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April 2021

April 24, 2021

How Baptists hold differing views on the resurrection of Christ and why this matters

Some among the Baptist movement interpret the Resurrection as God’s response and commitment to liberating...

April 22, 2021

How ‘complementarianism’ – the belief that God assigned specific gender roles – became part of evangelical doctrine

Complementarianism became central to evangelical belief in response to the feminist movement of the 1970s...

April 22, 2021

Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity

Although many modern people tend to see 'magic' and 'religion' as separate, magic was actually...

April 07, 2021

What can you do with unwanted holy cards and Grandma’s religious statues? Well, that depends

The mass production of religious items such as rosaries and holy cards poses a problem...

April 03, 2021

The US has never had much of a pilgrimage tradition – perhaps now is the opportunity

The pandemic has curtailed religious tourism for many. As the US opens up, perhaps Americans...

April 02, 2021

Christian nationalism is a barrier to mass vaccination against COVID-19

Christian nationalists are far less likely to be vaccinated than other groups, research has found....

April 01, 2021

Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial

Prayers and symbols have the power to bind people together, writes a religion scholar, and...

March 2021

March 10, 2021

US army chaplain Emil Kapaun advancing toward sainthood

In early Christianity, soldiers could be baptized only if they refused to kill other human...

March 04, 2021

Pope’s upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq

The events that followed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq started a cycle of violence...

February 2021

February 22, 2021

What are the origins of Lent?

The 40-day Lenten season, when many Christians observe fasting, began in mid-February. A scholar explains...

February 05, 2021

How the National Prayer Breakfast became an opportunity for presidents and faith leaders alike to push their political agendas

Joe Biden used the National Prayer Breakfast to call for unity amid 'dark, dark times.'...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

Think US evangelicals are dying out? Well, define evangelicalism …

The number of self-described evangelicals as a share of US population has held steady for...

January 22, 2021

St. Matthew’s Cathedral, where Biden attended pre-inauguration Mass, has long been a place where politics and faith meet

St. Matthew is the patron saint of civil servants – making the Washington, D.C., church...

January 22, 2021

From Biden’s giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, ‘religion’ means different things to different people and different eras

From the oath-taking on the Bible during the presidential swearing-in ceremony to the 'awe' and...

January 08, 2021

In Mike Pence, US evangelicals had their ’24-karat-gold’ man in the White House

As Mike Pence prepares for life after the vice presidency, a scholar of religion looks...

January 06, 2021

Ready to try an old approach to a New Year’s resolution? The story of Saint Ignatius may provide some guidance

For many, New Year's resolutions do not last more than a few days or weeks....

January 05, 2021

Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyed

A peace deal brokered by Russia ended the war on Nov. 9, but the rich...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

How George Washington used his first Thanksgiving as president to unite a new country

In 1789, George Washington celebrated Thanksgiving by going to a poorly-attended church service, giving charity,...

November 23, 2020

60 years after JFK, Biden as second Catholic president offers a refresh in church’s political role

The US Catholic Church is more diverse and more divided than it was in JFK's...

November 22, 2020

What’s next for American evangelicals after Trump leaves office?

When Trump leaves the White House in January, many American evangelicals will feel that they've...

November 10, 2020

Who are patron saints and why do Catholics venerate them?

There could soon be a patron saint of the Internet, the latest in a long...

November 01, 2020

The Black Church has been getting ‘souls to the polls’ for more than 60 years

By David D. Daniels III, McCormick Theological Seminary At Black churches up and down the...

October 2020

October 13, 2020

Appealing to evangelicals, Trump uses religious words and references to God at a higher rate than previous presidents

Trump uses more religious terms in his set-piece addresses than any other president in the...

September 2020

September 03, 2020

Don’t be so shocked at the Falwell claims – research on Christian sex websites reveals an adventurous side to evangelical sexual culture

A sociologist describes her research on online Christian sex advice sites to point out a...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

Yes, God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump claims, according to theologians

Trump recently suggested that a vote for Biden would hurt God. Religion scholars explain what,...

August 18, 2020

Hagia Sophia has been converted back into a mosque, but the veiling of its figural icons is not a Muslim tradition

In reconverting Hagia Sophia to a mosque, Turkish officials have emphasized veiling of Christian icons...

August 04, 2020

75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons

As Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff in the nuclear era to call for total...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Lynching preachers: How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence

Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the...

June 12, 2020

Churchgoers aren’t able to lift every voice and sing during the pandemic – here’s why that matters

A choral conductor and scholar of sacred music explains what's missing from church worship with...

June 11, 2020

Are religious communities reviving the revival? In the US, outdoor worship has a long tradition

A pastor leads a prayer at an outdoor Easter service (Photo: AP/Chris O'Meara) Religious communities...