NEW YORK — The Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) Board of Trustees announced today the appointment of the Very Rev. Lydia Kelsey Bucklin as the new President and Dean. President Bucklin, a 2015 EDS graduate, most recently served as the Canon...
(The Conversation) — Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, always envisioned the Games as much more than the sum of their parts. “Olympism,” as he coined it, was a new type of religion – one shorn of gods,...
‘The Joy Book’ helps readers find lasting joy in any circumstance ORLANDO — Seasoned author and founder of Global Church Network, Dr. James O. Davis, has written “The Joy Book: A Christian’s Abundant Joy in Darkest Nights,” releasing September 10,...
(RNS) — Richard Land, who led the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for a quarter-century, said he would often remind his staff that if they did their job right, they’d eventually end up in hot water. “Sooner...
HINCKLEY, Minn. (AP) — At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture. “I grew up singing my...
In a time when fundamental democratic norms are increasingly contested and targeted, religious identities and freedoms are threatened by increasing hate crimes, conspiracy theories, and misinformation. Amy Spitalnick of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs is working to put...
(RNS) — After some conservatives objected to her saying the Ardas, a prayer from the Sikh tradition, at the Republican National Convention on Monday (July 15), Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, a California national committeewoman who grew up in North Carolina, responded...
(RNS) — In early 2023, the Rev. Joaquim Parron, a Catholic priest in Curitiba, in southern Brazil, rushed to a sprawling encampment outside the city where more than 200 destitute families were squatting on private land. Parron had gotten word...
