Content Warning: racist, antisemitic, and homophobic language used in vandalism. Episcopal churches in Maryland and Indiana were vandalized with pro-Trump, racist messages last night. In
David Masci of the Pew Research Center looks at income and religious affiliation. Episcopalians and Presbyterians are among the wealthiest of Christian denominations.
Tomorrow, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC will open. On display will be religious artifacts from black history like Nat Turner’s Bible, Harriet Tubman’s hymnal and antique pews from AME churches.
The U.S. Commission on Civil rights finds that lawyers and the courts are stumped about religious liberty. There is no easy way to untangle the knots caused by the competing claims to protect minority groups and the free expression of religion.
Church shopping season will soon be upon us. How many people changes churches and why? And what are people looking for when they do look for a new spiritual home?
In the United States, our diversity is seen as a source of national pride and a worthy ambition, but new evidence suggests that religious pluralism could undermine the vitality of America’s religious communities.
Facebook Live has become a digital pulpit for a growing number of pastors, priests and other religious leaders.
How religion played a big part in the spectacle of the political conventions just ended.
In an age where religious motivations can cause people to do great harm or great good, and where every idea–good and bad–has equal weight, where are the theologians who can help ground us and guide our reflections?
Update #3. We began this week celebrating the Fourth of July, as the week unfolded we experienced violence and counter-violence. Here are some Episcopal reactions during a complicated and tragic week.