Columns
The competing faiths of the 2024 election
By Mark Silk — August 15, 2024
(RNS) — It's Republican restorationism versus Democratic futurism.
When the reverend became a rabbi
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 14, 2024
(RNS) — Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A minister and a rabbi walk into a bar, and when they come out, they are the same person.
The behind-the-scenes battles to lift Mormonism’s racial priesthood-temple ban
By Jana Riess — August 13, 2024
(RNS) — Historian Matthew Harris details how LDS prophet Spencer W. Kimball pushed for racial equality in the church.
Religion and politics, pluses and minuses
By Thomas Reese — August 12, 2024
(RNS) — Christian nationalism and Catholic integralism suffer from the temptation to arrogantly believe only they know God’s will.
The GOP ducks the abortion issue
By Mark Silk — August 9, 2024
(RNS) — The new GOP platform ends more than 40 years of trying to abolish the practice.
A new Jewish denomination: Josh Shapiro-ism
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 9, 2024
(RNS) — I am talking about the creation of a thick American Jewish culture firmly rooted in American life and firmly rooted in Jewish traditions.
Trump’s questioning of Kamala Harris’ racial identity has deep religious roots
By Mark Silk — August 7, 2024
(RNS) — Judeo-Christian thought clings to clear and distinct categories.
Josh Shapiro won’t be the veep. What are Jews saying?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 6, 2024
(RNS) — Beyond American Jewish pride and nervousness, there is a deeper truth.
Beware of false prophets
By Thomas Reese — August 6, 2024
(RNS) — False prophets tell us that global warming will not happen, microplastics do not cause cancer, guns will protect us, and the poor need to suffer to motivate them to work.
Is it morally acceptable to kill terrorists?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 5, 2024
(RNS) — Should we rejoice, be sad, be happy but subdued about it? Should we feel all of these emotions? Or none of them?
What, Jews worry?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 2, 2024
(RNS) — An exhibit on the history of 'Mad' magazine made me laugh out loud. I needed it. We all do.
The religion of opposing government climate action
By Mark Silk — July 31, 2024
(RNS) — Is it climate denial or simply mistrust of government?
Bishops accuse Olympics of anti-Catholicism
By Thomas Reese — July 29, 2024
(RNS) — Catholic critics saw this as another example of how Catholics are open season for attacks by liberal elites.
Dementia, disability and the 2024 presidential election
By Charles C. Camosy — July 29, 2024
(RNS) — Ableist and ageist ideas have come to play as our polarized politics leads to slurs.
Why Israel is Israel
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 29, 2024
(RNS) — Two recent stories illustrate why Jews should be proud of Israel. Even and especially now.
