Some Hindus question anti-caste policy at Brandeis University
Last December, when Brandeis University announced a first-of-its-kind policy banning discrimination based on caste, administrators hoped other institutions would follow suit and adopt similar poli...
New churches a refuge for disaffected ‘dones’
At nontraditional congregations popping up across the country, many people have stories of rocky relationships with church. But they felt something was missing when they left.
Divestment? Or shareholder activism?
Debating the best ways to pressure corporations for social good
Government getting involved in congregational safety
Law enforcement is seeking to forge partnerships with faith leaders. It raises a variety of questions about balancing safety with other concerns.
Methodists weigh options for staying united
A 32-member commission is seeking a way forward for a denomination with a lesbian bishop—and a policy barring ordained LGBTQ people.
Churches see benefits in sponsoring art shows
Gillian Ross recalls a time when visual art largely wasn’t welcome in the churches she knew....
The Methodists aren't united. Can they still be a church?
A global denomination, a clash of principles, and the coming reckoning
United Methodist association forms to push for tough line on sexuality
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Religious liberty invoked to protect solar panels, tent cities for homeless
Religious liberty claims have often been used by conservatives to defend Christians-only clubs on campus and merchants who won’t serve LGBTQ people....
Andover Newton to move, partner with Yale
The nation’s oldest graduate school of theology plans to relocate from Newton Centre, Massachusetts, to New Haven, Connecticut, where a remnant of the faculty will teach on the campus of Yale Divi...
Lutheran seminaries will merge instead of launching a new school
Two Pennsylvania Lutheran seminaries have dropped plans to dissolve both schools and start a new one as they navigate hurdles in their quest to forge a new institution....
Episcopal Church pressed on firings
Some legal scholars and advocates are calling for more disclosure about the managerial misconduct that led to the firings of two senior Episcopal Church administrators after a four-month misconduct...
Housing venture roils Union Seminary
A luxury housing construction project in the works at Union Theological Seminary could potentially save the school’s Upper Manhattan campus by raising more than $100 million for urgently needed re...
Two Lutheran seminaries to close, reopen as one
Two Lutheran seminaries in Pennsylvania are planning to close and launch together a new school of theology in 2017 with hopes of slashing costs and reversing years of declining enrollments....