This brief, throwaway, human interest story, dateline Haifa, Israel, was probably intended to act as a palate cleanser from the BBC, which first reported it, squeezing it in between the bombardment of ...

Just because you can grab an audience with a name like Star Wars doesn’t mean you can keep their attention. With its third episode, The Acolyte introduces a theme so big and so important—religion—that ...

After decades of ceding religion to Republicans, Texas Democrats are quoting scripture to argue against GOP bills on LGBTQ ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest communities in Jerusalem, the Armenians have lived in the Old City for decades without significant friction with their neighbors, centered around a convent that acts ...

Religion News Service columnist calls on faith leaders to speak out against gun violence and for commonsense gun controls.

The meaning and intent of the First Amendment would seem to be clear: no established religion, therefore no taxes to support religion, therefore no HUD money for church building. If the administration ...

In The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex & Controversy in the 1980s (FSG, May), essayist Paul Elie looks at everything from Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” ...

Bono finds “soul music” in the work of secular do-gooders, and a contingent of Scottish police declare themselves members of the Church of Jedi. Looks like we have religion everywhere, and not a god ...

Star Wars: The Acolyte will soon begin streaming on Disney+, bringing Star Wars movie and TV fans into The High Republic Era for the first time. That era spans several centuries, and within its lore ...