RELIGION

Why is it so hard to sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner?’

(RNS) — The temptation is to follow “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem, with an immediate declaration of “Play ball!”…

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Four key takeaways from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Report

(RNS) — Almost immediately after the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission released its draft 224-page report Friday (June 26), several…

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How LGBTQ-affirming churches are confronting religious trauma

(RNS and Uncloseted) — Jacob May remembers sitting across from his pastor at 22-years-old in 2014 at a Chipotle in…

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On Pride Day, Dr. Helmut Love links AI to spiritual promises through Georgia initiative

Atlanta community leader launches AI-for-Good Georgia, a nonpartisan statewide initiative to proudly align AI with humanity’s highest values. ATLANTA — One…

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A Snapshot of an American Family for Pride

Can a family be radical, and radically ordinary, at the same time? The question came up as I interviewed my…

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A judge orders ICE to free a Wisconsin mosque leader, citing a ‘substantial’ free speech claim

(AP) — A federal judge ordered immigration officials to release the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque from detention Thursday, finding…

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Hare Krishnas celebrate a 50-year milestone with a parade of chariots in Manhattan

(RNS) — New Yorkers expecting to see Knicks celebrations and visitors in town for the World Cup were surprised Saturday…

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Supreme Court stops execution of prison minister Jeffery Lee

(RNS) — The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11) prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry…

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Willy Rice, Florida pastor and abuse crisis skeptic, elected SBC president

ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS) — A Florida pastor who has argued that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has become too woke…

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Union Seminary’s Rev. Dr. Serene Jones

Rev. Dr. Serene Jones served as president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City for 18 years—long enough to…

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