‘You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live’
In 1963, Birmingham was the epicenter of racial injustice—until a movement of pastors, churches, and children disrupted the hate. Journalist Paul Kix says it’s a story he was destined to tell.
A Historian’s Reckoning with the Past
Grant Wacker reflects on how and why we look back.
Congregation Gets Protesters, Then Cops’ Bill
Plus: Methodist locale loses tax exemption over gay ceremony stand, bad grades for Oxford’s Christian schools, Dobson nixes Thompson again, and hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world.
Tablet Is ‘Proof’ for Jeremiah Passage
Plus: A Ghanaian pastor’s shocking magic trick, Time on Democrats’ religious outreach, what to watch next in the Holsinger debate, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Accuses Priest Critic of Adultery
Plus: Whether evangelicals can recover from a Catholic’s fall, the escalating cost of abuse, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Raw Material Holy Week Overload Edition
The week’s religion news, not yet entirely organized.
Take the Weblog Challenge
Our bet: You’ll never make it through this ridiculously long compilation of religion news. But at least we’ve organized it into categories.
Terri Schiavo, Easter, and Much More
Few weeks are as heavy on religion news, or death news, as this one.