Religion UnpluggedThe Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, proved to be just the first bloodletting in a renewed cycle of violence and recrimination. Israel responded with its destructive campaign in Gaza. Far from the theater of war, American Jews reckoned with renewed...
Feminism and ReligionAuthor’s Note: I am a cis woman writing about a trans woman who was my friend. What I know about her experience comes from stories she told me, and things I learned from her wife Helen, who has given me permission to share this story. So I am...
Religion Unplugged(REVIEW) The faith-based film industry is shifting from family-friendly dramas toward male-focused, patriotic stories for conservative Christian audiences. “Young Washington” reflects that evolution with strong action, but ultimately weakens its...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Did the founders of the United States intend to create a Christian nation? Political leaders who addressed a prayer rally on the National Mall on May 17 seem to think so: House Speaker Mike Johnson led the crowd in rededicating) the...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Struggling with the loss of her child, a mother asked Father Peter Jon Gillquist a question that pastors are hearing more often — about getting a tattoo.
Religion News Service(RNS) — The largest Presbyterian denomination in the US and the American Academy of Religion both referred to Israel's war in Gaza as genocide in new resolutions condemning the war.
Religion UnpluggedOn June 18, the Texas Legislature released a 115-page investigative report, based on 140 interviews. The losses at the camp, it says, were avoidable. Days later, Camp Mystic filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, court records show. Unlike a chapter 7...
Religion UnpluggedThe Justice Department has released the first draft of a report on religious liberty following a yearlong study ordered by President Donald Trump. The wide-ranging report deals with areas such as public school, the military, and how faith-based...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraParents, officials, and teens across Australia have a variety of hopes and qualms The post Australia Banned Social Media For Kids. How’s It Going? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsParents, officials, and teens across Australia have a variety of hopes and qualms The post Australia Banned Social Media For Kids. How’s It Going? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion News Service(RNS) — 'He told me that Matthew 25 was about individuals, and not nations,' Sen. Raphael Warnock said, referring to Speaker Mike Johnson. 'The text actually says nations.' Warnock added: “It's a very narrow individualistic faith, and I think it...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Stollar, a child liberation theologian who fought for homeschooled kids, died by suicide this week. A fellow survivor on grief, legacy and what advocates owe themselves.
Religion News Service(RNS) — If the purpose is to teach students to read rich literary texts to better equip them to understand and appreciate literary and cultural traditions, then teaching key passages from the Bible is an excellent idea.
Religion News Service(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the traditionalist group Society of St. Pius X ordaining bishops, the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela and more.
Religion News ServiceCan AI make us richer, freer, and more human—or just turn efficiency into the newest thing we worship?
Religion News Service(RNS) — The Ark for Ukraine project has brought three mobile labs in vans to Ukraine to help preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage by scanning archives of thousands of manuscripts, artifacts and even buildings to digitize them.
ReligionProfMourning John and Dancing Jesus? This past Sunday, my Sunday school class was up to Luke 7:31-35: “To what, then, will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to...
Religion News ServiceMcALLEN, Texas (AP) — The nun is part of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy and volunteered as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, according to Brenda Riojas, a spokesperson for the Diocese of Brownsville.
Religion News Service(RNS) — Twice in the last 135 years, the actions of a pope sparked massive global changes that met the cultural moment. The AI race is another such moment to meet.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraLuigi Mangione was not the first to write a message on ammunition The post Shoot Me a Text first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsLuigi Mangione was not the first to write a message on ammunition The post Shoot Me a Text first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion UnpluggedThe Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that schools may separate athletic teams based on biological sex, upholding Idaho and West Virginia laws challenged under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause. The decision drew praise from the ERLC, Alliance...
White Too LongA recording from Robert P. Jones's live video
Good Faith MediaRich Mullins leads listeners down a road, and it is difficult to tell if it is toward redemption, destruction, or both. The post Here in America, Land of My Sojourn appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaThe Christian Nationalist circus is full of actors confused about who they are supposed to entertain The post Christian Nationalist Contortionists appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaPeople will see minority-led movies if they’re good, but when they are bad, we blame the minority, not the movie. The post ‘Supergirl’ Deserved Better appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) In 1526, books appeared in England that no one had seen before: printed New Testaments in the English language. The public snapped them up. For the first time, people read now-common phrases such as “the powers that be” and “the...
Contending ModernitiesThe old oppositions between "secular" and "religious" Jewish life are breaking apart, at least on the left, and perhaps, were never really what we imagined them to be to begin with. The post Narrating the History of the American Anti-Zionist Jewish...
Feminism and ReligionThe gap in the trees is a painful reminder of the one that is missing. This past winter an ice and wind storm late in the season brought down the aspen that had sheltered our deck. Its absence is more than a hole in the canopy – it is a hole in the...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, faith-based filmmakers have pushed out multiple patriotic and history-themed films. This summer has seen a mix of historical dramas, war epics and documentaries — all of which are widely...
Religion UnpluggedIn May 2024, a Catholic parish in Kiambu County, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, made national headlines when it allowed a polygamous man to marry one of his wives in a church ceremony. The marriage ceremony happened while the other wife sat in...
Religion News Service(RNS) — The advisory commission’s 224-page draft report includes some controversial recommendations.
Canopy ForumThe Religious Left: What It Does and How It Can Do BetterRobert Wuthnow Material excerpted from The Religious Left: What It Does and How It Can Do Better by Robert Wuthnow © 2026 by New York University Press. Excerpted with permission from the...
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Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraA Fourth of July family saga, in stamps The post The Cowpens Coincidence first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsA Fourth of July family saga, in stamps The post The Cowpens Coincidence first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Political TheologyZahi Zalloua responds to Benjamin Davis's review of his new book, To Exist as a Problem: Being Black, Being Palestinian (2026) Source
The ConversationMuslims were woven into both America’s founding population and its labor force, writes a scholar of Islam on the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The ConversationWilliam Tyndale’s translation, published in 1526, was based on a then-radical idea: Anyone should be able to read the Bible in their own language.
Good Faith MediaA common theme among festival attendees was gratitude for not having to leave their own community to find a Pride event. The post Civic and Faith Leaders Organize Williamsburg, Virginia’s First Pride Festival appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaOpposition to a group of people is loud but not transformative. The post Two Sports Pride Nights, One Faith appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaFreedom is not a gift an oppressor can give because oppressors can only offer the freedom they possess. The post In No Mood to Celebrate (White) Freedom appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionEvery year I dread this weekend that honors dead soldiers. Let me make it clear that I have lost relatives to wars – uncles I loved including my first cousin who was killed six weeks after arriving in Vietnam having just graduated from West Point....
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