Five Centuries of the Radical Reformation
This issue of A Public Witness looks back at Anabaptism and what it still offers for Christians on the 500th anniversary of stirring the waters of a little fountain in Zürich.
1 in 7 Global Christians Faces ‘High-Level’ Persecution: Open Doors Report
Christians around the world are being attacked and killed, forced to flee and driven underground, the annual report finds.
Some US Lawmakers Want More Christianity in the Classroom. Trump Could Embolden Their Plans
Challenges to state-level Christian Nationalist measures are now working their way through the courts, which have grown friendlier to conservative Christian interests thanks to Trump’s judicial appointments.
Tributes to Jimmy Carter
This issue of A Public Witness offers short highlights from four notable reflections on the life of James Earl Carter Jr.
Report Ranks Countries Where Religion Faces Highest Government and Social Persecution
The Pew Research Center’s annual report on government restrictions on religion highlights that governmental attacks on religion and social hostility toward religion usually ‘go hand in hand.’
Ohio Could Mandate Public Schools To Allow Third-Party Religious Ed During School Day
School boards would be required to permit Christian groups and the Satanic Temple alike to provide off-campus instruction.
Make Herod Great Again?
This issue of A Public Witness reconsiders King Herod to move beyond a flat, culture wars depiction of the religious-nationalism-pushing ruler.
After IDOC Denial, Indiana Death Row Inmate Sues To Allow Spiritual Advisor in Execution Chamber
Monday’s federal lawsuit seeks to overturn the state’s decision not to allow Joseph Corcoran’s minister to be present in the execution chamber — a constitutional right granted by a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
US Military Takes Pride in Religious Diversity. Would Things Change if Pete Hegseth Takes Charge?
Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary ‘promotes the concept of fundamentalist Christian dominance and supremacy.’
India’s Anti-Conversion Law Is Fine-Tuned To Allow Policing of Christians
While they purport to protect poor Hindus from being exploited, anti-conversion laws have been found to have a more demonstrable effect of generating violence against Christians.