A rural Tennessee region was rocked this week after thousands of homes received mailers encouraging them to join the local Young Republicans chapter with a campaign platform including “No wars for Jews.”
Religious groups are more prepared for aliens than you think
Roughly a third of the way into Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster film “Disclosure Day,” which focuses on the theoretical release of evidence documenting the existence of alien life, a conversation between the two main characters takes a sudden turn toward…
Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions
After Victor Adedeji’s father died from injuries sustained in a car accident in 2011, Adedeji, then 14 years old, spent seven months living at his grandmother’s home in Ilesa, a remote town in Osun state, southwest Nigeria. In the mornings,…
NY gubernatorial candidate says Brad Lander would be a ‘camp guard’ for Nazis if he could
Bruce Blakeman, the Jewish Republican running for governor of New York, drew criticism from Jewish groups for saying that congressional candidate Brad Lander “would be a camp guard in the concentration camp if he could.”
Usha Vance’s Reason Why She Hasn’t Converted To Hubby’s Religion Has Internet Gobsmacked
Wednesday was an embarrassment of riches for JD Vance haters, but for the vice president, it was just an embarrassment.
Pope Leo urges outward-looking church at meeting of world’s cardinals
Pope Leo XIV told the world’s cardinals gathered in Rome that they were “not here primarily to reflect on the internal life of the church,” but to discern how they can bring the Gospel to a world scarred by war…
Cooperative Baptists Challenge Christian Nationalism, Advocate for Loving Neighbors
Earlier this month, the Southern Baptist Convention met in Orlando, Florida, and again voted against women in ministry. The next week, some Baptists met a couple hours north in Jacksonville for their own annual gathering. And you don’t have to look very…
How Babel Thrives
What is diversity for? I consider this as I trace the tracks of the 7 train, nicknamed the International Express for the route it takes across Queens, New York, the most diverse place on the planet—with hundreds of languages, dozens…
Monthly Pentagon Worship Service Features Catholics for First Time
Shortly after controversial evangelical preacher Doug Wilson preached at the Pentagon in February, he declared that his Christian Nationalist vision for the United States was a Protestant nation where public Catholic worship would be banned, like that of Hinduism and other religions. On Wednesday…
5 takeaways from the NY primaries: Shifting Jewish power centers, King Mamdani and more
The New York Democratic primaries were a big coming-out for the party’s leftmost flank — and a wake-up call for Jews in the city and beyond.
Vatican says “No” to German bishops’ request for lay homilies
The Vatican has rejected a request from the German bishops for permission to allow lay persons to deliver the homily in “exceptional circumstances” instead of a cleric.
Prayer Never Disappeared From Public Schools — But New Laws Could Change Its Role
Prayer and displays of faith in American public schools never truly disappeared — they just changed form: Whether overt school-sponsored religious instruction to subtler forms of faith-integration.