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July 2025

July 19, 2025

How Has Religion’s Evolution Debate Evolved?

How Has Religion's Evolution Debate Evolved? THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: This month marks the 100th...

July 04, 2025

What’s the proper role for religion in U.S. public schools?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: In the vigorous discussions since World War Two about religion’s proper...

June 2025

June 20, 2025

Why were the Latter-day Saints persecuted so harshly?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: In 19th Century America, Catholic immigrants were subjected to shameful riots,...

June 06, 2025

Do the Popes Run a Network of “Spies”?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: There’s ample chatter about how Leo XIV, as the first Pope...

May 2025

May 23, 2025

Why Do Our Bibles Keep Changing?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: There are two reasons, translations, and texts, both of which have...

May 08, 2025

Should Churches be Tax-Exempt? Why, or Why Not?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: The perpetually thorny issue of tax exemptions erupted in a dramatic...

April 2025

April 26, 2025

How Are Popes and Other World Religious Leaders Chosen?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Today’s majestic open-air funeral for Pope Francis is now followed by...

April 11, 2025

How Might a Newsman Approach Good Friday and Easter?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: A highly readable new book provides the latest example of such...

March 2025

March 28, 2025

Does the Faith Factor Explain “Mainline” Protestant Decline?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Let’s say you are looking for a local church to join...

March 14, 2025

How Might Religion Shape 2026 & 2028 Elections?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Candidate Donald Trump won Michigan by 1.41%, Pennsylvania by 1.7%, and...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

Does Science Point to God? A Journalist Makes the Case

The Religion Guy's Answer: This is pretty much the ultimate Q&A topic for Patheos. There’ve...

February 12, 2025

What do U.S. religious groups believe on transgender issues?

What do U.S. religious groups believe on transgender issues? THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: This topic...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Is Same-Sex Marriage a Settled Issue in the U.S.?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Not yet, and not quite, even as President Trump's agenda instead...

January 17, 2025

Explainer: What Is Rome’s Holy Year? What Are Indulgences?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Italy’s tourism agency expects 35 million pilgrims to visit Rome during...

January 03, 2025

Why Is This 1,700-Year-Old Creed So Important?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: No text ever written can compare with the impact of...

December 2024

December 06, 2024

Are Mass Deportations Moral? What Do Christians Say?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Many Bible readings during Christmas services will recount that the infant...

November 2024

November 22, 2024

How Will the New Archbishop of Canterbury Be Chosen?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: The Archbishop of Canterbury, whose position has a 1,427-year history, is...

November 08, 2024

What are the most religious places in the world?

What are the most religious places in the world? THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Let’s start...

October 2024

October 24, 2024

How Are Catholic Bishops Chosen?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Before the final session of a Synod of Bishops that concludes...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

Could New Science Verify the Famous Shroud of Turin?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER The Shroud of Turin, the world’s most famous and most-examined artifact,...

September 13, 2024

What issue is shared by Catholics, Evangelicals and Muslims?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: In recent months, all three faith communities have been in he...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

How did the LDS Church erase its 126-year limit for Blacks?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: The answer is that a complicated process occurred during decades before...

August 17, 2024

Could Islam Undergo a 21st Century Reformation?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: That seems highly unlikely at the moment, but it’s certainly intriguing...

August 03, 2024

How Did Christians Choose What Old Testament Laws to Uphold?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: The long-running religious debate over same-sex relationships recently contributed to the...

July 2024

July 19, 2024

How Might U.S. Evangelicalism Emerge from the Trump Era?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Hard to say. But important, since evangelical Protestants are the largest...

July 06, 2024

Might the Supreme Court OK school Ten Commandments displays?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: A controversial new law in Louisiana requires all public school classrooms...

June 2024

June 22, 2024

What’s the role of America’s patriotic songs and symbols?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: To thrive, the United States needs, yes, to be “united,” which...

June 07, 2024

How should Christianity relate to politics and culture?

THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: The moving 80th commemoration of D-Day occurred six days after the...

May 2024

May 24, 2024

How should antisemitism be defined?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: The Antisemitism Awareness Act that passed the U.S. House by a...

May 11, 2024

Will religious beliefs on abortion affect 2024 U.S. vote?

New York abortion protest. "All"? "Most"? / Katie Godowski @ pexels.com THE RELIGON GUY’S ANSWER:...