(ANALYSIS) Shifting political winds in the Middle East do not come as a surprise — whether as blowback from political storms or turbulent winds of war. Currently, both are gusting ominously across the ...

Christian persecution intensified in 2024 in Nicaragua, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and regions throughout Africa’s Sahel region, ICC said in a new report, citing increased ...

The issue looming over the Times’ abortion-clinic blessing feature is whether there is any transcendent, absolute, truth linked to the act of abortion. (ANALYSIS) This feature makes it clear that ...

No text ever written can compare with the impact of the Nicene Creed in this way: Whenever the world’s two billion-plus Christians gather for their regular Communion services, most recite these ...

As 2024 draws to a close, the Christian community in India reflects on a year marked by increasing challenges and persecution ...

It may be the start of a new year, but many of the same issues and concerns will dominate the news cycle in 2025. From Pope ...

On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark ...

In a special year-end edition, Weekend Plug-in counts down the Top 10 most popular ReligionUnplugged.com stories from the ...

(ANALYSIS) Over the past quarter century of so, I have spent a large chunk of my time trying to get Christian liberal arts colleges to ponder this question: Why do they have drama departments and not ...

David Brooks grew up Jewish, but as a kid also attended a Christian school and camp. As an adult, he kept kosher and sent his kids to Jewish schools, “but all that proximity still didn’t make me a ...

It’s the best of the Godbeat, 2024 version. Many of the nation’s top religion journalists pick their top piece of the year.

God’s always in the business of loving and healing the world. But given the state of humanity, healing rarely follows a ...