How the shofar emerged as a weapon of spiritual warfare for some evangelicals
RNS The scene around the Capitol on Wednesday may look like a set piece from the Ten Commandments movie, as scores of Jericho March participants lift shofars to their lips. Shofar blowing, an ancient Jewish ritual, is usually reserved for synagogue sanctuaries. On Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Jews rise to hear a member of […]
‘Christian’ crowdfunder hosts campaigns for Tarrio and other Proud Boys
RNS Since the arrest on Monday of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in connection with the destruction of a Washington, DC, church’s Black Lives Matter sign late last year, more than $US100,000 has been raised for his legal defense on the self-described Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo. Tarrio’s is not the only campaign hosted on the […]
Beleaguered Armenian PM stays away from church on Christmas
Yerevan, ArmeniaAP Armenia’s Prime Minister, who is under harsh criticism from the country’s dominant Orthodox Christian church in connection with the recent war with Azerbaijan, stayed away from Christmas services on Wednesday. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was self-isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic, spokeswoman Mane Grigoryan said. Pashinyan contracted the virus in June, and it […]
America in crisis: As chaos hits US Capitol, two forms of faith on display
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on events in the heart of US democracy on Wednesday…
Updated: Faith leaders, including Trump allies, condemn Capitol riot
Updated: 3pm (AEDT)Washington DC, USAP Religious leaders across the political spectrum, including several staunch supporters of President Donald Trump, strongly condemned the storming of the US Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. The violence “is an assault on democracy and representative government”, tweeted Ralph Reed, a longtime political conservative strategist who heads the Faith and Freedom Coalition. […]
Death of nine nuns in one US convent highlights toll of coronavirus in convents
Latham, New York, USAP Through the month of December, mixed in with joyful Christmas messages, death announcements filled the Facebook page of the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet as a coronavirus outbreak took its toll in a residence for retired and infirm nuns. “We have lost nine beloved sisters – wonderful, dedicated members of […]
Essay: Sedition and silence
Sojourners founder JIM WALLIS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it’s time for political and faith leaders to speak up…