The Christian Century

WASHINGTON (RNS) Leaders of three Sikh organizations say they've been told by federal transportation officials that turbans will always be searched at U.S. airports, a move that Sikh officials called unnecessary and unfair.

WASHINGTON (RNS) Is a state law that allows tax credits for donations to scholarship programs unconstitutional if most of the recipients attend religious schools?

Several of the nation's largest religious charities reported increases in private support as nonprofits overall saw decreases in donations last year, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported.

(RNS) Southern Baptist gadfly Wiley Drake will appeal a court's dismissal of his suit claiming President Obama was not born in the U.S. and is ineligible for the presidency.

WASHINGTON (RNS) Facing an electoral bloodbath at the voting booth next Tuesday, Democrats are turning to a key part of their base -- African-Americans -- and are using the black church to help get voters to the polls.

(RNS) As the U.S. has grown more diverse, more Americans believe that being a Christian is a key aspect of being "truly American," researchers say.

Purdue University scholars found that between 1996 and 2004, Americans who saw Christian identity as a "very important" attribute of being American increased from 38 percent to 49 percent.

Six months after advisers turned in 164 pages of recommendations to the White House's faith-based office, thorny church-state questions remain unanswered, and some critics say the office has been used to push President Obama's health-care reform.

A Department of Justice inspector concluded that the FBI improperly targeted for surveillance some U.S. advocacy organizations, including the Thomas Merton Center, an interfaith group focused on nonviolence.

WASHINGTON (RNS) Three dozen faith leaders Tuesday (Sept. 7) issued a declaration denouncing anti-Muslim bigotry as the nation prepares to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at a time of inflamed religious tensions.