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Liberty University deletes John Piper convocation videos after Trump criticism
By Bob Smietana — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — In two convocation videos, evangelical author and speaker John Piper reminded Liberty University students to not waste their lives. Then he wrote a blog post that appeared to criticize Trump.
Kneeling to venerate hate: The meaning of a police killing in Minnesota
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — May 27, 2020
(RNS) — When we see a white police officer kneeling on a black body, we are witnessing an act of worship honoring the demons of racism.
New video captures sexist comments to women ministers — read by male counterparts
By Yonat Shimron — June 20, 2019
(RNS) — 'I keep picturing you naked under your robe,' said one congregant to his female minister.
Jews of African descent ‘unnerved’ by comparisons to viral video group
By Menachem Wecker — January 24, 2019
(RNS) — Many different groups and congregations around the country have taken on the term “Hebrew” or “Israelite." Many are more mainstream and say they object to the angry street preaching shown in a viral video.
A battle for the souls of refugees
By Jenn Lindsay — July 28, 2017
LESBOS, Greece (RNS) — Muslim refugees arriving on the island of Lesbos in Greece don't seem interested in religion, but sometimes they are met by Christian evangelical groups.
Auschwitz officials chastise US Rep. Clay Higgins for gas chamber video
By Yonat Shimron — July 5, 2017
(USA Today) The Louisiana Republican recorded five minutes of video, including some from areas of the site where Jews were gassed and their bodies burned.
In a new video, Pope Francis urges compassion for refugees, people on the margins
By Josephine McKenna — February 2, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “Don’t abandon them,” the pope says in the video, released Thursday (Feb. 2), which does not directly reference President Trump's immigration ban.
Brian McLaren, others apologize to Native Americans in video series
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 31, 2017
(RNS) The last of the three 'Confessions of a Christian Nation' videos apologizes for the church's role in oppressing Native Americans.
90 seconds of clergy swapping: UCC video preaches interfaith harmony
By Lauren Markoe — January 24, 2017
(RNS) Most people who have seen it find it moving, though some question preaching in the garb of another faith.
Why NARAL’s new video is ethically vapid
By Jacob Lupfer — July 21, 2016
(RNS) Unable to abide any consideration of the fetus at all, NARAL portrays abortion as an easy fix for women who do not wish to “incubate a person.”
Bono and Eugene Peterson talk Psalms, Christian art in new video
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 29, 2016
(RNS) "Why I'm suspicious of Christians is because of this lack of realism," Bono says in the video.
Don’t blame Planned Parenthood for our abortion culture (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — July 22, 2015
(RNS) We are the ones who created a society in which we have become utterly dependent on abortion.
Images of pilot’s gruesome death are not the last we’ll see from the Islamic State (COMMENTARY)
By James S. Robbins — February 6, 2015
(RNS) Coverage of the execution videos was fading after the initial outrage last summer. Perhaps the Islamic State leadership thought that the world was tuning out. So they kicked it up to a new level of dreadfulness.
Is new Katy Perry video blasphemous? Some think so
By Omar Sacirbey — February 26, 2014
(RNS) Nearly 60,000 people have signed a Change.org petition demanding that YouTube take down a Katy Perry video they say is blasphemous and offensive to Muslims. Others say the flap is much ado about nothing.
Religious leaders denounce child marriage in joint video
By Richard S. Ehrlich — September 19, 2013
(RNS) In Nepal, 11 percent of girls under the age of 14 and 29 percent of girls aged 15-19 are married. A new video denounces the practice.
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