(RNS) — Richard Rorty, the late philosophy professor, once claimed that religion is a “conversation stopper” — the ideal way to end..
(RNS) — The National Council of Churches has elected an all-female slate of officers for the first time in the ecumenical organization’s..
(RNS) — While evangelicals are the group most often criticized for equating American identity with adherence to Christianity, white progressive Christians have..
(RNS) — Ronnie Floyd, the embattled president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, has resigned, effective at the end of October...
(RNS) — A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational..
(RNS) — The longtime general counsel for the Southern Baptist Convention has decided to cut ties with the nation’s largest Protestant denomination...
(RNS) — Ahead of the Fourth of July earlier this year, I wrote a column for Religion News Service about two competing plot lines..
WARRENVILLE, Ill. (RNS) — When Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, fell to the Taliban in August, it didn’t take long for the ripple effects..
(RNS) — For millions of young people around the world, this November’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow is deeply personal because it will..
(RNS) — Religions for Peace, the international interfaith conference, began Monday (Oct. 4), in a new hybrid format after a relatively low-key..
(RNS) — A number of Catholic groups and Protestant denominations are calling for the United States to establish a Truth and Healing..
(RNS) — The pastor of a New York church that has halted in-person meetings since the coronavirus pandemic hit last year predicts..
(RNS) — A global analysis of government restrictions toward religion finds that the number of countries with “high” or “very high” levels..
CHICAGO (RNS) — Worshippers at a prayer service for truth and reconciliation late last month at St. Benedict Catholic Parish in Chicago’s..
(RNS) — On any given day, the Rev. Bob Klingler, a rural chaplain in Northwestern Pennsylvania, might be cleaning a flooded basement,..
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Since protesters began toppling statues of Father Junipero Serra up and down California last summer, Catholic Church leaders..
(RNS) — Sometime in the next few days, members of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee will meet for the third time..
(RNS) — At 18, Sam still identifies himself as a Catholic. But if it partly defines him, it doesn’t limit him. “I..
(RNS) — After a contentious five-hour meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 28), the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee called for a further week..
(RNS) — Canada’s 90 Roman Catholic bishops have “unequivocally” apologized for that church’s role in the Indian Residential School system that about..
(RNS) — Amid the political polarization that afflicts just about every issue before the American public, one happy exception is the overwhelming bipartisan..
(RNS) — Traditionally, clergy operate at their community’s center. The faithful can find their leader in the shared location where they gather..
(RNS) — J. Dana Trent is best known for a series of books in which she has expounded on faith, love and..
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Four years after the Washington National Cathedral removed stained-glass windows depicting Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson,..
(RNS) — Women in Black Baptist circles knew that it was a matter of time before one of their own was named..
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