Prime Minister David Cameron caused something of a flap when he said that England was a “Christian country” and that the government should do more to promote Christianity. Well, just how Christian is England (or the whole UK for that matter?). That depends on who you ask.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed a bill on Wednesday allowing people with state carry permits to bring their weapons into bars without restriction and in some churches, schools and government buildings under certain circumstances. But few religious leaders have commented either way about the law and what it says about our culture.
Religious progressives played a major role in social movements ranging from the New Deal to ending slavery. Can they have such an impact in the future?
Portlandia takes a look at religion in this video featuring Ed Begley, Jr., as Father Timothy who reminds us that “church is an option.”
Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, recounts how his spiritual journey began one Good Friday long ago.
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) assisted Episcopal Bishop Marc Andrus wash the feet of two children at a San Francisco church.
In her new book “Learning to Walk in the Dark,” Barbara Brown Taylor nudges Christians to remember that God did not only create the light, but the dark. And she reminds us that often the most serious encounters with the divine happen in the dark. Take Good Friday, for example.
The Rev. Dr. Roger A. Ferlo, president of the Bexley Seabury Federation and professor of biblical interpretation and the practice of ministry, preached this sermon at Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer, Chicago.
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies offers this Good Friday meditation for Episcopal Relief and Development.
An American evangelical scholar looks at the Book of Common Prayer and likes what he reads.