[RELIGION DISPATCHES] At yesterday’s memorial for the victims of last Monday’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, President Obama spoke about the tragedy of gun violence, saying “It...
[THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION] The ousting of ‘former’ President Mohammed Morsi by the military, and the interim government’s resolve to rewrite the 2012 constitution, raise questions about...
[THE HUFFINGTON POST] Honoring your mother and father may be on the Top 10 list of commandments, but most parents can tell you that there are...
By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from The Houston Forward Times I have a serious question for the people who will actually take...
[THE HUFFINGTON POST] Does religion promote violence? In our post 9/11 world this is a question that people are increasingly asking. Does religion make you a...
[RELIGION NEWS SERVICE] A killer Buddhist? It doesn’t seem to make theological sense. Consider the mentally troubled Aaron Alexis, who police say killed 12 at the...
by Herbert L. White Special to the NNPA from The Charlotte Post The N.C. NAACP is encouraging Moral Monday defendants to decide if they want to have...
by Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, Ph.D. Special to the NNPA from The Pasadena/St. Gabriel Valley Journal News On Wednesday August 28th, two aircrafts touched down at the...
by Janice Malone Special to the NNPA from The Tennessee Tribune Nashville, Tn. – Bishop Walker pastors one of the largest churches in the U.S., Mt....
Special to the NNPA from Black Voice News Our Ancient African Ancestors by-passed anything related to “Faith/Belief” in God’s existence and proceeded to establish Spiritual Evidence/Proof...
By Eric E. Vickers Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American If Islam is ever to be understood and appreciated by Americans, then Muslims...
[UPI] The U.S. Justice Department says in a legal filing leaders of an atheist group qualify for the same housing tax exemption priests receive. The paradoxical...
[THE BERKELEY BLOG] America has long been the most religious of the affluent, western nations, having the most professing and practicing population. (A couple of the...
[THE CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT] Why does it seem that orderly, prosperous, and well-run societies are usually less religious, but the less religious a society becomes the...
[RELIGION NEWS SERVICE] Leading secularists are calling on nonreligious parents to fight a government effort that would allow the Church of England to run thousands of...
[TIME] North Carolina legislators made national headlines last week with a bit of high-profile religious extremism. They introduced a resolution declaring that the state has the right...
By James Washington Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times I know I’ve started one or two columns off like this, but with all the...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] “Civilized society is perpetually threatened with disintegration,” wrote Sigmund Freud in “Civilization and Its Discontents.” So it is with the sectarian violence...
by Alexis Taylor Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Proponents of same-sex marriage celebrated another victory with the Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling that...
by Cora Jackson-Fossett Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel ‘Healing a Wounded Leader’ is the latest book by the Rev. Dr. Wendell J....
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly The older I get the more convinced I am that I am going to surely...
By James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly The subject today is “Faith Walk.” Can somebody really explain this to me? I’m not...
By Elena Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly Mega church pastor and bestselling author, T.D. Jakes, along with his communications department, comprised of...
By Cory Alexander Haywood Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Gospel giant Kirk Franklin recently opened up about his decision to pay for...
B y James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly The older I get the more convinced I am that I am going to...
