Yonat Shimron
Iranian dissident, a Duke professor, rushes return to U.S. in fear of another travel ban
Iranian dissident Mohsen Kadivar had begun what he expected would be a semester-long fellowship at Berlin’s Wissenschaftskolleg to work on a book....
Sanctuary churches vow to shield immigrants from possible crackdown
When Javier Flores, a 40-year-old father of three, received an order to surrender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he fled to Arch Street United Methodist Church....
Religious groups rally around issues after election; new Jewish-Muslim partnership forms
On the day after the election, Mervat Aqqad’s seven-year-old son woke up and asked who got elected president.
...Amid tech wealth, ministries aid the homeless
Tucked behind a light industrial area of self-storage warehouses and auto parts stores in San Jose, California, is a small encampment of homeless people who live in tents along the banks of a creek...
Episcopal Church elects Michael Curry first black presiding bishop
Episcopal bishops elected Michael Curry as the first African-American presiding bishop of the 2.5-million-member Episcopal Church.
...N.C. Muslims 'genuinely fearful' after triple murder of students
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...Duke reverses stance on Muslim prayer
The Muslim call to prayer was broadcast from a small black loudspeaker perched on the steps of the Duke Chapel on Friday, January 16, as hundreds of students, mostly non-Muslim, gathered in support...
Moravians in 13 states to ordain gay clergy
The Northern Province of the Moravian Church in North America approved a proposal allowing the ordination of gay and lesbian people—whether single, married, or in covenanted relationships—and calli...
From Dachau to Durham, N.C., Holocaust survivors' ashes find fitting burial
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...UCC sues state over gay marriage ban
The United Church of Christ has sued the state of North Carolina over its constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, saying the 2012 amendment violates the religious freedom of its clergy.
...NAACP figure leads Moral Monday protests
The throngs of demonstrators who flock to the grassy knoll outside the North Carolina Statehouse each Monday know the drill....
Q conference seeks to present different face of evangelical activism
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Gabe Lyons thinks Christian culture warriors are on the wrong path.
...Ehrman book rebuts claim that Jesus never existed
For years, nonbelievers rejoiced at the publication of new books by New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, relishing the professor’s pugnacious attacks on the cherished beliefs of evangelical Christian...
Historian tackles doubt, divorce and the priesthood
c. 2012 Religion News Service DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Lauren Winner is a jumble of contradictions: A Jew who found Christianity in a dream starring Daniel Day Lewis as Jesus, an accomplished historian who rides an oversized tricycle to work, and a memoir writer who wants to keep details of her private life private. In her latest book, "Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis," Winner, 35, writes about what happens when belief falters.
Students 'do interfaith' through universal language of music
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Say the word "interfaith" and the next word to roll off the tongue is probably "dialogue." It's hard to think of one without the other....
Is the Islamic terrorism threat overblown?
(RNS) After a car bomb detonated on Wall Street one minute past the noon
lunch hour killing 38 people, federal investigators came up with a
possible link to an overseas group.
Prisons seek chaplains after state budget cuts
In the weeks since North Carolina's legislature laid off most of its
prison chaplains, Betty Brown, director of prison chaplaincy services,
...
Left-leaning Christians to rally around 'Wild Goose'
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) It's summer. It's hot. It's the South.
That must mean it's time for an old-fashioned camp meeting.