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Ministry unfolds ‘on the cellular level’ for those in Harvey’s path

Don’t ask a Houston resident how the city is doing. Trapped on top of rooftops or in shelters, or in homes with no power, it’s likely they know little more than their own situations. Clergy there are trying to make contact with their congregegants by phone and social media.

Be careful how close you let Jesus get to real life

Especially when there’s cultural debate around a particular issue, people get trolled, families split apart, and pastors get fired when you start asking how we can take Jesus seriously.

As artificial intelligence advances, what are its religious implications?

Religious communities have a significant stake in this conversation. Some researchers are engaging in thought experiments to prepare for the future, and to consider how current technology should be utilized by religious groups in the meantime.

Can reason make room for religion in public life?

Contemporary Western liberals often assume that theological and political worldviews are competing discourses. But treating the theological and the political as warring forces stops us from looking at the more surprising ways that they interact and inform each other.

‘Nashville Statement’ condemns LGBT Christians and those who support them

Top leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention joined other evangelical leaders in a statement Aug. 29 declaring homosexuality and transgender identity to be sinful and not something about which faithful Christians can agree to disagree. The Nashville Statement was discussed…

Here’s how you can help people impacted by Harvey

Faith-based and secular groups are appealing across the web for donations to help victims of Hurricane Harvey and its drenching aftermath. Here’s how you can help.

In Washington, clergy demonstrate against white supremacy

From Protestant preachers to Jewish cantors to Catholic nuns, religious leaders of a range of faiths demonstrated in the nation’s capital for racial justice.

Do churches live out of their memories or their imaginations?

If your church constantly allows your memories to overrule your imaginations, you will die. It really is that simple.

Study: Katharine Hayhoe is successfully convincing doubtful evangelicals about climate change

A new study finds that a lecture from evangelical climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe successfully educates evangelical college students, validating the “trusted sources” approach.

Black Christians call for closer look at white supremacy

More than 400 Christian leaders have signed a document condemning white supremacy beyond the “alt-right” brand of hate recently seen in Charlottesville, Va., extending to more subtle forms of racism including white privilege.

Religious groups, with more to come, already assisting Harvey victims

Faith-based groups are lining up to provide short- and long-term aid to Hurricane Harvey’s victims. But other groups, like the Salvation Army and Texas Baptist Men, are already operating in flooded areas, providing food, showers and other emergency services.

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war