Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...
Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore — an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump — and another top-ranking denominational leader discussed strengthening ties in a meeting that occurred amid buzz that Moore’s job was at risk.
When a federal judge cleared the way recently for a lawsuit filed by 10 former students against Baylor University to go forward, it confirmed what many on the scandal-weary campus already suspected.
During the time that Gen. Raymond Odierno was U.S. Army Chief of Staff, he testified in congressional budget hearings for three different fiscal years that the Army didn’t really need any new tanks or upgrades to existing units. He told…
Whether Christians are on the giving end or the receiving end of fake news, the false narratives emerge as a coping mechanism against losing face, losing power and losing privilege.
A new study suggests different groups of Americans see their country in radically divergent ways.
On a cold rainy morning, members of the American Indian tribes shouted “Water is sacred” and “Keep it in the soil; can’t drink oil” as they marched toward the White House.
Try to imagine the church business meetings that made this happen. During the early 1800s, the network of churches and individuals helping those escaping slavery was known as the Underground Railroad. My congregation, Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., was “the…
The move follows years of discussions within different branches of Orthodoxy on whether to reinstitute women deacons, and at a time of growing interest around the issue within the Greek Orthodox Church, the largest Orthodox denomination in the U.S.
To a new breed of churches, dilapidated neighbourhoods are the fallen world — and salvation lies not just in prayer but in pop-ups, vintage shops and bakeries.
Attitudes about the role of women in the workplace, in politics and church seem to have made some advances in recent years, new research suggests. In a study released Tuesday, the Barna Group said it found that 94 percent of…
A new small-group study curriculum produced by the Southern Baptist Convention portrays religious liberty as under siege in the United States of America. A joint project of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and LifeWay Christian Resources, the six-week…
Political movements, like religious movements, rely on strange alliances. Issues are seldom singular, but meet across a range of social mores, cultural productions, religious practices, and political codes.
