The vital beating heart of the religious left isn’t particularly interested in partisan politics. They’d much rather focus on developing social capital in strong communities.
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland takes up reparations for slavery
The Diocese of Maryland has taken the first of what could be many small steps to engage the issue of reparations and set aside money to help heal the centuries-old wounds of slavery.
‘Excruciatingly different’ Mississippi religious liberty law specifies beliefs
Most of the religious freedom laws privilege religion over non-religion, but the Mississippi law also privileges religion over religion, he explained. He called that additional step a “deadly mixture of ignorance and hubris.”
The campaign to eliminate Hell
A new generation of evangelical scholars are challenging the idea that sinners are doomed to eternal torment — but traditionalists are pushing back.
9 times Bono was spot on about what it’s like to search for God
The U2 frontman expresses the kind of faith that is filled with both skepticism and a deep yearning for answers.
What it’s like to live on less than two dollars a day
There’s no milk in the fridge, not much food in the cabinet, aside from Ramen noodles. And were it not for the kindness of extended family, one family would be living on the streets. This family, like more than a million American families,…
‘Halal in the Family’: The sitcom we need
“Halal in the Family,” a series of comedic Web shorts that came out last year, is a satire of American sitcom tropes, with a plucky theme song (“We promise there’s no plan / to change the way you live or…
Trump: Muslim ban ‘just a suggestion’
Donald Trump, who issued a December press release “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” said Wednesday that he didn’t mean it.
‘Preacher,’ a comic-book saga, comes to AMC
Published initially in 1995 by an imprint of DC Comics, “Preacher” was co-created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon. It is about Jesse Custer, a brutally effective fighter working as a pastor in a Texas backwater.