It has been called many things — a protest, a movement, a civic awakening — but at its core, the “No Kings” moment in the United States has been something deeper: a moral rebellion against idolatry.
It has been called many things — a protest, a movement, a civic awakening — but at its core, the “No Kings” moment in the United States has been something deeper: a moral rebellion against idolatry.
After years of decline, a growing number of Americans believe religion is on its way back, a new study from Pew Research Center suggests.
Palestinian Christians living in Israel and the West Bank may not have suffered the calamities inflicted on Gaza these past two years, but they, too, have been traumatized by the punishing war.
Spanking is just one feature of what Burt and Kramer McGinnis call the “Christian Parenting Empire,” an interconnected movement of evangelical authors and ministry leaders who’ve marketed their rigid parenting methods as God-endorsed. Citing the Bible, these leaders teach that instant obedience, corporal punishment, conformity and hierarchical family structures will guarantee faithful children.
“I used to play with my matchbox cars on the mosque’s carpet frames,” said artist Harout Bastajian, who now lives in Dearborn, Michigan. “I somehow grew up in the part of Lebanon during the war where Christians (and) Muslims lived in harmony.”
The new Museum of Christian and Gospel Music in Nashville, Tenn., opened on October 3.
The Trump administration’s deportation of more than a hundred Iranians held in ICE custody on a flight that touched down in Tehran on Sept. 29 includes Christian converts and other religious minorities who may face harsh penalties for their religious beliefs upon return to the Islamic Republic.
A 25-foot mural at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, unveiled and blessed during Sunday Mass on Sept. 21, honors generations of immigrants to New York, taking on a new meaning in today’s political climate.
When actor Wasim No’mani was cast as Moses in the new YouTube comedy show The Promised Land, it was, for him, a very Moses-like moment.
A predominantly white church that sought to learn about its racial history has now dedicated a memorial to the enslaved people who once worked on the building’s land in downtown Washington, D.C.
