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Understanding evangelicalism in America today - Religion News …
WEBAug 4, 2021 · By Terry Shoemaker. (The Conversation) — A precipitous decline in the number of Americans identifying as white evangelical was revealed in Public Religion Research Institute’s 2020 Census on ...
What is Wicca? An expert on modern witchcraft explains.
WEBAug 30, 2021 · Wicca, an alternative minority religion whose adherents, regardless of gender, call themselves witches, began in the U.K. in the 1940s. Wicca and Witchcraft are part of the larger contemporary ...
How Jesus became white — and why it’s time to cancel that
WEBJun 24, 2020 · CHICAGO (RNS) — The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was ...
5 Faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a ...
WEBNov 7, 2020 · But because her parents divorced when she was 7, she also grew up in Oakland and Berkeley attending predominantly Black churches. Her downstairs neighbor, Regina Shelton, often took Kamala and her ...
What is a mainline Christian, anyway? - Religion News Service
WEBJul 8, 2021 · What is a mainline Christian, anyway? A recent survey raises new questions about an old tradition. In this July 20, 2014, photo, members of the congregation file out after Sunday morning worship ...
Kent Hovind, controversial creationist preacher known as ‘Dr. Dino ...
WEBAug 5, 2021 · Kent Hovind, controversial creationist preacher known as ‘Dr. Dino,’ arrested in domestic assault case Hovind, who claims that dinosaurs and humans once lived together, was released from ...
They're still here: The curious evolution of Westboro Baptist Church
WEBJuly 17, 2018. By Hillel Gray. (RNS) — No single congregation in America has had the kind of recognition, or notoriety, that the Westboro Baptist Church achieved in the 1990s under its ...
Meet Anne Wilson, a 19-year-old singer behind 'My Jesus,' a …
WEBSep 16, 2021 · A family tragedy has led the Kentucky teen to unexpected success as a Christian musician. Musician Anne Wilson. Photo by Cameron Powell Studio. (RNS) — Nineteen-year-old Anne Wilson loves the ...
Evangelical Christians must rethink their reflexive support for Israel
WEBMay 27, 2021 · Evangelical Christians must rethink their reflexive support for Israel. Four reasons evangelicals are reluctant to support equality for Palestinians and Israelis publicly. Palestinians clash with ...
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