music was crucial to his ideology, and encouraged radical singers long after his death. His popular musical style, meanwhile, is immediately comparable with some of the most well-known protest movements of the modern age, like “We Shall Overcome” and “Give…
In U.S, belief in creationist view of humans at new low
The percentage of U.S. adults who believe that God created humans in their present form at some time within the last 10,000 years or so — the strict creationist view — has reached a new low.
Shame, guilt and fear: What 1,000 Americans avoid most
Many Americans are more worried about their reputation than their conscience. They worry less about guilt and fear and more about avoiding shame, according to a new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.