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My old office was above a soup kitchen, and its clients regularly came in to ask for money. Eventually I began interrupting each visitor's story by sliding a 20-dollar bill across my desk—a toll I paid so I could return to my work.

The war in Afghanistan is not the only conflict that should end. The whole notion of war as a response to jihadism ought to be junked—and the sooner the better.

London, June 10 (ENInews) -- In a strongly-worded opinion piece in the June 9 issue of The New Statesman, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan...

(RNS) The National Association of Evangelicals is siding with Jews and Muslims in opposition of a proposed ban on infant male circumcision in San Francisco....

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholics forced to participate in ordinations of bishops without the pope's approval may be exempt from the usual penalty...

The Southern Baptist Convention has reported declines last year in several categories traditionally used as markers of denominational...

Now that it's summer, I'm on the lookout for nonviolent water toys. They're a lot harder to find than one might think.  If you...

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The Zion Christian Church—an African-initiated church that's powerful in South Africa—traces its origins to John Alexander Dowie, a 19th-century Scottish spiritual entrepeneur who founded the city Zion, Illinois.

There are two ways to reduce the federal budget deficit: cut spending and increase revenue. Serious progress will require both. But neither can solve the larger problem behind the nation's budget woes.

Bangalore, India, June 9 (ENInews)--Nearly two years after ten Christians were killed and nearly 100 houses burned in the Punjabi town of Gojra, a...

PHOENIX (ABP) – Six groups are joining to call on the Southern Baptist Convention to apologize for its treatment of gays. ...

Significant majorities of Amer­icans say it is possible to disagree with their religion's teachings on abortion and homosexuality and still...

People often think things that are creative, or even subversive, in culture will be the newest or best things around - the type of ideas...

All 50 states have regressive tax structures: the lower your income, the larger share of it goes to state taxes. While a few states have...

Sir Martin Gilbert, an author of many books, has written an argument for one of the silent participants in the Israeli-Palestinian conundrum....

Jerusalem, June 8 (ENInews)--The security situation in Egypt has "deteriorated considerably" since former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down on 11...

OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) After just an hour of deliberation, jurors on Tuesday (June 7) unanimously found two members of a faith-healing church...

PALMER, Mass. (RNS) A Massachusetts woman charged with larceny and fraud denied Tuesday (June 7) that she stole donated items from a church that...

(RNS) A new Gallup poll finds 92 percent of Americans say they believe in God, a figure that has dropped by only a few points since Gallup first asked the question in the 1940s. ...