Life on the border is difficult. But the Baptist Student Ministry of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is working to help young adults who live there leverage their own strength and resilience to step out as leaders of…
How prominent women built and sustained the Religious Right
As they sought to make Christian conservatism more appealing to women, the very fact of their leadership demonstrated that the movement was more than just a network of angry white men upset at losing their privilege in the face of…
The plot against America: Inside the Christian right plan to ‘remodel’ the nation
Religious right’s blueprint for theocratic state laws keeps creeping forward. Is the left ready to fight?
Evangelical college students say they don’t want Mike Pence to be their commencement speaker
The vice president is facing backlash from students and alumni who say he doesn’t represent their Christian values.
Fire out, organ intact but work ahead for charred Notre Dame
Firefighters declared success Tuesday morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers.
President Donald Trump wants to add a citizenship question to the census. What about a question on religion?
Government tracking of individual beliefs calls to mind dangerous possibilities, like targeted policing or faith-based concentration camps, but religion researchers say a census question on religion could revolutionize the way we understand American faith.
Why more couples are getting married by a friend
Many couples are forgoing religious norms and traditional vows for wedding ceremonies they feel are more individualized, more intimate, and maybe even more fun.
Southern Baptist missionary arm seeks sexual assault victims of former leader
The missionary arm of the Southern Baptist Convention is reaching out to potential victims of former Southern Baptist leader who was indicted in December on a charge of child sexual abuse.
Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse
Scholars estimate that as many as 30% of the African slaves brought to the U.S., from West and Central African countries like Gambia and Cameroon, were Muslim. Among the difficulties they faced, were also those related to their faith.