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James Walvin, a former Church of England choirboy and professor of history at the University of York, doesn’t remember encountering “Amazing Grace,” in song or

Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service

November 7, 2023

Worldly realism and holy hope

Advent devotionals often have felt ho-hum to me: Wait patiently until Christmas, the main event. In The Holy in the Night: Finding Freedom in a

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Anabaptist World

November 2, 2023

Want to fix America’s woes? Start by getting to know your neighbors, researcher says

Author and researcher Seth Kaplan has some advice for Americans on how to address the country’s most vexing problems. Get to know your neighbors. Then

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

October 23, 2023

In new book, James Baldwin emerges as a prophet for our time

Over the past two years, lawmakers in dozens of states have taken up a crusade against “critical race theory,” passing new legislation to regulate how

Yonat Shimron | Religion News Service

October 17, 2023

In ‘When Religion Hurts You,’ a psychotherapist argues religious trauma is trauma

Raised in an evangelical church she now describes as a “dumpster fire” of fundamentalist beliefs, Laura Anderson’s terror of hell kept her up at night

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

October 16, 2023

My cookbook shelf as a mirror of Mennonite history

I like to take armloads of cookbooks from my kitchen shelf to Mennonite and food history classes and ask students what they can learn by

Mary S. Sprunger | For Anabaptist World

October 2, 2023

‘The Great Dechurching’ explores America’s religious exodus

Jim Davis and Michael Graham knew something was up in their hometown of Orlando, Florida. But they couldn’t put their finger on it. At the

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

September 25, 2023

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