Barth NotesAlthough it hasn’t so far made the mainstream news, Ant Middleton has been welcomed by Reform UK at the Makerfield by-election campaign: images on social media show the former soldier and SAS: Who Dares Wins TV presenter posing with local...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Ten years after “Hillbilly Elegy” catapulted its author into public view, JD Vance is publishing a new memoir, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” The vice president explains the book as a sort of self-help guide for the...
Feminism and Religion“We were so happy,” he said, emphasizing the so. Her thoughts flashed back to that car ride. Hearing that an acquaintance was taking the GRE, she had half-jokingly quipped – “Maybe I should too.” He responded: “You should. You don’t know anything...
Religion UnpluggedYorktown has a landscape layered with meaning. It’s where cannon fire once settled an empire’s fate and the birth of a new nation. It’s also the place where the “Hand of Providence” prevailed.
Religion News Service(RNS) — The potential revisions include new language that emphasizes ‘the presumption of innocence’ for accused priests.
Religion News Service(RNS) — The Greek Orthodox leader expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month.
Religion News Service(RNS) — Something was going on beneath the music. It was dark and sinister, and we ignored it.
Religion News Service(RNS) — Our institutions are at risk of becoming transactional degree factories where students become dehumanized.
Religion News Service Religion News Service(RNS) — Archbishop Paul Coakley’s repeated citations of the first U.S.-born pope may signal a closer relationship between the Vatican and U.S. church, though the meeting’s public agenda does not include any sessions dedicated to artificial...
Religion News Service(RNS) — The reversal comes five years after the foster care and adoption agency first agreed to partner with LGBTQ couples.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraI mourn the old, pre-Claude world, but maybe I can vibe-code my way to a better one The post Love and Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsI mourn the old, pre-Claude world, but maybe I can vibe-code my way to a better one The post Love and Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
White Too LongPlus, a conversation with Diana Butler Bass and an invitation to support the production of rigorous, independent research that is the backbone of democracy.
Religion News ServiceBARCELONA, Spain (RNS) — Surrounded by the nature-inspired architecture of Antoni Gaudí, often referred to as ‘God’s architect,’ the pope gave a homily that made a forceful appeal in defense of human life and against war.
Religion News Service(RNS) — The proposed ban on churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach was approved by three-quarters of church messengers gathered in Orlando.
Religion News Service(AP) — Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in April.
Good Faith MediaConvention votes cannot undo what God has done. The post Baptist Women in Ministry Respond to the SBC’s Passage of the Mohler Amendment appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Across the nation, “teen takeovers” — large gatherings of young people that often erupt into fights and vandalism — have become a growing concern for cities struggling to balance public safety with youth engagement. While lawmakers...
Ancient Jew Review“The Rise of Talmud concludes with the argument that Talmud was distinctive because it centered humans reading other humans, as opposed to humans reading God; let this piece conclude with an argument for humans reading other humans as opposed to...
The ConversationPracticing existential humility means learning to live with the natural tension between our desires for certainty and curiosity.
Religion UnpluggedMilan took center stage in new film “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” The movie showcases the city’s most iconic Catholic sites, such as the Duomo, the Pinacoteca di Brera and the church courtyard and convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses...
Religion UnpluggedFlorida pastor Willy Rice has been elected SBC president. Rice follows North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley, who served two terms in the role.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) This World Cup held in the United States, Canada and Mexico — with its unprecedented global outreach — offers a unique opportunity to observe the values, beliefs and relationships that soccer players choose to display on their bodies....
Religion UnpluggedAfrican American religious practice is so much more complex than Christianity. Matthew Peterson spoke with Harvard Prof. Ahmad Greene-Hayes about his recent book, “Underworld Work,” which explores Black spirituality following the Civil War...
Good Faith MediaThe deeper story is that a gap had been opening for years between the life I was living and the life I was meant to live. The post Dirt Under the Fingernails of Philosophy appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaAt times, it seems that some within the current political climate would like many African American professionals to fall from positions of influence and achievement for daring to rise too high. The post Ours Will Not Be The Fate of Icarus appeared...
Good Faith MediaLast year, Good Faith Partnership, along with the University of Birmingham and the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, released a study titled Virtues of Faith. The post What Do We Have in Common?: Practicing Interfaith Dialogue by Focusing...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionSometimes I describe my work and writing as “a love song to the Ozarks.” I am deeply embedded, body and soul, in this land that I come from, my bloodland, the place where I belong. Seven generations of my family have called these wooded hillsides...
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Religion UnpluggedChristians and Muslims used to fight over food at this internally displaced refugee camp in Nigeria. Following a key change by the camp’s leadership more than a decade ago, the families now live peacefully, befriending each other, eating meals...
Contending ModernitiesThe same hubris that animates Trumpism’s uncritical embrace of AI is evident in the administration’s apparent conviction that it has the right to intervene militarily in any country that fails to do its bidding. The post A Tale of Two Cities: The...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraChristian societies like to predict the end times. It’s not helpful. The post Against Climate Grief first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsChristian societies like to predict the end times. It’s not helpful. The post Against Climate Grief first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Political TheologyWe invited Jake Rose, the author of JOAN, to reflect on Winnifred Sullivan’s Making a King: The Political Theology of Joan of Arc. Last week, we ran an essay by Sullivan reflecting on Rose’s book of poems. Travelling through contested Burgundian...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraSoccer has become more global, more Muslim, and more open. But FIFA’s embrace of Qatar and Saudi Arabia has corrupted the game’s new pluralism. The post The Beautiful Game’s Crisis of Faith first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsSoccer has become more global, more Muslim, and more open. But FIFA’s embrace of Qatar and Saudi Arabia has corrupted the game’s new pluralism. The post The Beautiful Game’s Crisis of Faith first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
ReligionProfFrom Close Encounters to Disclosure: Spielberg’s Alien Imaginary and American Spirituality Proposed Edited Volume for the Pop Culture and Theology Series Since the release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, Steven Spielberg has played a...
Good Faith MediaJoy is the fuel of our faith. The post Queer Joy as Resistance On Display at 2026 Tony Awards appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaIf confronting and resisting our nation’s current campaign of cruelty against refugees, asylum seekers, migrating families and immigrants is too political for the church, then the Bible is too political for the church. The post Sidewalk Solidarity...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedArgentine soccer icon Diego Maradona’s magic goal in the June 22, 1986, quarterfinal match against England in Mexico, which he attributed to the “Hand of God” as it was secured by his fist, has been the subject of intense debate whenever and...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionI begin this story with a vignette and an invitation to meet my current family. This morning my four -pound Chihuahua made her usual rounds and ended up in the bathroom where my 3O plus year old African Collared Dove, a free flying house bird has a...
Religion UnpluggedIn Christianity, Buddhism and Judaism, religious teachings consistently emphasize caring for others — whether through love of neighbor, generosity as spiritual practice or the moral obligation to give. In fact, charity is one of the Five Pillars...
Ken ChitwoodPhoto by BOAM PRODUCTION on Unsplash. Gen Z is often assumed to be the least religious generation in American history. More likely to claim no affiliation, less likely to attend...
The Domination ChroniclesEpisode 22 of the Domination Chronicles Podcast