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This book is a series of icons painted by Catholic priest William Hart Mc­Nichols, accompanied by prayers written by acclaimed translator and self-described "Jewish Sufi Buddhist who loves Chri...

I don't know what I'm going to do without Context: Martin E. Marty on Religion and Culture. Earlier this year Marty and the Claretians, who have published Context 12 times a year, announced that it was closing down. I've been in a mild depression ever since.

Geneva, November 9 (ENInews)--Christine Housel, an Episcopalian (Anglican) from the United States, has been elected the new general secretary of the World Student Christian Federation, a global gro...

The church is not known for responding quickly to cultural change. But really: almost seven years after Facebook launched, with thousands...

When we reflect on our projects as Christians, we are good at telling positive stories: an orphanage built in Thailand; numerous church plants in British Columbia; fundraising to support a local Bible college. To quote Eugene Peterson, “we work very hard at our faith,” and many times, this is a good thing. So we rightly tell these stories. They bring a necessary inspiration to continue making a difference in the world. We need to know and be reminded, I believe, that change is possible. One problem. These aren’t the only stories to tell.

It looks like the Senate Armed Services Committee is going to drop the...

"I was doing my material about being a southerner in New York—about regional differences in shopping, food, clothing. People were laughing. Then I made the mistake of saying I was a minister. The room went silent."

Moscow, November 8 (ENInews)--Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has launched a campaign to end the practice of kidnapping brides in the restive southern Russian region, while also saying he favours ...

Jerusalem, November 8 (ENInews)--Many people in the area believe there is little to celebrate, but Jericho, made famous in the Bible and one the earth's lowest and oldest inhabited cities, has begu...

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Leaders of the nation's largest coalition of Christian churches will gather here this week (Nov. 9-11) to commemorate...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI denounced abortion, same-sex marriage and the absence of religion in public life during a weekend...

LONDON (RNS) Five bishops have decided to leave the Church of England and join the Roman Catholic Church under the Vatican's new program to welcome disaffected Anglicans....

WASHINGTON (RNS) Leaders of three Sikh organizations say they've been told by federal transportation officials that turbans will always...

Most Episcopal bishops retire around age 65, and Bishop V. Gene Robinson made his retirement date official by asking the Diocese of New...

Second Thessalonians is concerned with encouraging a struggling congregation to stand firm, endure and persevere. Wendell Berry refers to the "art of the commonplace," a phrase that for pastors brings to mind the art, craft and skills by which we cultivate the common everyday life our people are called to live and share--and which will enable them to stand firm. It is about the mundane and about community.

In Paul's second letter to the church in Thessolonica he warns the Christians there about hanging out with followers of Jesus who are...

There isn't a tidy way to write about forgiveness. It's the whole gospel, for sure....

(RNS) A Muslim advocacy group filed suit Thursday (Nov. 4) in Oklahoma, saying a just-passed amendment forbidding judicial use of Islamic law is unconstitutional....

TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) On the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Derek Fenton stole headlines by burning pages from the Quran in...

(RNS) It takes more than a theological stake to the heart to kill the vampire legend....