RealClearReligion Week of September 15, 2025 Archives

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Monday, September 15
People Are Seeking God in Chatbots
Lauren Jackson The New York Times
Will My Dog Be In Heaven? Why Pet Owners Turn to Religious Groups
WaPo
Charlie Kirk's Murder is a Wound Inflicted On Our Shared Humanity
NCReporter
The Age of Re-Enchantment
Zachary Davis Deseret News
Pope Talks Ukraine, Synodality, Polarization, World Cup in Interview
Crux
Western Civilization Under Attack: Part Two
Paul Seaton Catholic World Report
Are Christians Disappearing Across The Middle East?
Lela Gilbert R. Unplugged
A Greek Island has 1,000 Private Chapels. How Families Maintain Them
AP
Forty: A Biblical Symbol of Completeness
Rabbi Yehuda Hausman The Torah
Jewish Organizations are Losing AI War Against Jew-Hate
J. Myers Times of Israel
Paul Against the Jews?
Gerald McDermott First Things
Archaeology Proves King David a Historical Figure
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
The Oversimplification Of Religious Faith In Modern Media
Henry Karlson Patheos
Trump Versus Kaine on God-Given Rights
Mark Silk Religion News Service


Tuesday, September 16
How America Forgot to Love Our Enemy
Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion
Americans are Divided Over Charlie Kirk. But They All Agree On This.
USA Today
How Faith Based Colleges Blend Faith and Reason for Unity
John Nunes Deseret
Finding Purpose
Rabbi Yossy Goldman Jewish News Syndicate
Is Islamic Terrorism Making A Comeback In Bangladesh?
Sonia Sarkar Unplugged
David Is Goliath, and That’s Great
Seth Mandel Commentary
Churches Must Resist Polarization as a Path to Reducing Violence
RNS
We Do Not Seek Vengeance Upon Our Enemies
James Wood Mere Orthodoxy
The Way We Debate Atonement Is a Mess
Brad East Christianity Today
He Died with a Microphone in His Hand
Robert Barron First Things
100 Churches Attacked Monthly By Jihadists in Nigeria
Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux
Teach Us to Number Our Days
Paul Baumann Commonweal


Wednesday, September 17
Democrats’ Strategy to Woo Voters for 2026: Religion
Justin Klawans The Week
Most and Least Religious U.S. States
Michael Lipka Pew Research Center
At Vigils for Charlie Kirk, Supporters are Called to Political, Spiritual Fight
RNS
No, DEI Does Not Mean God
John M. Grondelski First Things
Smash Temples, Build Schools
Thomas Albert Howard Commonweal
The Christian Case for Open Borders
Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo Sojourners
The Matter of Angels
Alison Milbank Plough
Why Jews Make Such a Big Target for Haters
David Suissa Jewish Journal
Sikh Leaders Urge India to Lift Ban on Pilgrims Traveling to Pakistan Shrine
AP
China Bans Online Evangelization and ‘Foreign Collusion’ By Clerics
The Pillar
Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims
NYT
Antietam & the Moral Clarity of the Emancipation Proclamation
Providence
Federalism and American Religion and Morality – Part 2
Juicy Ecumenism
Assisted Dying in the UK: Let’s Win Argument on Principle
Richard Turnbull Acton


Thursday, September 18
An American Stephen
Joe Rigney WORLD
The Dangers of the Charlie Kirk Aftermath
David French The New York Times
Pope, in New Biography, Resists Doctrinal Change on Hot-Button Topics
WaPo
CT Teacher Removed From Class for Hanging Crucifix
Christine Dempsey CT Insider
Hey, ICE, Stop Misusing Bible to Recruit Agents
Joshua Hammerman RNS
Charlie Kirk, Promoter of Judaism
Yisrael Medad Jewish News Syndicate
A Preview of Rosh Hashanah Sermons
Ryan Torok Jewish Journal
The Search for a Durable Identity
Kevin Brown Comment
Blessed Are the Soldiers: Patriotism Under God’s Providence
Providence
Why Charlie Kirk Landed with Young Men Like Me
Luke Simon Christianity Today
Barron Paints Charlie Kirk as Christlike. That's Not Based in Reality.
NCReporter
Faith-Filled Journey from the South of Vietnam to South Philly
K. Shinkle CPhilly


Friday, September 19
China Tightens Digital Grip On Clergy With Sweeping New Rules
R. Unplugged
Rabbis See Mix of Anxiety, Determination as US Jews Await High Holy Days
AP
ICE Raids Tear at the Body of Christ
Adam Russell Taylor Sojourners
In Bot We Trust? AI Can’t Replace God
Paul Kingsnorth Wall Street Journal
The Body They May Kill
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion
Rosh Hashanah and the American Dream
David Suissa Jewish Journal
A Time for Hatred?
Peter J. Leithart First Things
A Christian Response to the Murder of Charlie Kirk
Robb Brunansky RealClearReligion
Continent at a Crossroads?
Massimo Faggioli Commonweal
Attacking Prayer Reveals Deep Societal Crisis That Must Be Fixed
JNS
How Then Shall America Pray?
Ashley Ekmay Christianity Today
Has Our ‘Experiment in Ordered Liberty’ Failed?
Kenneth Craycraft Our Sunday Visitor
Canadian Church Fighting Fine For Hosting Worship Leader Sean Feucht
CPost
A Simple Gesture
Matthew Sieger RealClearReligion
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