US Senator John McCain, known as a veteran but also a man of quiet faith
RNS US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war who embraced patriotism loudly and religion quietly, died Saturday at the age of 81. McCain was diagnosed in July 2017 with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Sen John McCain in 2009. PICTURES: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo. The longtime Arizona Republican senator, reared in the […]
ESSAY: ANOTHER FUNERAL FOR KING
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev RAPHAEL G WARNOCK, senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church and author, says it’s time to remember the real Martin Luther King, Jr, not the “faux King” America has created…
ESSAY: WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, BROKE HIS SILENCE ON VIETNAM
As the world marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, Rev AMY BUTLER, senior minister of The Riverside Church, where Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, gave his “Beyond Vietnam” speech on 4th April, 1967 – a year before his death, reflects on Rev King’s legacy…
US: ‘THE VIETNAM YEARS’: HOW THE CONFLICT RIPPED THE NATION’S RELIGIOUS FABRIC
DON LATTIN, in an article first published by Religion News Service, takes a look back at the response of America’s religious communities to the Vietnam War ahead of a new 10 part TV documentary to air in the States later this month…