Whether we like it or not, some people find in their religious faith the need to denounce, rather than to uplift. They choose to hate on behalf of a vengeful God, rather than to love in the name of a merciful one. Faced with the pain of the suffering, they see...
A bill designed to expand religious expression in schools – from homework to graduation passed the Oklahoma House Education Committee by a 9-7 vote yesterday. HB 1001 lays out a complex set of requirements mandating student-led introductions for official...
Reverend Peter Gomes – author, minister, theologian and Harvard Divinity School professor – passed away yestereday at the age of 68. In his 2007 book The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, he gave voice to the danger to religion that can come from accepting...
A Maryland man will have his day in court after all. Alexander Neustadter is an Orthodox Jew who sued Silver Springs' Holy Cross Hospital for negligence, but could not attend the trial when the judge refused to accommodate his need to observe a religious holiday....
Veroni, Oregon's International Church of the Foursquare Gospel drew the ire of fired interim minister Tim Tubra after by accusing him of financial improprieties in a public statement made to the congregation. A jury found in favor of Tubra's lawsuit for...
