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Attempt to Deny Communion to Biden Will Backfire

Mary Hunt, RD

Politicizing the Eucharist

Fr. Thomas Weinandy, The Catholic Thing

Wendy Nelson Faces Competing Views of “Inclusivity”

Editorial, Public Square

My Father Stood with Israel When It Was Under Attack

Elisha Wiesel, Forward

The Path Forward for LGBTQ, Religious Rights

Christian Sagers, Deseret News

Transgender Lutheran Bishop and a Nicaea Myth

Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism

The Pilgrimage of the First Trans Lutheran Bishop

Emily Miller, RNS

Study: State Support Weakens Christianity

Cameron Hilditch, National Review

Sinai vs. the Capitol Riots

Abe Mezrich, Tablet

Chanting in the Time of COVID-19

Koshin Ellison, Tricycle

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Whole Person Care – True Death with Dignity

James Day, RealClearReligion

In its 2015 report, “Dying in America,” the Institute of Medicine concluded that the spiritual, medical, and emotional needs for... Read More

Tzimtzum: The Jewish Practice of Making Space

Michal Osham, RealClearReligion

Taking up too much space—existential space, not physical space—from those around us is something many of us do unintentionally.... Read More

Casting the First Stone?

John Hirschauer, RealClearReligion

And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery. And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one.... Read More

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The Priority of the Person

Fulton v. Philadelphia | The case that could redefine religious freedom

National Review Institute: Caring for the Orphan

Why St. Joseph is the Saint We Need in 2021

Attempt to Deny Communion to Biden Will Backfire

Mary Hunt, RD

If only President Joe Biden didn’t carry a rosary or quote the popular Catholic hymn "On Eagle's Wings" in his Inaugural address, it... Read More

Politicizing the Eucharist

Fr. Thomas Weinandy, The Catholic Thing

On April 14, America magazine, as part of its ongoing series, The Conversation with America Media, published an article by Archbishop Samuel... Read More

Wendy Nelson Faces Competing Views of “Inclusivity”

Editorial, Public Square

When a subset of students and faculty pushed to cancel Wendy Watson Nelson's commencement speech last week at Utah Valley University, they... Read More

My Father Stood with Israel When It Was Under Attack

Elisha Wiesel, Forward

Every day, I read about our complicated world in the news. And I ask myself: what would my father think about this? And what would he have... Read More

The Path Forward for LGBTQ, Religious Rights

Christian Sagers, Deseret News

Thorny as the debate can be for supporting religious liberty while securing nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans, the best... Read More

Transgender Lutheran Bishop and a Nicaea Myth

Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism

Just elected Lutheran Bishop Megan Rohrer of Sacramento is America's first transgender bishop. Rohrer, who was born female and identified as... Read More

The Pilgrimage of the First Trans Lutheran Bishop

Emily Miller, RNS

This isn't the first time the Rev. Megan Rohrer has been made bishop. Rohrer, who uses the pronouns they/them, was erroneously labeled a... Read More

Study: State Support Weakens Christianity

Cameron Hilditch, National Review

A peer-reviewed study published this month in the academic journal Sociology of Religion finds a paradoxical correlation between the growth... Read More

Sinai vs. the Capitol Riots

Abe Mezrich, Tablet

Three days before furious throngs mobbed the U.S. Capitol over suspicions of rigged voting stations, Yale historian and fascism expert... Read More

Chanting in the Time of COVID-19

Koshin Ellison, Tricycle

Almost five years ago, a video of monk and musician Kanho Yakushiji singing the Heart Sutra went viral. Yakushiji arranged a chorus of voices... Read More

RCReligion Analysis

Whole Person Care – True Death with Dignity

James Day, RealClearReligion

In its 2015 report, “Dying in America,” the Institute of Medicine concluded that the spiritual, medical, and emotional needs for... Read More

Tzimtzum: The Jewish Practice of Making Space

Michal Osham, RealClearReligion

Taking up too much space—existential space, not physical space—from those around us is something many of us do unintentionally.... Read More

Casting the First Stone?

John Hirschauer, RealClearReligion

And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery. And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one.... Read More

Videos

The Priority of the Person

Fulton v. Philadelphia | The case that could redefine religious freedom

National Review Institute: Caring for the Orphan

Why St. Joseph is the Saint We Need in 2021

How We Got to the Equality Act

Matthew Anderson, Christianity Today

Over the past decade, significant pillars of the evangelical community have wavered in their convictions about marriage and human sexuality. In 2014, World Vision announced it would hire Christians in same-sex relationships—only to reverse course after a backlash threatened donations.... Read More

Religious Persecution & Discrimination

How Congress Can Protect Jewish Communities

Nathan Diament, The Hill

This weekend, the New York Police Department arrested 29-year-old Jordan Burnette, accused of perpetrating a three-day spree of attacks against four synagogues in New York City's Riverdale neighborhood. He was charged with 42 criminal counts including several hate crimes. For three straight days last month, Burnette is alleged to have smashed doors and windows at these houses of prayer and invaded... Read More

Religious Freedom

Fulton v. Philadelphia | The case that could redefine religious freedom

Chandler Lasch, RealClearReligion

The Supreme Court’s top religion case this term focuses on faith-based foster care services, but it may hold implications for a much wider variety of religiously motivated work. In Fulton v. Philadelphia, justices have an opportunity to clarify when the government must accommodate religious objectors, a move that could make it easier for faith-based organizations to operate according to thei... Read More

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