Mainline Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/protestant/mainline/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Mainline Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/protestant/mainline/ 32 32 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 It’s time for Christians on all sides to talk — even debate — about what divides us https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:44:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165067 (RNS) — We need a conversation about how our faith will factor in this election.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/feed/ 0 At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:25:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164830 (RNS) — An informal survey showed how U.S. policy impacts communities around the globe.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/feed/ 0 The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:14:22 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164204 (RNS) — ‘Is the Black church dead? I think it really varies depending on which traditions we’re talking about,’ said Shelton, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/feed/ 0 The friendship between Christians and the labor movement shows signs of life https://religionnews.com/2024/09/01/the-friendship-between-christians-and-the-labor-movement-shows-signs-of-life/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/01/the-friendship-between-christians-and-the-labor-movement-shows-signs-of-life/#respond Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:15:03 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164496 (RNS) — Worker-preachers are back on the move and not just on Labor Sunday.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/01/the-friendship-between-christians-and-the-labor-movement-shows-signs-of-life/feed/ 0 Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023 https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:58:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164319 (RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/feed/ 0 Season Two of ‘The Rings of Power’ finds light in unexpected places https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/season-two-of-the-rings-of-power-finds-light-in-unexpected-places/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/season-two-of-the-rings-of-power-finds-light-in-unexpected-places/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:47:54 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164179 (RNS) — ‘The Lord of the Rings’ prequel offers parallels that might give divided Americans a little hope.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/season-two-of-the-rings-of-power-finds-light-in-unexpected-places/feed/ 0 Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:42:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163975 (RNS) — A familiar face among Washington’s faith-based activists, Butler said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/feed/ 0 In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:36:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163826 (RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/feed/ 0 Applying the moral wages of Watergate 50 years on https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/applying-the-moral-wages-of-watergate-50-years-on/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/applying-the-moral-wages-of-watergate-50-years-on/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:58:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163220 (RNS) — What lessons might we draw from that scandal for our political dilemma today?

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