Adelle M. Banks
Muslim Americans worry about discrimination but profess faith in the American dream
Many U.S. Muslims have been mistreated because of their religion, but nearly half say they have also received support for that reason.
Smithsonian exhibit shows religious diversity in early American life
Walk around the Religion in Early America exhibit and a broad picture of faith in the colonial era emerges: there’s a Bible translated into the language of the Wampanoag people, the Torah scroll fr...
Unitarian Universalists elect first woman president
Susan Frederick-Gray, 41, an Arizona pastor and immigrant advocate, recently became the first woman elected president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
...Southern Baptists decry white supremacy, call for 'moral character' in public officials
Southern Baptists have adopted a statement denouncing “alt-right white supremacy” as antithetical to the gospel.
...Georgetown University apologizes for its role in historical slave trade
The leader of the Catholic religious order that helped found Georgetown University sought forgiveness from descendants of slaves whose sale bolstered the school financially.
...Leading church-state separation advocate to retire
Barry W. Lynn, an outspoken champion for church-state separation, has announced he will retire at the end of 2017.
...Unitarian Universalist head resigns amid controversy about staff diversity
The president of the Unitarian Universalist Association has resigned three months short of the end of his second term, declaring that someone else is needed to address issues of diversity in the as...
Baptist ethicist and commentator dies at age 63
Baptist ethicist Robert Parham, the founder of the Baptist Center for Ethics and a critic of the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention, died March 5.
...National Prayer Breakfast organizer and 'pastor to people in power' dies at age 88
Doug Coe, organizer of the annual National Prayer Breakfast and a spiritual guide to many politicians, died February 21 at age 88.
...Army now allows soldiers to wear turbans, beards, and headscarves
New army regulations will allow Sikh and Muslim soldiers to wear turbans, beards, and hijabs—the headscarves worn by some Muslim women—under most circumstances.
...Iconography classes draw non-Orthodox in search of spiritual images
For Lara Neri, painting icons is a kind of prayer.
...Pastor and business executive start company to help churches bridge digital divide
Boise Kimber, pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut, saw his congregation pay more than $1,000 for a website, only to have the people they purchased it from disappear.<...
Religious groups rally around issues after election; new Jewish-Muslim partnership forms
On the day after the election, Mervat Aqqad’s seven-year-old son woke up and asked who got elected president.
...Few pastors asked to perform marriages for same-sex couples
A survey shows that since gay marriage was made legal in 2015, Protestant pastors have rarely been asked to officiate at such ceremonies.
...U.S. stamp to celebrate a Hindu holiday for the first time
Never before has a U.S. stamp celebrated anything Hindu.
But coming soon to a post office near you: a stamp marking the Hindu holiday of Diwali.
...Tim LaHaye, Left Behind creator, dies at 90
Tim LaHaye, a creator of the Left Behind series, who was once named the most influential American evangelical, died July 25 in the San Diego area at age 90 after a recent stroke.
...Yvonne Studevan, descendant of AME founder Richard Allen, among those celebrating denomination's 200th anniversary
Standing outside the historic Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Yvonne Studevan was full of pride as she saw her great-great-great-great-grandfather being honored wi...