This week on The State of Belief, popular writer and commentator Wajahat Ali joins host Rev. Paul Brandies Raushenbush for a thought-provoking exploration of patriotism, diversity, and democracy in today’s politically charged climate. Waj shares his unique perspective on...
(RNS) — A federal appeals court ruled that a lawsuit against Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey by a former employee who was fired for being pregnant while unmarried can go forward. Caitlin O’Connor sued the Lampo Group, Ramsey’s Franklin, Tennessee-based...
(RNS) — In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion built on modern revelation, perhaps no revelation has caused as much controversy as one attributed to President John Taylor, who presided over the church in the 1880s...
(RNS) — The Rev. Tanya Lopez was sitting in her office at Downey Memorial Christian Church near Los Angeles on Wednesday (June 11) when her husband, the church’s administrative pastor, rushed in to tell her “something” was happening outside. Alarmed,...
(RNS) — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties in the Israeli Knesset are moving to pull their support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition over a plan to conscript into the Israel Defense Forces tens of thousands of yeshiva students, who had...
NEW YORK (RNS) — New York City’s religious leaders gave mayoral candidates a platform to discuss their visions for the city at a forum on Thursday (June 5), at St. John the Divine Cathedral in Morningside Heights. The event, hosted...
(RNS) — As the first millennial and nonbinary archdruid of the national pagan nonprofit church, Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship, the Rev. Jan Avende is looking forward to advancing the organization’s educational initiatives and technological capabilities, among other endeavors....
This week on The State of Belief, you’ll hear a powerful conversation with Rev. Jim Wallis and host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, diving deep into his upcoming event on June 10th at the Capitol, A Pentecost Witness for a Moral...
(RNS) — The car-bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, has brought increased awareness of “antinatalism,” a movement whose proponents embrace the philosophy that human procreation is unjustifiable and wrong. Guy Edward Bartkus, the 25-year-old suspect in the...
(RNS) — When I look back on my career as a Reform rabbi, I come to the following observation: For almost half of those years, I was a Southern rabbi. I served congregations in Georgia and south Florida. Mind you:...
