Faith & Culture

(RNS) — For the collector who has almost everything, there’s a chance this week to claim ownership of a Bible that literally was out of this world.

(RNS) — A new poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic shows that when it comes to politics, white evangelical Christians stand apart from every other religious group.

(The Conversation) — Nearly 40 years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter went on national television to share with millions of Americans his diagnosis of a nation in crisis. 

At a time when political strongmen, hypernationalism, and xenophobia have risen in the U.S. and the world, Carter’s speech offers a powerful counterexample to these trends.

(RNS) — Referring to the Enneagram as “just” a personality test is to its aficionados like calling Beyoncé “just” a singer. It is a personality test, but it’s also so much more: a spiritual tool, a map of self-discovery and a discipline that will kick your butt with a new awareness of your shadow side.

The church and organized religion ranked fourth in Gallup’s Confidence in Institutions report released on June 28, behind the U.S. military, small business and police.

Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they had a “great deal / quite a lot” of confidence in the church or organized religion, with 33 percent expressing “some” confidence and 27 percent “very little / none.”

In 2002, a Boston Globe investigation brought widespread media coverage to child sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic Church. Tarris Rosell remembers people talking about what an awful year it had been for the Church, but he had another perspective.

Soon after the first accusations of sexual assault and abuse by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein were made public, the #MeToo hashtag was born because of a simple idea in a tweet.

Facebook leads the way among social media outlets when it comes to evangelism on digital platforms, according to a Barna Group report released on June 26.

NEPAL (BP) -- Pavan* grew up feeling unsettled in his destiny. As the firstborn son in his family, he thought he would have to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Buddhist monk.

But music intervened into this cultural tradition that should have dictated his future.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Most churchgoers will put up with a change in music style or a different preacher, according to a LifeWay Research study released in June. But don't mess with a church's beliefs or there may be an exodus.