Christianity

When a group of “oppressed” straight men decided it was necessary to hold their own Straight Pride event in Modesto, California in response to LGBTQ events, it’s not surprising that plenty of straight allies spoke out against it. What may come as a shock is …

Another prominent Christian is now publicly saying he’s no longer a believer. (For once, Joshua Harris started a positive trend!) This time, it’s Australian songwriter Marty Sampson, well-known in the contemporary Christian music scene for his work with the…

On the heels of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" author Joshua Harris renouncing his Christian faith last month, another notable figure in the church also is saying he no longer believes Christianity. Marty Sampson an Australian worship music songwriter known for h…

About five years ago, Bonnie Weinstein, a co-founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, published a book compiling selections of the hate mail MRFF received for promoting church/state separation in the military. A lot of the letters were directed a…

Every now and then, conservatives say the quiet part out loud and give away the game. The American Family Association’s Sandy Rios did that yesterday when she said on her radio show that criticizing white supremacy, as many progressives have been doing, is …

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has called on the Selangor state government to withdraw the unilateral conversion Bill. In a statement, MCCBCHST said that it was disappointi…

Christian rap is having a mini-moment. Don’t laugh! Maybe it seems impossible in this post-Christian era, but the facts are indisputable: From the album chart to the court of law, MCs who love Jesus have been racking up wins and seizing the public’s attentio…

Christian fundamentalists belatedly discovering the contradictions of their belief system is an evergreen genre. In 2018, there was Josh Weed, the gay Mormon who figured out too late that marrying a woman might not have been the best idea. In 2015, there was …

By Ayat Basma QOZHAYA, Lebanon, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The last time Samuel Botros stepped into the Lebanese monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya was in 1978. He was 24, newly married, and the country was in the grip of an all-out war. Like many of his generatio…

Meanwhile, Marx himself continues to inspire fresh research, which now includes Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution, by Shlomo Avineri, a political scientist who served as director-general of Israels Foreign Ministry under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Unlik…