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In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has been formational in their own discipleship and continues to speak to them today.There’s a Latin phrase that has become a part of the Book of Common Prayer: “Media vita in morte sumus.” In the midst of life we are in death.As I age, one of the unexpected new realities in my life […]

Read our research on: Immigration & Migration | Podcasts | Election 2024Read our research on: Immigration & Migration | Podcasts | Election 2024Despite recent declines, Christianity is still the most common religion among Asian Americans. About a third of Asian American adults (34%) say their present religion is Christianity, down from 42% when Pew Research Center last conducted an in-depth survey of Asian Americans, in 2012.Looking at the largest subgroups […]

It is more important than ever that we come together to fight for church-state separation and the issues that depend on it— LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, protecting public schools and more. Join us in April and together we will build a stronger democracy. Search Search Search Search Feb 08, 2024   Rob Boston Stay up to date on the latest on religious freedom. Subscribe now. Over the years, I’ve heard, […]

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here.He should’ve been a cowboy. He should’ve learned to rope and ride. But he didn’t. Toby Keith learned instead how to sing and to write and to perform.He was so good at it that when he sang “How Do You Like Me Now?!” (about how an old girlfriend who never thought he would make it gets to hear him every morning […]

What should we say to someone who worries that science disproves Christianity?I’m a scientist and a Christian. I’ve occasionally been asked by Christians (with a little fear in their eyes), “Have you ever learned something in science that made you doubt your faith?”Many people share this concern. Studies show that people leaving the church often list science as a reason they doubt. But I have never found science to push […]

For the past few weeks, Alistair Begg, pastor of Parkside Church in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and host of the Truth for Life radio program, has been caught in what he calls “a storm in a teacup” over advice he gave about attending an LGBTQ wedding.That advice, he said in a sermon this past weekend, was based on Jesus’ command for Christians to love even those they disagree with or disapprove […]

Turkish Christians are shaken by last weekend’s terrorist attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul.Claimed by ISIS, it comes amid threats that have already caused some believers to shy away from Sunday services. And like the rest of their nation, Christians are confused by details that eschew easy explanations.“Everyone is a little nervous, questioning the future,” said Ali Kalkandelen, president of the Association of Protestant Churches (TeK). “And for the […]

Help keep Salon independentIn this age of intense political and religious division, Christian nationalists have convinced themselves that they have a special claim on America. That simply is not true. The United States was not founded as a “Christian nation." The Constitution enshrines a clear separation of church and state, and no version of Christianity has ever been the official national religion.Furthermore, white evangelicals and Christian nationalists are not the […]

Read our research on: Israel | Internet & Technology | Election 2024Read our research on: Israel | Internet & Technology | Election 2024There is a range of estimates for the number of Christians in China, partly because different researchers use varying sources and methods, and partly because some analyses make adjustments to account for limitations in survey and government data.53 One perspective is provided by responses to the Chinese General […]