Kimberly Winston
Kimberly Winston is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
All Stories by Kimberly Winston
Egyptian Parliament considers outlawing atheism
By Kimberly Winston — January 4, 2018
(RNS) — It is already illegal to 'defame' religion, but a new law would make it a crime to have no belief in God.
Ten Commandments monument attracts Texas shoppers, not protesters
By Kimberly Winston — January 3, 2018
(RNS) — A Texas mall proudly erects a massive Ten Commandments monument and attracts none of the controversy that has swirled around similar displays on public land.
Largest group of Mennonite churches leaves denomination
By Kimberly Winston — January 2, 2018
(RNS) — The question of homosexuality and the church splits another Protestant group.
RNS Best of 2017: No other artist mixed religion and sex like Prince
By Kimberly Winston — December 27, 2017
(RNS) For Prince, who died in April 2016, 'every song was either a prayer or foreplay.'
California artist weaves faith into acclaimed works, show
By Kimberly Winston — December 22, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia is an acclaimed artist whose Christianity is both a touchstone and wellspring for almost all of his abstract works — and a way of reclaiming what it means to be a Christian from conservatives.
‘The Sultan and the Saint’ revives 800-year-old interfaith exchange
By Kimberly Winston — December 21, 2017
(RNS) — A new film recounts the unlikely friendship between St. Francis of Assisi and the nephew of the great Muslim leader Saladin.
The Slingshot: Cardinal Law dies; Sacred crafts; Good Yule!
By kimberly-winston-and-jerome-socolovsky and Kimberly Winston — December 20, 2017
Cardinal Law, central figure in church abuse scandal, dies. In Christ’s birthplace, olive wood artisans carry on a Holy Land tradition. The roots of the Christmas tree: Pagans celebrate Yule
‘Trumpvangelicals’ top religion journalists’ poll
By Kimberly Winston — December 15, 2017
(RNS) — And the president himself tops the list of religion newsmakers of the year — despite his lack of church attendance and biblical literacy.
The Slingshot: Doug Jones; Hanukkah lights; Rohingya rape
By kimberly-winston-and-jerome-socolovsky and Kimberly Winston — December 13, 2017
5 faith facts about Doug Jones. Celebrating Hanukkah where the dominant winter holiday isn’t Christmas. Rohingya women alleged to have been methodically raped by Myanmar’s armed forces.
Renaissance art goes green in two exhibits at the Getty Museum
By Kimberly Winston — December 12, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Renaissance artists bring a lushly imagined world of blooming gardens, fecund valleys, babbling rivers and frolicking animals to convey an old idea still with us today — that nature plays a role in faith.
The RNS gift guide: The good, the bad and the weird
By Kimberly Winston — December 6, 2017
(RNS) — Our annual guide to gifts for the godly and the godless.
Winter books: The ‘Me! Me! Memoir’ edition
By Kimberly Winston — December 5, 2017
(RNS) — Here are 10 memoirs that blend the spiritual or religious with politics, mental health, death and dying, marriage, motherhood, divorce, academia and founding a business.
Fighting wildfire with prayer, Catholics turn to Eucharistic adoration
By Kimberly Winston — November 29, 2017
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (RNS) — To bring healing from the ashes of the most destructive wildfires in California history, hundreds across the country practice Eucharistic adoration, prayer before an altar where they believe Christ's body is present.
The Slingshot: Trump retweets; Sanctuary churches; Sharia in Greece
By kimberly-winston-and-jerome-socolovsky and Kimberly Winston — November 29, 2017
The president spreads inflammatory videos. His administration is challenged by churches sheltering immigrants faced with deportation. Nearly a century after the sultans left, Greek Muslims will no longer have to live by Ottoman rules.
The Slingshot: Activist scholars; Puritans and Pilgrims; Judah Maccabee shot
By kimberly-winston-and-jerome-socolovsky and Kimberly Winston — November 22, 2017
Religion scholars turn activist in the shadow of Trump. What is the difference between a Pilgrim and a Puritan and which of them do we thank for Thanksgiving? A children’s book is not immune to vaccine conspiracy theories.
