Russian occupying forces seized another Baptist church in Ukraine, and a military court in Russia imprisoned a Baptist who refused to fight in Ukraine on religious grounds, Forum 18 News reported.
Religion(s) and the rule of law: Let us compare mythologies
As perceptively noted by James Boyd White, religion is difficult to talk about because it speaks to a way of experiencing life that affirms ineffable or mysterious links between self and others, truth and uncertainty, the real and the spiritual.
Why editors in legacy newsrooms struggle with calling members of Hamas ‘terrorists’
The British state broadcaster came under pressure last week when its leaders refused to call Hamas terrorists. In an explanation posted to the BBC website on Oct. 11, John Simpson, who serves as World Affairs editor, defended the decision this…
Russian Orthodox Church appoints Putin’s spiritual adviser metropolitan of Crimea
The Russian Orthodox Church has installed one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies as the highest-ranking church leader in Crimea.
Voices: A wall of separation is meant to protect the people
Some Christian preachers and writers believe the concept of the separation of church and state arose in America specifically to protect the church from the government. In reality, the idea arose to seek to protect the people from both the…
This Is the Violent World in Which Christ Commands Peace
The horror of terrorism reminds us anew of how impossible it feels to love our enemies.
Martin Scorsese’s Catholic Faith Shines In ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’,
Martin Scorsese’s latest film may be among his greatest, and also, fittingly, his most Christian.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades
Woman, Life, Freedom,” the slogan adopted by Iranians to protest the unjust death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, is, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the most suitable way to describe the work of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi.
Living Stones in the Land of Cedars
Speaking late last month at an anniversary celebration of the Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development, Lebanese politician and businessman Neemat Frem expressed his hope for the type of pluralistic and peaceful society that Lebanon could model.
Liberty University Broke Safety Laws For Years, Federal Report Finds
Liberty University reportedly failed to keep its campus safe and repeatedly violated federal law specifying how to do so for years, according to a U.S. Department of Education preliminary report obtained by The Washington Post.
Ghana’s Politicians and Christian Leaders Seek to Ban Witchcraft Accusations
During the last week of September, news broke that a 60-year-old woman had been killed at her home in northern Ghana by a young male relative.
How Chicana women artists have often used the figure of the Virgin of Guadalupe for political messages
In 1975, Chicano artist Amado M. Peña depicted police brutality by showing the bloodied head of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez, whom Dallas police had shot for allegedly stealing $8 from a vending machine.