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Ethicist says football got the best of Baylor

A Texas Baptist ethicist compared the Lone Star State’s obsession with football to idol worship in the wake of the unfolding sexual assault scandal at Baylor University. “Football has become one of our false gods,” Ferrell Foster, director of ethics and…

Victims’ group asks Southern Baptists to create ‘safe place’ for reporting sexual abuse

As the Southern Baptist Convention prepares to gather for its annual meeting June 14-15 in St. Louis, leaders of a support group for survivors of institutional sex abuse called on denominational leaders to take action to prevent the next “Spotlight”-style…

Is the GOP losing its religion?

Among Republicans, religious issues have taken a back seat in the party’s discourse and religious leaders are playing a diminished role in the 2016 campaign.

Shane Claiborne’s passionate plea against the death penalty

The author and activist puts a human face on the capital punishment debate.

Seminary transitions prompt new ways of educating clergy

Mainline Protestant theological schools are exploring mergers and campus sales as they feel a prolonged enrollment and financial pinch, but experts see smaller institutions bubbling up under different faiths.

The shame is mine: ‘Roots’ 2016

This week I was one among the millions who watched A&E’s powerful and devastating “re-imagination” of the epic miniseries Roots, brought to the small screen for a new audience against the not-so-new backdrop of this, the latest iteration of the…

Letting go of the illusion of superhero pastor

It has been two months now since I made a spreadsheet for a cost analysis of commercial rolls of toilet paper and paper towels. Did you know that rolls of paper that tear off in neatly perforated, individual sheets cost…

Reins on payday lending called good start

Consumer advocates welcomed new rules proposed by the federal government to rein in abuses in payday lending, a nearly $40 billion industry currently regulated by the states. Regulations released June 2 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a five-year-old federal…

Candidates rebuff ‘say something nice’ challenge

A South Carolina Baptist layman voiced disappointment after the three remaining candidates for U.S. president rebuffed his challenge to a one-day moratorium on incivility. For the 10th anniversary of Say Something Nice Day, founder Mitch Carnell asked presidential candidates to…

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts

Ethicist says football got the best of Baylor

Victims’ group asks Southern Baptists to create ‘safe place’ for reporting sexual abuse

Is the GOP losing its religion?

Shane Claiborne’s passionate plea against the death penalty

Seminary transitions prompt new ways of educating clergy

The shame is mine: ‘Roots’ 2016

Letting go of the illusion of superhero pastor

Reins on payday lending called good start

Candidates rebuff ‘say something nice’ challenge

The first godless U.S. election

Transitions for the week of 06.03.16

Built for a Church That No Longer Exists

Every Generation Is the Founding Generation

Religious schools that get public funds must follow Maine’s antidiscrimination laws, court rules

Have Praise Teams Replaced Black Church Choirs?

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Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts