After exiting the Christian music industry, these artists engage religion on their terms
Religion News
Service: After interrogating their beliefs, some onetime CCM artists are
revisiting faith in some fashion, trying on elements they’d previously
discarded and writing music for listeners who might be more spiritual
than religious.
Americans use the Book of Revelation to talk about immigration – and always have
The Conversation:
Depicting immigrants as a threat has been a pillar of Trump’s message
since 2015. And the types of terms he uses aren’t just disparaging. It
might not seem like it, but Trump is continuing a long tradition in
American politics: using language shaped by the Bible.
How a legendary church in Sleepy Hollow stays faithful in a Halloween mecca
Religion Unplugged:
This compounding enthusiasm for a haunted churchyard has resulted in
tourism, which has taken its toll on the both the church and the village
of Sleepy Hollow during the Halloween season and beyond.
How culture wars divided one small progressive church in Philadelphia
NPR: Despite their
shared egalitarian vision, the congregation disagreed over some of the
same issues that have divided the country — including the COVID-19
pandemic and the racial reckoning after George Floyd was murdered by a
police officer.
In Philadelphia, a Muslim hub, presidential election feels to many like no choice at all
Religion News
Service: The city’s growing Muslim Democratic establishment is trying to
rally its constituency to the polls in an atmosphere of deep mistrust
of either candidate.