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Whenever the Israelites' "wilderness wandering" comes up, it presents a golden opportunity--especially in the current U.S. political climate --to talk about immigration.

In 1921, a Methodist minister fatally shot the most prominent Catholic priest in Birmingham, Alabama. Sharon Davies’s book makes vivid the pervasive anti-Catholicism of the early 20th-century South.

Many of the readers who flock to Søren Kierkegaard are members of the philosophy guild....

As Americans were complaining about all the snow this winter, arguing about the value of NPR and PBS, and learning that we suffer from an “enlargement of self,” the Japanese were dying by the thousands as solid ground gave way and the sea roiled and raged, consuming whole cities.

Many national leaders talk about cutting spending so as not to burden future generations with  deficits. They seem to have no problem, however, burdening the next generation with an overheated Earth.

On Ash Wednesday, Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed a bill banning capital punishment. A member of my congregation offers a powerful Lenten lesson for the year the death penalty was abolished in Illinois.

Reading scripture in unexpected places can unsettle the reading you were likely to bring to the text. So once a week I read a short biblical passage in some place other than my home or office.

(RNS) Southwest Airlines has apologized to a Muslim woman who claims she was removed from a flight from San Diego on Sunday (March 13) because of...

New York, March 17 (ENInews)--Ecumenical organizations on both sides of the Atlantic are urging NATO to remove all U.S....

Oslo, Norway, March 17 (ENInews)--The average Church of Norway member went to church once a year in 2010, Statistics Norway reported on 15 March in the annual statistical report it sends to the chu...

Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller says he never would have approved a recent covenant that the church's choir members were asked...

The House of Representatives is voting today on a bill that would prevent public radio stations from paying their NPR dues with federal money. This follows the video that brought down NPR head Vivian Schiller and senior VP Ron Schiller (no relation to each other).

Mike Leigh's latest film is pared down but surpassingly elegant, like a superbly assembled piece of chamber music. But it has an unusual flaw.

The Bible's exhortation to care for the neighbor isn't necessarily a metaphor. We really do have a responsibility to the people who live near our church.

On March 11, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to celebrate national unity and condemn  sectarianism. Days earlier, Christian-Muslim clashes resulted in deaths, injuries and a burned church. What is going on?

(RNS) The Justice Department has filed suit against California prison officials on behalf of a Sikh inmate who says his religious freedom was...

(RNS) Rest on the Sabbath. Heed Old Testament dietary codes. And be ready for Jesus to return at any moment. ...

Suheil Dawani, the Anglican bishop in Jerusalem, has gone to court to seek a renewal of the Israeli residency permit that allows him to live and work in the ancient city....

As the extent of the death and destruction from the massive di­saster in Japan came into focus, religious relief organizations were sending...

It's the most wonderful time of the year for fans of collegiate (men's) sports. I'm not one, but I can appreciate the thrill of a single-elimination tournament. I also enjoy the creative ways people use March Madness to bring attention to other subjects.