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Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute

Ukrainians have marked Palm Sunday in the country's most revered Orthodox site that has been at the heart of a religious dispute playing out in parallel with the war against Russia

The Independent UK

The White House Egg Roll's campy history

A high-level official, dressed up like a furry, bopping around the Capitol lawn. What could be campier than that?

Salon

Victim or victor? How the Easter story still resonates today

At a March 2023 public talk, journalist Greg Sheridan argued that 40 years ago, the press was friendly to church leaders. Then, it became neutral, and now it is hostile. Sheridan is not alone in holding this view.

The Conversation

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The crucifixion gap: why it took hundreds of years for art to depict Jesus dying on the cross

The cross, or crucifix, is arguably the central image of Christianity.

The Conversation

Trump arrest prompts Jesus comparisons: 'Spiritual warfare'

Former President Donald Trump's most dedicated supporters are comparing the criminal case against him to the persecution of Jesus Christ

The Independent UK

Mount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem

Israeli settler movement is making life harder for Jerusalem’s Palestinians and erasing Christian character of holy city

The Guardian - UK

Pope Francis: ‘I'm still alive’

ROME: A jovial Pope Francis joked with well-wishers on Saturday as he left hospital after a three-night stay for bronchitis, and headed back to the Vatican to prepare for Christianity’s most important week.

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Jinger Duggar Vuolo And Her Husband Speak Honestly About Josh Duggar’s Two Faces And Why They Felt The Need To Speak Out

Jinger Duggar Vuolo and husband Jeremy have been among the most open in the family after Josh's arrest.

Cinemablend

MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths

The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing debate ever since his assassination on April 4, 1968.

The Conversation

Bannockburn minister criticises UK government's proposed 'inhumane' asylum bill

Rev Peter Gill left Pakistan 20 years' ago after experiencing hostility over Christianity.

Daily Record

Gosar snuck Lake into Prayer Breakfast

Lake rejected the prayer breakfast's calls for reconciliation, said God "enacts justice"

Salon

Toyin Falola: 3 recent books that explain the work of Nigeria's famous decolonial scholar

Toyin Falola, distinguished professor of history, is one of Africa’s most accomplished intellectuals. Born Oloruntoyin Falola in 1953 in the Nigerian city of Ibadan, he grew up in a sprawling, polygamous household that practised Islam, Christianity and ancient Yoruba spirituality.

The Conversation

Author and priest Randall Balmer: ‘Sport has eclipsed religion as the US pastime’

In his new book, the scholar examines how religion shaped the history of major sports in North America

The Guardian - US

Uncovering the secret religious and spiritual lives of sex workers

Tanya* is telling me just how important her Methodist Christianity is to her. We’re chatting over a video call, and I can see Tanya’s living room in the background. This also happens to be her workspace because Tanya, who is 50, is a full-time phone and cam sex worker. For…

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Sex, intimacy and black middle-class Christianity in South Africa - a difficult history

A new book, Convening Black Intimacy, explores the history of Christianity, gender and precolonial marriage and sex traditions in South Africa in the late 1800s and early 1900s. To conduct her study, historian Natasha Erlank drew on court records of cases of seduction, church records, anthropological texts, and many sources…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Archbishop of Vienna Stresses Importance of Makkah Document in Confronting Hatred

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna, praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to dissociate the Islamic religion from the phenomena of terrorism and isolation, stressing the importance of the Makkah Document in confronting hatred and extremist ideas and spreading tolerance and coexistence. During an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Riyadh,…

The New Daily

We’re told Pentecostal churches are growing, but they’re not any more. Is there a gender problem?

Aside from young people, we don’t know for certain who is leaving Pentecostal churches. But anecdotally, it appears to be women.

The Conversation

We're told Pentecostal churches like Hillsong are growing in Australia, but they're not anymore – is there a gender problem?

The conventional narrative about Australian Christianity is that Pentecostal churches – most famously, Hillsong – are bucking the trend of declining attendance at the big denominations (such as Catholic and Anglican churches). That in fact, Pentecostal churches continue to grow.

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The Orange County Register

‘Jesus Revolution’ tells the true story of Christian hippies and an Orange County church

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Eight years ago, as writer-director Jon Erwin was researching an unrelated movie project, he stumbled across a 1971 issue of Time magazine, which featured a psychedelic purple picture of Jesus under the headline, “The Jesus Revolution.”

ABC News

Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

The Conversation

A brief history of the Black church's diversity, and its vital role in American political history

With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States.

The Guardian - UK

Census data suggests UK faces ‘non-religious future’, say campaigners

Figures for England and Wales show under-40s more likely to declare ‘no religion’ than Christianity for first time

The Guardian - US

What I tell my Black Jewish children about Kanye West, antisemitism and race

Claims of ‘Black antisemitism’ are a dangerous distraction. The truth is the fates of Black and Jewish Americans are linked

Salon

How paranoia consumed the GOP

Author Jared Yates Sexton places Trumpism in a dark lineage of history, but holds out hope things can get better

Texas Observer

A Question with No Easy Answers

Brian McLaren's book "Do I Stay Christian?" challenges the faithful to examine the harm caused by modern religion.

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