Source: Religion News service By Catherine Clark Above every Greek Orthodox church’s altar, Theotokos, or Mary the Mother of Jesus, symbolically watches over the congregation. The figure, with arms outstretched, […]
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias The Sacramento church of an evangelical pastor who led a prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration is offering beds for congregants who need a safe haven from […]
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured […]
Source: BBC By Chris Stokel-Walker 23 February 2017 When the Reverend Pete Phillips first arrived in Durham nine years ago, he was ejected from the city’s cathedral. He had been […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Grenoble DENVER ― A mother of four facing possible deportation has taken refuge in a Denver church after customs officials denied a request to extend […]
Source: Los Angeles Times BY David Montero Pastor David Daniels didn’t really have a choice. The refugees were desperate. He could feel that. Their need was great. He could see […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey DENVER — On Wednesday morning, Jeanette Vizguerra was scheduled to show up for a check-in at the local office of the U.S. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer February 7 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The topic of the public lecture at the seminary was “The Bible and Race,” and the discussion had […]
WRAL.com A CBC Editorial: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017; Editorial# 8121 The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company President Donald Trump’s promise to “totally destroy” a 60-year-old ban on […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY, Australia Reuters File Photo. Seven percent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis. The statistics were […]
The Review of Religions is pleased to present the following article by Shroud photographer Barrie Schwortz, which was originally published in The City in Spring 2016 and is reprinted here with permission. At first glance, I might seem to be the least likely candidate to be writing an article […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey The liturgy read in churches across America on Sunday said: “Blessed are those who are persecuted.” What clergy said […]
Source: The Economist BY ERASMUS It started on January 6th at an Episcopal cathedral in Glasgow when a Muslim student was invited to read from her faith’s sacred text, and duly […]
Source: The Telegraph BY Camilla Turner, education editor 22 JANUARY 2017 • 11:45AM Achaplain to the Queen has resigned after publicly criticising a church that allowed a Koran reading during its […]
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) In one of his last official acts, President Obama has designated Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and other civil rights landmarks in […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post A 155-year-old Baptist church in Washington DC recently named a married, gay couple to be its senior ministers with […]
Source: Associated Press By MEG KINNARD and JEFFREY COLLINS CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof told jurors Tuesday that he could ask them for life in prison instead of the […]
Source: The Guardian C of E decision over who to recommend for post will revive controversy in diocese divided over ordination of women St Paul’s Cathedral is the seat of […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN A week after Stephen K. Bannon helped engineer the populist revolt that led to Donald J. Trump’s election, Buzzfeed unearthed a […]
Source: Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (Variety.com via Reuters) Just days after A&E pulled their Klu Klux Klan docuseries, the Church of Scientology is lashing out at the network for […]