I wish I had been there, in the late 1930s, when Sister Rosetta Tharpe first plugged her guitar into her little transistor ...

St. Isidore Catholic Virtual School isn’t a state actor merely by dint of public funding.

In his book Life in the Negative World, Renn lists the proclamation of the gospel as one of his aims—and when he and I spoke ...

When your kids see demonstrations in the street or on the news as a response to racially charged incidents, you can help them understand what's going on by giving them some historical context.

Pope Francis transformed women's roles in the Catholic Church without changing doctrine. His legacy: creating pathways for ...

Excerpt from the new book 'Sister, Sinner,' by Claire Hoffman, about the life and mysterious disappearance of 1920s evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.

Up to 45% of 10,000 sexual violence cases in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved minors, says UNICEF. Move coincides with DRC’s drive to sign minerals deal with US in exchange ...

Religious organisations, political leaders and citizens all have a role to play in defending the principle of secularism ...

For the last few decades, much of the world has tried to go without God, a departure from most of recorded history. More than ...

In this week's Friday Briefing, we look at politics and religion, and explore the rising influence of religion in everyday ...

Worldly success is attractive and tempting: fame, status, possessions, wealth come with the package. But when these ...

For instance, Boussalis, Coan and Holman analyzed 110,000 sermons to find that most pastors engage in political topics from the pulpit. Another bit of analysis by the same research team (plus Guhin) ...