[ad_1] (RNS) — The new prison drama “Sing Sing” points the camera at the humanity of men who have been imprisoned, touching on themes of faith, hope, love, confession and redemption — and employs those formerly incarcerated to play on-screen versions of themselves. Based on the real-life story of the maximum security prison’s Rehabilitation Through the […]

[ad_1] Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants fund diverse projects for worshiping communities and teacher-scholars. The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW) has awarded yearlong grants to 48 recipients throughout the United States and Canada to stimulate thoughtful, innovative work aimed at strengthening Christian worship practices and preaching.The latest round of Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants includes 15 awards to […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — In late 2023, Christopher Tackett posted a video on social media site X (formerly Twitter) of a clip from the Heritage Foundation Leadership Summit. Describing the video, he wrote, “The Heritage Foundation and a ton of other ‘conservative’ organizations created Project 2025. They want to dismantle democracy.” The post came at the […]

[ad_1]  Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, one of the country’s top advocates and experts working at the intersection of religion, politics and policy, has just this week joined Interfaith Alliance as the organization’s new Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy. To start off his tenure, he joined host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush on The State of Belief, […]

[ad_1] NEW YORK (RNS) — This year’s India Day parade in New York City, a long-running celebration of the birth of Indian democracy and the diversity of the diaspora, has stirred dissent for its plans to prominently feature a float of the Hindu deity Ram and a model of a controversial temple recently built over […]

[ad_1] CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. (RNS) — As houses of worship across much of the Western world shutter their doors due to shrinking attendance, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in the process of adding more than 150 new temples around the globe. One of the newest completed temples, located in the Cranberry […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — A diverse group of Christians is throwing support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House bid, organizing fundraisers and Zoom calls in hopes of helping catapult the Democrat to victory in November — and, they say, reclaiming their faith from Republicans in the process. Their efforts come on the heels of similar […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — Jameeleh Shelo, a Palestinian American and a native of Chicago, plans to march alongside thousands of others outside the Democratic National Convention next week to protest the party’s stance on Israel. Shelo, who is Muslim, will join people of various faiths and no faith to demand that the party end U.S. aid […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — In mid-July, Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, was transformed into a place of worship as more than 50,000 Catholics gathered for the National Eucharistic Congress. The stadium full of young people, nuns in an array of habits and priests in black and brown faced an altar adorned with four […]

[ad_1] World’s oldest historically Black denomination to gather 15,000 delegates and observers in Columbus, Ohio. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church will feature the church in worship and at work from August 21 to 28, 2024, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in […]