This week’s Weekend Plug-in may bug you a little bit. We’re going to talk about the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head during Wednesday’s night vice presidential debate. And as always, we’ll highlight the week’s top religion headlines and best reads.
Read More(OPINION) Richard Ostling commends journalists at Christianity Today and World for prioritizing truth over tribalism in the case of sexual assault claims against Ravi Zacharias. Both publications seek to prioritize the community over the reputation of the religion.
Read More(OPINION) A 2020 Executive Order prioritizes international religious freedom and promotes USAID and the U.S. State Department to infuse religious freedom with foreign policy. What will these organizations continue to do to advance the United States’s notion of religious freedom in and out of its borders?
Read More(OPINION) As Black Lives Matter persists as one of the hot topics in the media, mainstream news associations often neglect the religious angle — isolating entire groups of stakeholders within the community. This leaves us asking the question, how are people within religious communities responding to Black Lives Matter?
Read More(OPINION) A recent four-year national study by Ohio State University, North Carolina State University and Interfaith Youth Core traced how Muslim college students saw Jews from the beginning to end of their college experiences. The results are both encouraging and unsettling.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in explores whether religious supporters of President Donald Trump care what he says about them behind closed doors. Plus, our roundup of the top religion headlines and best reads of the last week.
Read More(OPINION) SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett has faced questions and criticism about her Catholic faith since 2017. But she has rarely been asked about her ties to People of Praise, a unique Catholic group. Questions like these are necessary to make an accurate choice in appointing Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Read More(OPINION) Recent cases from Pakistan show how religious minority women and girls are abducted, forcibly converted, forcibly married and abused. This is a systemic, idealogical issue rather than isolated incidents.
Read More(OPINION) The election season goes into hyperdrive with the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden that will take place Tuesday in Cleveland.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights religion-related news coverage of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week, vs. that of her potential successor, Amy Coney Barrett.
Read More(OPINION) Will age play a role in determining the next Pope? Some will say the rule of thumb has moved to older popes, as with the U.S. presidency.
Read More(OPINION) The Religion Guy tackles the question of whether or not religion is “worth it” in the United States. He addresses both a secular and religious viewpoint—citing studies about the nature of human flourishing and happiness.
Read More(ANALYSIS) The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has prompted President Donald Trump to pledge a nominee this week. Frontrunner Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic, has a record of being anti-abortion and will certainly inflame those on the political left who fear an overturning of Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion.
Read More(OPINION) As Election Day in November quickly approaches, how do journalists and politicians predict that certain religious groups will be voting? Will white Catholics be the next “swing religion?”
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in summary highlights discussions over a possible new name for the Southern Baptist Convention as well as one group dropping the term “evangelicals” from its name. Plus, find our usual roundup of the top reads from the world of faith.
Read More(OPINION) Why is the faith of soccer superstar Lionel Messi so often ignored?
Read More(OPINION) Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have announced major peace agreements with Israel, with Oman hinting it will join an agreement next, easing tensions and increasing economic opportunities in the Middle East. The peace agreements, with Israel promising not to annex the holy lands in Judea and Samaria, could mean not just long-elusive peace between Palestinians and Israelis but also increasing religious freedom across the region.
Read More(OPINION) The “correct” way of interpreting the Bible is always popular among Protestant Christians — but how can this be harmful to the unity of the religion? With negativity surrounding phrases like “fundamentalist” and “biblicist,” in what ways are Christians called to understand the Bible?
Read More(OPINION) As Biden married two men in his own home, he was making a statement about his own Catholic beliefs. As we inch closer to election day, how are Catholics viewing Biden’s own take on Catholicism?
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in summary highlights religion news related to a new book by Michael Cohen. Warning: Profanity is involved, along with President Donald Trump and former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.
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