Nearly three dozen historic Black religious sites will receive a $4 million infusion of funding to help them with renovations and preservation of their buildings across the country.
Biden Slams GOP Efforts To Silence Discussions Of Systemic Racism
President Joe Biden on Monday criticized Republican attempts to limit how educators discuss race and systemic discrimination in schools, arguing that teaching these topics isn’t about being “woke” but about acknowledging history.
Conference on religious trauma aims to equip survivors for recovery
Raised by evangelical Christian missionaries, Kara Erickson struggled for years with anxiety, depression and eating disorders that two decades ago landed her in inpatient treatment.
Israel To Restore Ancient Pool For Pilgrims That’s Notoriously Frustrating To Reach
In Jerusalem, archaeology, transportation planning and tourism can result in a trifecta of trouble. Witness recent controversial plans announced for the historic City of David National Park.
Diane Langberg on church leaders and abuse: ‘We have utterly failed God’
Not long after Diane Langberg began working as a clinical psychologist in the 1970s, a client told her that she had been a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Not sure of what to do, Langberg…
New House Homeland Security Committee Chair Has History Of Anti-Muslim Comments
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is set to lead the House Committee on Homeland Security, which Muslim civil rights groups say is alarming because he has a history of making Islamophobic remarks.
Why Israel’s Orthodox Jewish parties want to narrow the country’s ‘Law of Return’
The embattled U.S. Rep George Santos of New York claims that he’s not Jewish, but only “Jew-ish.” That distinction might seem to disqualify him from automatic Israeli citizenship under the country’s “Law of Return,” which offers immediate citizenship to all Jews. But…
GOP May Kick Rep. Ilhan Omar Off Committees After Years Of Islamophobic Attacks
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has vowed to bar Democrats Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar from serving on House committees.
Detroit-area city OKs animal sacrifice for religious reasons
Residents of a Detroit-area community with a large Muslim population can sacrifice animals at home for religious reasons.
Young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them?
“When students come back at semester breaks, that’s when the conversations really pick up,” said Jon-Michael Phillips, 35, a youth pastor at a nondenominational church in Jackson, Michigan, a city of about 31,000 between Ann Arbor and Lansing, the state’s…
Left-wing Israelis take to the streets as new government presses right-wing agenda further
As Israel’s new right-wing government continued to signal that it would push through measures to cripple the judiciary and clamp down on public dissent and news operations, thousands of citizens took to the streets in protest and one prominent opposition…
God and guns often go together in US history – this course examines why
As a religion professor, I’ve come to know many students from other countries who identify as Christian. I realized they were puzzled at some of the things Americans often bundled into their faith – things these international Christians didn’t consider relevant…