Five myths about the cross
Source: The Washington Post By Robin M. Jensen April 14 Christians worldwide are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus in Good Friday worship services, followed by celebration of his resurrection on […]
The Profound Connection Between Easter and Passover
Source: The Wall Street Journal By R.R. Reno April 14, 2017 8:45 a.m. ET Easter stalks Passover. They arrive together every spring, like the daffodils and magnolia blossoms. This year, […]
The cooling of Donald Trump’s Islamo-scepticism
Source: The Economist THESE are confusing times for any student of global religion and geopolitics. This weekend around 2bn Christians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This happens to […]
This Is Where the Word ‘Easter’ Comes From
Source: Time By Katy Steinmetz Apr 15, 2017 Why do we use the word Easter to describe the spring’s eggiest holiday? There’s more than one theory, but the most interesting intertwines […]
New Mormon women’s leader preaches the value of interfaith aid in U.N. speech
Source The Salt Lake Tribune By BOB MIMS AND DAVID NOYCE | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Apr 13 2017 01:30PM • Updated 2 hours ago Photo […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed […]
The Evangelical Roots of Our Post-Truth Society
Source: The New York Times By Molly Worthen THE arrival of the “post-truth” political climate came as a shock to many Americans. But to the Christian writer Rachel Held Evans, charges […]
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
Source: The Conversation This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration […]
The joy of a Christian-Muslim wedding among Egypt’s Nubians
Source: BBC The attacks this week on Coptic churches in northern Egypt underline the dangers faced by the country’s Christian minority. But among the Nubians – an ancient nation that […]
THE CONTRADICTIONS OF REZA ASLAN’S “BELIEVER”
Source: The New Yorker By Elias Muhanna April 9, 2017 A few years ago, a friend sent me an e-mail with the subject line “Reza Aslan is insulting you!” The […]
Hindu Group Claims Christians Tried Forced Conversions in India
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and NIDA NAJARAPRIL 8, 2017 Yogi Adityanath, the new chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, during a news conference […]
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the […]
USA: Many Believe in God, but Not in Heaven or Hell
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious beliefs and practices Source: PEW Research Center While 89% believe in God, only 55% believe in heaven and hell BY ALEKSANDRA […]
New Volume of the Muslim Sunrise: Houses of God: Church, Synagogue, Mosque, Temple
Editorial of Spring 2017 Volume By Mubasher Ahmad, Editor-in-Chief A synagogue, church, mosque or temple – a house of God is a sacred place for co-religious congregations to gather and […]
Book Review: Jesus before the Gospels
Jesus before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior Author of the book: Prof. Bart Ehrman Book Review by David Chivers, who […]
Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’
Source: New York Times By ANDREW HIGGINS VOROKHOBINO, Russia — A dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, Andrei Sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous […]
Most college head chaplains are Christian. At USC, a Hindu leads the way
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Rosanna Xia Contact Reporter Varun Soni straightened his shoulders and grasped the podium, his dark suit flanked by the stately white robes of priests and ministers. A […]
Unitarian Universalist president resigns amid diversity controversy
By Adelle M. Banks | March 31, 2017 (RNS) The president of the Unitarian Universalist Association has resigned three months short of the end of his second term, declaring that someone else needed to address the religious movement’s diversity problems. The Rev. Peter Morales, the first Latino president of the liberal and […]
The Islamic Jesus: A Gap Or Bridge Between Christians And Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post By Mustafa Aykol Visiting senior fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesly College Throughout the whole Qur’an, there is only one woman mentioned by her name. She […]
Vatican says Trump risks losing climate change leadership to China
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME The Vatican urged U.S. President Donald Trump to listen to “dissenting voices” and reconsider his position on climate change on Thursday, saying the […]