Residents of Maine Gather To Pray and Reflect, Days After a Mass Shooting Left 18 People Dead
Investigators are still searching for a motive for the massacre, but have increasingly been focused on Robert Card’s mental health history.
Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Melted Down
‘It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,’ said the Rev. Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting.
Christian Nationalism in the Speaker’s Chair
This issue of A Public Witness introduces you to the 56th speaker of the House — the founding dean of a failed Baptist law school, an attorney for three firms devoted to advancing Christian Nationalism, a crusader for prayer in public schools, an evangelist proclaiming
Poll: More Religious Americans Support the Use of Political Violence
One-third of white evangelical Protestants support the idea, significantly more than any other religious group.
Support for Israel Becomes a Top Issue for Iowa Evangelicals Key to the First Republican Caucuses
Support for Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses now less than three months away.
Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Now-Closed Christian Boarding School in Missouri
Former Agape students came forward with abuse allegations in 2020.
Documentary on Black Millennials Depicts Wide Range of Religion, Rebellion
‘We show the pluralistic nature of the African American religious experience,’ said creator Teddy Reeves, ‘from those who are of some formal faith tradition to those who are not.’
Oklahoma AG Sues to Stop US’s First Public Religious School
Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond’s warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions.
Palestinian Americans Decry Demonization in Media Amid Rising Fear of Hate Crimes
From his vantage point in Bethlehem in the West Bank, the Rev. Mitri Raheb said he has watched the coverage of the conflict coming from Western media with increasing alarm.
Florida Faith Leader: Black History Toolkit Gains Interest Outside the State
What the Rev. Rhonda Thomas started as a state-focused response has attracted interest in a far wider stretch of the country than she ever imagined.