(RNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court has ended its work for the session, but this week marks the anniversaries of two landmark decisions on the death penalty. On June 29, 1972, the Supreme Court’s Furman decision struck down all death...
NASHVILLE (RNS) — On a hot and humid summer day, Thursday afternoon (June 26), a group of mourners gathered in a small chapel at Immanuel Nashville church to say goodbye to Jennifer Lyell. In the pews for the invite-only memorial...
(RNS) — Pastor Brady Boyd, who helped one of the country’s biggest evangelical congregations recover from the Ted Haggard scandal and an attack by a gunman in the early 2000s, has resigned from the Colorado megachurch. Church elders at New...
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....
