COMMENTARY: NBC’s ‘Save Me’ may need rescuing
(RNS) "Save Me," NBC's new prime time sitcom, may not be religious enough, neglecting its potential core supporters. The post COMMENTARY: NBC’s ‘Save Me’ may need rescuing appeared first on Religion...
View ArticleJoel Hunter pays a price for political activism
(RNS) Over the past decade, Hunter and a cohort of younger, evangelical leaders have called on others to lower their voices and shift the political center of gravity from the far right to the pragmatic...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Concealed handguns a form of white social control
(RNS) Part of the problem lies with with the lunatic -- and, I would argue, racist -- manner in which the Florida legislature has defined self-defense. You can start a fight for any reason, and if you...
View ArticleAssemblies of God defies denominational decline
(RNS) At its General Council meeting this week, the Assemblies of God touted its formula for defying the seemingly irreversible decline of other religious groups: contemporary music, arts and high-tech...
View ArticleU.S. nuns strike a positive note on Vatican investigation
(RNS) After its four-day annual assembly, the board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents 80 percent of the nation’s 57,000 sisters, emphasized the positive and remained...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: War on Poverty anniversary recalls religion’s role in Appalachia
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) On the 50th anniversary of the launch of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, it is worth recalling that Appalachia was a magnet for missionaries, both religious and...
View ArticleTim Chey’s ‘Final: The Rapture’ adapts ‘horror movie’ label
(RNS) In an interview outside the Orlando multiplex where his film, "Final: The Rapture" is playing, Tim Chey said he’s comfortable with the Christian horror movie label, or even “Christian disaster...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese directs movie about Jesuit mission to 17th-century Japan
(RNS) The historical drama “Silence,” stars Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson and begins shooting in Taiwan later this year. Based on Shusaku Endo’s 1980 novel of the same name, it's a dark, true tale...
View Article25 years later, houses of worship living up to spirit of Disabilities Act...
(RNS) Although the the law didn’t require accommodation and accessibility in places of worship, many went ahead and did it anyway. The post 25 years later, houses of worship living up to spirit of...
View ArticleDid soon-to-be-saint Junipero Serra meet his era’s highest moral standards?...
(RNS) Pope Francis' canonization of Junipero Serra highlights the Vatican’s sometimes contradictory standards for sanctity when it comes to European missionaries. The post Did soon-to-be-saint Junipero...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: NBC’s ‘Save Me’ may need rescuing
(RNS) "Save Me," NBC's new prime time sitcom, may not be religious enough, neglecting its potential core supporters.
View ArticleJoel Hunter pays a price for political activism
(RNS) Over the past decade, Hunter and a cohort of younger, evangelical leaders have called on others to lower their voices and shift the political center of gravity from the far right to the pragmatic...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Concealed handguns a form of white social control
(RNS) Part of the problem lies with with the lunatic -- and, I would argue, racist -- manner in which the Florida legislature has defined self-defense. You can start a fight for any reason, and if you...
View ArticleAssemblies of God defies denominational decline
(RNS) At its General Council meeting this week, the Assemblies of God touted its formula for defying the seemingly irreversible decline of other religious groups: contemporary music, arts and high-tech...
View ArticleU.S. nuns strike a positive note on Vatican investigation
(RNS) After its four-day annual assembly, the board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents 80 percent of the nation’s 57,000 sisters, emphasized the positive and remained...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: War on Poverty anniversary recalls religion’s role in Appalachia
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) On the 50th anniversary of the launch of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, it is worth recalling that Appalachia was a magnet for missionaries, both religious and...
View ArticleTim Chey’s ‘Final: The Rapture’ adapts ‘horror movie’ label
(RNS) In an interview outside the Orlando multiplex where his film, "Final: The Rapture" is playing, Tim Chey said he’s comfortable with the Christian horror movie label, or even “Christian disaster...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese directs movie about Jesuit mission to 17th-century Japan
(RNS) The historical drama “Silence,” stars Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson and begins shooting in Taiwan later this year. Based on Shusaku Endo’s 1980 novel of the same name, it's a dark, true tale...
View Article25 years later, houses of worship living up to spirit of Disabilities Act...
(RNS) Although the the law didn’t require accommodation and accessibility in places of worship, many went ahead and did it anyway.
View ArticleDid soon-to-be-saint Junipero Serra meet his era’s highest moral standards?...
(RNS) Pope Francis' canonization of Junipero Serra highlights the Vatican’s sometimes contradictory standards for sanctity when it comes to European missionaries.
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