Judge Rejects Johnson Amendment Settlement, Keeping Ban on Pastors Endorsing Candidates
The ruling caps a decades-long battle to overturn a ban on houses of worship endorsing candidates.
NY Episcopal Diocese Outlines Plan for $1.2M Racial Reparations Fund
New York Episcopalians profited from the transatlantic slave trade and were 'uniquely implicated in the odious institution and in anti-Black policies and practices that extend through generations,' according to a new report.
Review: Becoming Neighbors
Amar D. Peterman explores how the common good can be cultivated through the practice of neighbor love and encourages Christians to join their neighbors at what he calls ‘the shared table.’
Join Us for an Online Class on Media & Religion
We’re partnering with Moravian University’s School of Theology to offer a four-week online course (with synchronous and asynchronous options) to explore how religion is covered and communicated in the media today.
Supreme Court Rules Against Colorado Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBTQ+ Kids
An 8-1 high court majority sided with a conservative evangelical counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment.
Review & Giveaway: Beyond Deconstruction
If HGTV decided to cast a show about fixing up your old religion, few could compete with James McGrath to be the star who transforms outdated edifices into contemporary spiritual structures.
His Arrest Went Viral. Now Rev. Michael Woolf Is Preaching What He Calls ‘Sanctuary Values.’
The photo of his arrest during a protest against ICE has given the Chicago-area pastor a platform to share a theology that centers immigrants and that harkens back to the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980's.
Pope Leo XIV Rejects Claims That God Justifies War in Palm Sunday Mass Message
He said God doesn't listen to the prayers of those who make war or cite God to justify their violence, just after Israeli police prevented the Catholic Church’s top leadership from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Survey: Support for Trump’s Immigration Agenda Craters With All Faith Groups, Especially Mainline Protestants
The new PRRI survey finds support for Trump’s immigration agenda weakened even among his steadfast supporters: White evangelicals and White Catholics.
At Pentagon Worship Service, Hegseth Casts Iran Conflict as Violent Holy War Against God’s Enemies
In the first Defense Department service since the start of the Iran war, Pete Hegseth prayed that God would ‘break the teeth’ and kill those ‘who deserve no mercy’ and should be ‘delivered to the eternal damnation prepared for them.’