Religion
A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.
Police are searching for the man who fired shots at the historically back Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.
Americans should know more about all religions, not just Christianity.
Writer Reza Aslan thinks a Muslim Will and Grace could truly change American perceptions of Islam.
But this doesn’t change the church’s official stance that abortion is a “grave sin.”
Conspiracy theories and anti-Catholic nativism mark the tract writer’s half-century career — and frequently mirror the alt-right.
The world’s five major religions were literally thousands of years in the making.
A Georgia professor explains the unique cultural factors that create skepticism toward science in the South.
A cautionary tale for leaders who claim to speak for the “values voter.”
A story of how early 20th century Jewish gangsters approached their Judaism.
The answer: no.
Most states lack civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people.
The author had to pray to accept her black son-in-law. It was bad.
People of faith aren’t exempt from facing each generation’s political and ideological battles.
The party originally supported slavery and Indian removal.
The party embraced the religious left, patriotism, and family values — without abandoning diversity.
Welcome to the shadowy underworld of Turkish politics.
For Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang autonomous ethnic region, religious piety is a symbol of resistance to Beijing’s control.
Among the stated goals of this year’s Reason Rally are comprehensive sex education, acceptance of climate science, and an end to discrimination against the gay community. Is this only the Democratic Party, in secularly inflected tones?
Unlike women’s reproductive clinics, most crisis pregnancy centers are not medical facilities, and apart from providing free pregnancy tests and possibly limited sonograms, they do not offer medical assistance.
The Moses story: now with more feminism!
He emphasizes changes in tone more than changes in policy.
Old Fashioned isn’t trying to tell its own story. It’s trying to discredit someone else’s.
American Arabs are not monolithic. They’re not even all Muslim.
Yes, really.
We drive up to the spot, and as soon as my brother kills the engine, we are surrounded by uniformed cops with drawn guns. One cop is telling my brother to get out of the driver’s seat with his hands up.
Some apparently don’t think the Constitution applies to everyone.
After a back injury ended my football prospects, I joined the IDF in search of a challenge. But the experience was more difficult physically, mentally, and politically, than I’d ever imagined.
Scrooge is redeemed not by becoming poor, but by using his wealth to help those in need.
Fewer Americans call themselves Christians, but Christmas isn’t going anywhere
Following Lenin’s death, the tree fell out of favor, labeled an anti-Soviet influence and a “remnant of the damned past” by a new generation of leaders. Then a member of Stalin’s inner circle suggested resurrecting the tradition “for the children.”
She’ll likely be canonized in September.
I don’t ask: Do I want to be a mother? I ask: Can I really bring a kid into a world careening toward crisis?
Many have suggested that Black Lives Matter isn’t carrying on the legacy of the civil rights movements. But it is — just not the legacy you remember.
If abortion is really no different from genocide or slavery, then why wouldn’t armed resistance be called for? The nation’s largest Protestant Christian denomination explains why.
But will it pass?
How the Queen of Pop could influence the next battle for LGBTQ rights.
My grandfather used his gun to protect his family from the KKK. My father was a police officer. I own several guns, and I’ve got no intention of giving them up.