It’s no secret that JD Vance has lost the confidence of many Jewish Republicans, who have taken issue with the vice president’s reprimanding of Israeli officials, indulgence of anti-Israel conspiracy theories and silence on Tucker Carlson, the prominent pundit who has turned…
If the church doesn’t rise up for the disabled, who will?
We are watching systems designed to care for our nation’s most vulnerable begin to shrink.
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel takes on popes, delves into end-times theology
In the last two weeks, the billionaire venture tech capitalist Peter Thiel has accused Pope Leo XIV of being a Chinese communist agent and insinuated in the pages of a prominent interreligious journal that Pope Francis was an Antichrist figure.
European Evangelicals Draw A Clear Distinction From Their American Counterparts
The European Evangelical Alliance, which represents some 23 million evangelical Christians on the continent, recently released an important report “European Evangelicals in Public Life: Our Identity and Contribution.” It summarizes who European evangelicals are, what they believe, and what their major…
Clergy serving among the ruins of Venezuela
At least 4,500 people were killed in the earthquake, with thousands more still missing. At least 16,700 people were injured.
The Deep Spiritual History of AI
In 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a room of developers in London that he does not pray for God to be on his side, but instead prays to be on God’s side, and that working on frontier artificial intelligence…
Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service
Israel’s parliament has approved laws that effectively halt the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox men in the country’s military in a last-ditch effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition to woo religious political parties ahead of elections in the fall.
Built for a Church That No Longer Exists
Sometimes the doom scrolling really does pay off. I hate to admit it, but flicking through thousands of social media posts a week is a way that I can find interesting stories to write about for Graphs about Religion. And,…
Every Generation Is the Founding Generation
The country was founded in 1776. It was also founded in 1965, on a bridge in Selma. It was founded in a one-room schoolhouse where a teacher taught children to read against the law. It is being founded this morning,…
Religious schools that get public funds must follow Maine’s antidiscrimination laws, court rules
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that private religious schools receiving public funds cannot discriminate based on gender identity, sexual orientation or religion. But it said a provision about religious expression should be revisited.
Have Praise Teams Replaced Black Church Choirs?
Nathan Glasper Jr. directs Calvin University’s gospel choir, an ensemble that started as a club at the institution 38 years ago. When the club started, some at the university didn’t see gospel music as a tradition that belonged in higher…
Faith-based AI company Gloo faces moment of truth after $438M in losses
Scott Beck has long hoped the faith-based tech company he founded in 2013 would help churches and other Christian groups harness technology to spread God’s word and help save the world.