Q&A
Chicago preacher Otis Moss III uses film to honor Ahmaud Arbery, address racism
By Adelle M. Banks — May 18, 2020
(RNS) — ‘I would challenge all people of faith to become educated about the weaponizing of black skin in American culture,’ said the Rev. Otis Moss III.
Bart Ehrman on why everything you’ve been told about heaven and hell is wrong
By Yonat Shimron — March 26, 2020
(RNS) — Best known for his popular books debunking the central assumptions of Christian Scriptures, the New Testament scholar continues this quest in his latest book, ‘Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.’
Dorothy Day defied definition. Now the potential saint is the subject of a new film.
By Yonat Shimron — March 4, 2020
(RNS) — The former journalist who founded the Catholic Worker movement was a committed Catholic who gave her life to the cause of the poor, yet also disdained government assistance.
Leaving politics, Obama speechwriter finds new meaning in Judaism
By Yonat Shimron — September 17, 2019
(RNS) — The speechwriter-turned-Jewish-spokesperson talks about her unconventional views of God, how Judaism has taught her to be a better person and what she does to prepare for the High Holy Days.
After Dorian, Baptist leader and Bahamas native sees devastation, resilience
By Adelle M. Banks — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — The Progressive National Baptist president said of some churches after the hurricane: 'Even the ones that were serving as shelters, most of them have been compromised.'
Who is the Museum of the Bible really for? Scholarly book examines multiple problems
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — The academic community's critiques have been collected in a book cataloging a host of ills, from the museum's focus on the Protestant Bible to faked artifacts to an alleged evangelical agenda.
Jamal Bryant on his ‘bittersweet’ transition from one black megachurch to another
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2018
(RNS) — Bryant, the son and grandson of African Methodist Episcopal clergy, talks about why he’s making the transition, what it says about black megachurches and his hopes for his new role.
Amy Julia Becker reflects on the burden of white privilege
By Yonat Shimron — October 26, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — One day scanning her children’s bookshelf Becker realized nearly all the characters in those books were white, like herself, her husband and her three children.
Ex-polygamist details flight from the FLDS and his half brother, Warren Jeffs
By Jana Riess — May 29, 2018
(RNS) — Wallace Jeffs lost almost everything when he spoke out against polygamous FLDS leaders and his half brother, Warren Jeffs. Now remarried and baptized into the mainstream LDS church, Wallace opens up in a chilling new memoir.
Miroslav Volf delves into the theology of joy: A Q&A
By Adelle M. Banks — May 21, 2018
(RNS) — The leader of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture talked about the difference between joy and happiness, biblical lessons on joy and how the average person can find joy.
Kenneth Miller finds good news in evolution
By Yonat Shimron — April 19, 2018
(RNS) — In his new book, 'The Human Instinct,' the Brown University biologist seeks to counter the message that evolution is dreary, depressing and demoralizing.
Former FBI agent still haunted by Waco tragedy and David Koresh’s beliefs
By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 16, 2018
WACO, Texas (RNS) — The reporter talks to Bob Ricks, the FBI agent he interviewed a quarter-century ago during the 51-day standoff outside Waco, Texas, between federal agents and an apocalyptic religious sect known as the Branch Davidians.
Bart Ehrman’s latest: How Christianity took over the Western world
By Yonat Shimron — February 9, 2018
(RNS) — In 'The Triumph of Christianity,' the New Testament scholar tries to answer a simple question: How did 20 Jesus followers come to convert most of the Western world in the space of 300 years?
Author of books on presidents’ faith says Trump misunderstands evangelicals
By Adelle M. Banks — January 19, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Stephen Mansfield says Trump has captured the 'fundamental gripes' of evangelicals but misunderstands just how divided they are these days.
A Buddhist psychiatrist’s advice on facing trauma, troubles and Trump: Let it go
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 12, 2018
(RNS) — 'Buddhism has been called the most psychological of the world’s religions and the most spiritual of the world’s psychologies,' says Mark Epstein.
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