Christian
N.T. Wright on the Apostle Paul’s sudden popularity
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 28, 2018
(RNS) — The author of the new book 'Paul: A Biography,' calls the apostle 'one of the great intellectual, cultural, spiritual thinkers of the whole world.'
Saudi-backed interfaith center boosted by crown prince’s surprising reforms
By Tom Heneghan — March 9, 2018
VIENNA (RNS) — Change in the Desert Kingdom has helped establish it as a serious player in interfaith dialogue.
Interfaith film misses Oscar, but raises hope in Africa
By Lauren Markoe — March 5, 2018
(RNS) — It spreads a message that many Africans say is too rarely heard: that people from different religious groups on the continent can be each other's heroes.
5 people whose lives were changed by Billy Graham
By Amy Green, Marshall Allen, and Jason Anthony — February 27, 2018
(RNS) — Across six decades of public ministry, Billy Graham preached to some 215 million people. Here's how he touched the lives of five of them.
Billy Graham: evangelical media pioneer
By Ted Parks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — Billy Graham's sometimes daring innovations were guided by the simple motivation to remain faithful to a divine message and proclaim it in the most effective way possible.
Billy Graham made sure his integrity was never in question
By Yonat Shimron — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — 'He was a model of financial respectability,' said Graham biographer William Martin. 'There was never a desperation pitch.'
Billy Graham’s other legacy: Best-selling author
By Delta Systems — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — 'Facing Death and the Life After' is just one of the more than 30 books he wrote.
Ruth Graham: The silent rock behind a famous evangelist
By Benedicta Cipolla — February 22, 2018
(RNS) — 'Your counsel, advice, encouragement and prayer have been my mainstay and at times I have almost clung to you in my weakness, in hours of obsession, problems and difficulties,' Billy Graham wrote in a 1963 letter to his wife, Ruth.
Billy Graham: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
By RNS staff — February 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Billy Graham is remembered for a subtle approach to politics that contrasts sharply with many of today's openly political evangelicals.
Billy Graham leaves a positive interfaith legacy, with a few blemishes
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — One of them was his anti-Semitic remarks made in a taped conversation with President Nixon.
Timeline of the life of Billy Graham
By Delta Systems — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — A man who started his career as a Fuller Brush salesman lived an extraordinary life that spanned more than nine decades.
Billy Graham, America’s pre-eminent evangelist, dies at 99
By Alicia C. Shepard and Adelle M. Banks — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — 'He would have to be viewed as by far the most important, single religious figure of the 20th century here in America,' said Randall Balmer, chairman of the religion department at Dartmouth College.
Ancient beard traditions shape the face of modern Jerusalem
By Ian Deitch — February 16, 2018
JERUSALEM (AP) — Facial hair is trendy worldwide these days, but in Jerusalem beards have never gone out of style, projecting religious mysticism, nationalism and ideals of masculinity.
Skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender won’t quit — on God or the Olympics
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 15, 2018
(RNS) — Despite three Olympics without a medal and frustration over the Russian doping scandal, Uhlaender says, 'Quitting is never an option, so why would I quit on God?'
Faith brought Olympic figure skater Alexa Scimeca Knierim ‘back on the ice’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 14, 2018
(RNS) — After overcoming a life-threatening illness two years ago, Olympic pairs figure skater Alexa Scimeca Knierim lost much faith in herself, but her faith in God grew.
