Around the same time the YouTube trailer sparked violence in parts of the Muslim world, Harvard Professor Karen King disclosed an ancient papyrus in which Jesus supposedly said “My wife …”
Christians believe Jesus was never married and the insinuation that it might be otherwise could have seemed sacrilegious to a vast number of Christians.
BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) With voters focused intently on pocketbook issues, both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are framing their faith-outreach efforts around the economy as the presidential campaign enters its final weeks.
Reporting on the “enormously sensitive” subject of Israel requires an extra dose of journalistic basics if coverage is going to be fair and balanced, according to a panel of experts involved in U.S.-Israeli programs.
This week Rotary Club 21 in downtown Spokane hosted a “leadership dialogue” featuring Bishop Blase Cupich, of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane and Spokane City Councilman Jon Snyder. The topic was referendum 74 dealing with marriage equality.
At some point church, and religion for that matter, became the cultural preserver and not the culture maker. The Christian tradition, the tradition I am most familiar with, was a dynamic force for equality that tore down boundary after boundary and eventually deconstructed the ideology of the Roman Empire.
How does the state of religious freedom in the United States today compare to 20 years ago? That was the question kicking off the panel discussion about current first amendment issues affecting the political square at the 63rd Religion Newswriters Association Conference on Friday (Oct. 5).