Monthly Archives: July 2015
African-American opera singer revives the songs of the shtetl
By Kimberly Winston — July 31, 2015
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) A 6-foot-tall African-American, Russell performs Yiddish songs from New York to Florida, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, to full houses and wide acclaim.
5 faith facts about Jim Gilmore: Staunch supporter of ‘Christian values’
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 31, 2015
(RNS) He blasted Obama's 2015 prayer breakfast speech in which he cited the Crusades, the Inquisition, slavery and Jim Crow as “terrible deeds in the name of Christ.” Gilmore told The Washington Post, those words were “the most offensive I’ve ever heard a president make in my lifetime."
BCWI Announces the Complete List of 2015 Best Christian Workplaces
By Religion News LLC — July 31, 2015
Serving a cause that is greater than oneself is one of the top attractions of working in a Christian organization. These survey results indicate employees in Christian workplaces experience work that is meaningful and life giving. This year’s research conducted by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute concludes there are multiple factors that describe why employees […]
Pope Francis shuns summer palace again; locals say town losing tourism
By Rosie Scammell — July 31, 2015
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (RNS) The silence that hangs over Castel Gandolfo is, according to the locals, principally the result of Pope Francis’ absence.
Marijuana ministries * Chicken blood * Chocolate snakes: July’s Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — July 31, 2015
Cannabis churches are billowing out across America. Chicken huggers are suing to keep ritual bird blood off Brooklyn’s sidewalks. And a South African prophet is being prosecuted for turning congregants into snakes and snakes into chocolate.
An abuse survivor speaks to the church
By Boz Tchividjian — July 31, 2015
Powerful and personal words that call for the church to reflect the genuine image of Jesus.
Confederate flags placed outside MLK’s Atlanta church
By USA Today Network — July 31, 2015
ATLANTA - Authorities have images of the men placing the flags outside Ebenezer Baptist Church; they say they have not ruled out hate crime charges.
Toddler killed in suspected Jewish settler ‘revenge’ attack on Palestinian home
By Reuters — July 31, 2015
The home in a village near Nablus was firebombed before dawn and graffiti in Hebrew reading "revenge" was scrawled outside, below a Star of David. Israel's prime minister called it "terrorism."
The ‘Splainer: How do Jewish conversions work?
By Sara Weissman — July 30, 2015
(RNS) Jewish conversion seems to be all over the media lately. But what does it actually entail? Let us 'Splain ...
Evangelicals back carbon reduction plan
By Adelle M. Banks — July 30, 2015
(RNS) The letter from evangelicals says that 230,000 "pro-life Christians" have contacted the Environmental Protection Agency in support of the plan.
Why stay? A new book looks at feminists who refuse to give up on faith
By Lauren Markoe — July 30, 2015
(RNS) The question each of the 45 authors agreed to ponder: “Why do you stay?”
Ultra-Orthodox man stabs six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem, Israeli police say
By Reuters — July 30, 2015
The parade has long been a focus of tension between Israel's predominantly secular majority and devoutly religious Jews, Muslims and Christians. Police say the same assailant stabbed three at a similar march in 2005.
Faith communities adding urgency to calls for prison reform
By Jacob Lupfer — July 30, 2015
(RNS) In an era when most faith groups’ political priorities align predictably with the two major parties, it is refreshing to behold a truly diverse religious consensus on an issue.
Episcopal panel to look into charges against L.A. bishop
By Religion News LLC — July 30, 2015
NEW YORK – The national Episcopal Church has referred charges against L.A. Bishop J. Jon Bruno to a three-bishop panel “for further review and action,” according to Bishop F. Clayton Matthews, head of the church’s Office of Pastoral Development. The charges were brought by members of St. James the Great Episcopal Church in Newport Beach, […]
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