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My brother archbishop to the south, Archbishop Cordileone, recently wrote a powerful piece that is representative of the views of a large... Read More

Stop Trying to Make Jesus Go Viral

Deirdre Reilly, RealClearReligion

As a new Christian nonfiction author, I am bumping up against a common conundrum in both Christian media and ministry: how do we share the... Read More

We Cannot Ignore Nigeria's Human Rights Abuses

Kelsey Zorzi, RealClearReligion

Late last year, Nigeria became the first secular democracy ever to be designated a “country of particular concern” by the U.S.... Read More

Videos

The Unique Mission of BYU: Responses to Elder Holland's Address

J. R. R. Tolkien's Advice to Catholics in a Time of Crisis

Is Christianity the “White Man’s Religion?”

Can Jews Be Antisemitic?

What’s the Law on Religious Liberty & Vaccine Exemptions?

D. Laycock, TC

For Americans wary of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, like the sweeping requirements President Joe Biden announced Sept. 9, 2021, it seems there... Read More

TX Abortion Law Should Force America to Change Its Ways

Karen Prior, NYT

Abortion is a failure for every woman and her unborn child -- a failure of love, justice and mercy. Texas' new abortion law is far from... Read More

Troubling Comparisons Between Sharia and TX Abortion Law

Farhana K., TT

In early September, the nation's strictest abortion law went into effect in Texas. Texas Senate Bill 8 prohibits providers from performing... Read More

How Trump Impacted the "Evangelical" Label

Gregory Smith, Pew Research Center

Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 due in part to strong support from White evangelical Protestants, many observers have... Read More

Who Americans Blame for Insurrection Depends on Faith

Jack Jenkins, RNS

A new survey finds white evangelicals are far more likely than most other religious groups to blame left-wing activists for the Jan. 6... Read More

Pope Francis is Wrong: Laws of the Torah Do Give Life

Warren Goldstein, JNS

Pope Francis’s recent claim that the Torah "does not give life, it does not offer the fulfillment of the promise" has raised hackles... Read More

Why Would Believers in Jesus Observe Yom Kippur?

Mira Fox, Forward

Last Passover, Jewish Twitter erupted over Christian Seders. Now, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, is joining the... Read More

Lawsuit Alleging Fraud by LDS Church Dismissed

Michelle Boorstein, WP

A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit against the Mormon Church filed by a prominent ex-member who said it spent members’ tithes meant... Read More

Psychologists Learn What Religion Has Known for Years

David DeSteno, Wired

Even though I was raised Catholic, for most of my adult life, I didn't pay religion much heed. Like many scientists, I assumed it was built... Read More

Faith Leaders Pushing for Protection of LGBT Rights

Kelsey Dallas, DN

The time is right for Congress to pass a law protecting LGBTQ Americans from discrimination, and conservative faith groups should be among... Read More

A Bold Catholic Investment In Inner-City Education

George Weigel, First Things

It's a safe bet that "Mother Mary Lange" is not a household name in most U.S. Catholic circles. That unhappy state of affairs may change,... Read More

Lessons from the Yom Kippur Holiday

Jerusalem Post

The country and its residents have emerged from the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar -- Yom Kippur. Whether it was used for... Read More

RCReligion Analysis

'I'm a Catholic, But ...' When Catholic Politicians Oppose Church Teaching on Human Life

Bishop Robert F. Vasa, RealClearReligion

My brother archbishop to the south, Archbishop Cordileone, recently wrote a powerful piece that is representative of the views of a large... Read More

Stop Trying to Make Jesus Go Viral

Deirdre Reilly, RealClearReligion

As a new Christian nonfiction author, I am bumping up against a common conundrum in both Christian media and ministry: how do we share the... Read More

We Cannot Ignore Nigeria's Human Rights Abuses

Kelsey Zorzi, RealClearReligion

Late last year, Nigeria became the first secular democracy ever to be designated a “country of particular concern” by the U.S.... Read More

Videos

The Unique Mission of BYU: Responses to Elder Holland's Address

J. R. R. Tolkien's Advice to Catholics in a Time of Crisis

Is Christianity the “White Man’s Religion?”

Can Jews Be Antisemitic?

America Needs the Black Church for Its Own Survival

Charlie Dates, Washington Post

Susan Robinson is a 100-year-old Black woman and lifelong member of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago, where I am senior pastor. When she was born, Black disenfranchisement was not hidden nor was it cloaked in dog-whistle politics. It was loud, screaming into the faces of Black boys and girls during the Depression, Jim Crow and an endless stream of -- to varying degrees -- disappointing presid... Read More

Religious Persecution & Discrimination

Enduring Anti-Sikh Bigotry After 9/11

Simran Singh, Religion News Service

I was a senior in high school when the terrorist attacks of 9/11 happened. During passing period that morning, a friend mentioned that there might have been a terrorist attack in New York City. Not knowing the seriousness of what had occurred, I offered a joke in response: "I hope they didn't have turbans." We laughed and went on our way. Since we'd grown up in Texas, New York City felt nearly as ... Read More

Religious Freedom

Muslim Americans, 9/11, and the Battle for Civil Rights

Leila Fadel, NPR

On a recent day in Irvine, Calif., Ali Malik is looking for his son Layth's shoes to get ready to go to an arcade. Layth is 5 and his brother, Muhammad Binyamin (they call him Binyamin) is 9. The Sept. 11 attacks happened well before their lives began. So they don't fully understand how it changed so much for this country, led to two American invasions, occupations and wars. And they also don't kn... Read More

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