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Deep space adventure! Thrills! Quests! Space pirates! Religion! Religion? Yes, in the new video game Starfield, players, amid battles, death-defying escapes and thrilling rescues, also seek…
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was honestly puzzled. Mississippi’s solicitor general, Scott Stewart, had insisted that his state be allowed to ban abortions on the ground…
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In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, with a stroke of the pen, signed the document that signaled the beginning of the end of slavery. No more could…
Christianity
The Russian Orthodox Church began centuries ago in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine; but now, with that capital, as well as Ukraine itself, under attack from…
Christianity
“[W]hen we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”—Russell Moore, former president,…
Christianity
It’s been a rough few years for the United Methodist Church (UMC). Since 2019 over 6200 congregations have departed over church teachings on sexuality. Mix in…
Catholicism
With both sides citing religious freedom, what would be the first religious public charter school in the United States met its initial challenge—a lawsuit filed by…
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As the numbers of those professing membership in an organized religion continue to decline, so too do those who believe in spiritual entities such as God,…
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As the numbers of those professing membership in an organized religion continue to decline, so too do those who believe in spiritual entities such as God,…
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A proviso added into the 2024 defense authorization bill barring service members from contacting the nonprofit Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) narrowly passed the House of…
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“For years I was not a person. My personhood was taken away.” Grace Smith, an 81-year-old Yup’ik originally from Pitkas Point, Alaska, was describing her experience…
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George Floyd’s death prompted uprisings against injustice throughout the world. That summer was marked by crowds—many of them newly aware of just how fraught racial divisions…