A new survey of mainline clergy finds those leading the historic denominations that once shaped the American Protestant scene are far more liberal than their congregants on a host of political and social issues.
Read More »Atheist and Agnostic Fired for not Attending Company Prayers Win $50K in Suit
A North Carolina home repair company that advertises as “Grandmother Approved” has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two employees who were fired for refusing to participate in daily Christian prayers.
Read More »Whitworth University’s new hiring policy will allow LGBTQ faculty
The school in Spokane, Washington, joins a sliver of Christian colleges and universities that have bucked a largely sturdy resistance to hiring married gay faculty.
Read More »Poll: Most Religious Americans Believe There Are Only Two Genders
A Public Religion Research Institute survey of 5,438 Americans shows an increase over the past two years in the belief that there are only two gender identities — man and woman — among several religious groups.
Read More »Trailblazing Episcopal priest Pauli Murray to be featured on US quarters
The first Black woman to be ordained in the Episcopal Church, who was also a trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and writer, will be honored on the U.S. quarter next year.
Read More »Poll: American’s Belief in God is Dropping
In the latest Gallup Poll, belief in God dipped to 81%, down 6 percentage points from 2017, and the lowest since Gallup first asked the question in 1944.
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