House Republican leaders on Tuesday broke nearly a week of silence about comments by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia comparing mask and vaccine mandates to the treatment of Jews by Nazis during the Holocaust, condemning her language but stopping…
One year after George Floyd’s murder, faith leaders continue the call for racial reckoning
Los Angeles pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie is quick to point out the movement for Black lives and Black Lives Matter has been going on for eight years, but he believes it was “an act of God” that transformed it last…
Is it safe to sing at church yet? Depends who you ask.
A mix of musical expression is likely to continue as congregations navigate the ‘new normal’ of the continuing pandemic with some people fully vaccinated and some not.
Navy sailors sue for right to wear religiously mandated beards
Four service members have filed suit against the U.S. Navy, asking for a religious exemption from requirements that they shave their beards in violation of their religious beliefs. The lawsuit claims that both the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom…
American Jews take stock of internal divisions, antisemitism
As fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers raged before last week’s cease-fire, U.S. rabbinical student Max Buchdahl wanted to be considerate of those in his community who are emotionally connected to Israel — but he also wanted to…
Wheaton College rewords plaque calling Indigenous people in mission field ‘savage’
Wheaton College is rewording a plaque on its campus that referred to Indigenous people as “savage Indians.”
Israeli police escort Jews to flashpoint Jerusalem site
Israeli police escorted more than 250 Jewish visitors Sunday to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where clashes between police and Palestinian protesters helped trigger a war in Gaza, according to the Islamic authority overseeing the site.
Debate over Israel-Palestine violence highlights shifting political and religious alliances
After days of violence that took the lives of at least a dozen people in Israel and hundreds in the occupied Palestinian territories, officials in both regions finally agreed to a cease-fire that took effect on Friday (May 21). But as…
Why grievance studies hoaxer and atheist James Lindsay wants to save Southern Baptists
Meet James Lindsay, the sword-wielding atheist hoaxer and former massage therapist who wants to save the Southern Baptist Convention.