In the past decade of so, your GetReligionistas have written a steady stream of posts about how America’s rapidly growing flocks of nondenominational believers have made the vague and complicated world of...
Read more(RNS) — A sign on Cardona’s desk reads “Let your faith be bigger than your fear.” The post Education Secretary Cardona: ‘If it weren’t for my faith, I wouldn’t be here’ appeared...
Read moreA lot has been written about Dave Ramsey, the Franklin, Tennessee-based Christian finance guru whose multi-million-dollar company, Ramsey Solutions, attempts to keep track of the private sexual activities of its employees —...
Read more(RNS) — Nearly 1,000 U.S. faith leaders are calling for a Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine 10 months after Russia invaded its neighbor. The leaders, who represent a broad range of faiths, said...
Read moreAsked whether he needed to win the World Cup to be considered better than Maradona and among the best ever, Messi replied, “The truth is that I thank God for giving me...
Read moreRabbi Areyah Kaltmann of Columbus, Ohio, lights the menorah in Bevelhymer Park on Dec. 18, 2022. Kaltmann is dressed as Judah Maccabee, the hero of the Hanukkah story. Photo by Harry Acosta...
Read morePower Up: The Week’s Best Reads1. Anti-Semitism is rising at colleges, and Jewish students are facing growing hostility: “College campuses have long hosted heated debates about the Israel-Palestinian conflict,” The Wall Street...
Read more(RNS) — Yeshiva University must recognize the YU Pride Alliance, a New York appeals court ruled Thursday. The ruling is the latest in the legal saga surrounding the Orthodox Jewish university, which...
Read moreHistorian Michel Meslin, president of the University of Paris–Sorbonne, wrote in “The Encyclopedia of Religion” that “infant baptism, though possible, was probably not practiced in the early period of the church,” but...
Read more(RNS) — To say the Muslim “ummah” (global community) has been united under the banner of red and green in supporting and standing with Morocco’s football team at this year’s FIFA World...
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