Feminism and ReligionThe fortune teller stood at a square park table, her hair wrapped in a gold scarf, stacking perfectly formed human fingernails. Across from her, I watched as she methodically piled and unpiled the fingernails according to some obscure but precise...
Ken ChitwoodThe Statue of Union, a 90-foot-tall statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman, is the third largest statue in the U.S. (Photo: Ken Chitwood) Synott Road does not immediately feel like...
Religion News ServiceWhat the process of founding the United States can teach us today about keeping our democracy alive: insights from the author of "Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton Versus Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America"
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Religion News ServiceVATICAN CITY (RNS) — Standing among the graves of migrants, Pope Leo turned America’s birthday into a pointed appeal for welcoming the stranger.
Du Mez CONNECTIONSPatriotism and America's 250th
Good Faith MediaGiven the political and social upheavals of the past year and a half, this moment calls for both lament and celebration. The post A Time of Lament and Celebration appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionLong before I lived in Montréal, the lands known to the Kanienʼkehá:ka Nation as Tiohtià:ke, Canada lived in my heart. When I moved there as a young adult, the reality beautifully exceeded my imagination; yet in the years before experiencing those...
Religion News ServiceVATICAN CITY (RNS) — The first U.S.-born pope marked America’s 250th anniversary by urging the country to recommit to its founding ideals. Speaking ‘as a son of this great country,’ Pope Leo highlighted a moral duty to protect life, welcome...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Our patriotic songs are sacred texts — even in the way that we try to sing them.
Political TheologyIn May 2026, Matt Bernico and Dean Dettloff, co-hosts of The Magnificast, published Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology, an insightful book in which they denounce the idol of capitalist growth and advocate for degrowth...
Religion UnpluggedFifty years ago, America celebrated its Bicentennial. The 200th anniversary of the nation’s founding occurred on a Sunday. For many, celebrations mixed faith, family and fireworks.
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaA faith that follows the radical teachings of Jesus cannot be content with performative monuments to freedom as the descendants of the oppressed are still dehumanized and denied true freedom. The post ‘Independence’ Day Wisdom from Frederick...
Good Faith MediaNational pride is decreasing. Ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial this July 4, a new Gallup poll finds just 33% of citizens polled are “extremely proud” to be American, a quarter century low in Gallup polling that started in 2001. The post...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionPart 1 was posted yesterday Being a lifelong spiritual seeker, DeeDee began searching for a church community where she could be herself. Fortunately, she found a Unitarian Universalist Church which had long welcomed the LGBTQ community. DeeDee...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Being around academics for my entire working career has taught me that most of them grew up in highly populated areas and want to live in close proximity to large population centers. I never really wanted to do any of that. I’m happy...
Religion UnpluggedThere’s that question again: How can mainstream media cover this story? Do elite journalists want to cover it? Is it cynical to thinkthat this story could, finally, end up on the front page of The New York Times if, and only if, it can be framed...
Ken ChitwoodThis month, the United States marks its 250th anniversary.And as we've already seen, there's a temptation to tell some pretty tidy stories about national origins and shared ideals at such a time as a Semiquincentennial.Religion usually pops in that...
Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The pillars of this great republic are not made of marble; they are made of scripture,’ said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez during a five-hour program on faith.
Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON (RNS) — On the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling reinstating the US death penalty, faith leaders, those affected by murder and activists organize to call for an end to the death penalty. But religion has also been present in support...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Despite the fact that many Venezuelan faith leaders have been themselves impacted by the ongoing disaster, they’ve sprung into action to provide food, psychological support and other basic needs to the large population of victims.
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post There Is No Other Body, There Is No Other World appeared first on April Online.
Religion News Service(RNS) — There is a powerful movement working tirelessly to abolish the death penalty.
Religion News Service(RNS) — This man didn’t set foot in North America. He never signed a founding document. But there is a compelling case that our country’s great story would look very different without him.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Pope Leo has reaffirmed that disputes over doctrine and worship within Catholicism ultimately converge on a single question: Whether authority rests with individual movements claiming to preserve tradition or with the pope as the...
Religion News Service(RNS) — The latest consecrations could prompt Pope Leo to end the Vatican’s decades of dialogue with the breakaway society.
The ConversationAn ethicist who studies disagreement and civility assumed she could handle a neighborly dispute – until the neighbor refused to even interact with her.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraNational birthday parties feature fireworks and commemorative stamps. Why not humanities lectures, too? The post For America’s 250th, Go Back to School first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsNational birthday parties feature fireworks and commemorative stamps. Why not humanities lectures, too? The post For America’s 250th, Go Back to School first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraIan Buruma’s new book looks at Berliners’ compromised struggles for normalcy, and survival, during World War II The post Nichts ist klar first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsIan Buruma’s new book looks at Berliners’ compromised struggles for normalcy, and survival, during World War II The post Nichts ist klar first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
The Immanent FrameThe six essays that comprise this forum probe the utility, value, and analytic pay-off of the concept of innovation as […] The post For and against “religious innovation” appeared first on The Immanent Frame.
The ConversationThe Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission argues that religious freedom is under attack and blames the ‘wall of separation’ between church and state.
ReligionProfI would have been intrigued by Disclosure Day simply because it was science fiction, directed by Steven Spielberg, with a score by John Williams. Heck, any one of those things alone would have guaranteed that I would see it eventually. Combine all...
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...
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaAnniversaries compel us to ask a crucial question: What kind of country will we become? The post The United States at 250: Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaThe challenge of Christian belief is to open up so that meaning can penetrate every pore of our being. The post Cutting Open the World appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaWhat must they think of our speeches and concerts purporting to celebrate our national virtues of bravery and freedom? The post What, to the Immigrant, is the Fourth of July? appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia 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(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.