Ethics/Morality/Religion
Pope Leo takes aim at MAGA’s false gospel. By Sphia Tesfaye / Salon
From Fisk Jubilee Singers to megachurch hits, new museum celebrates Christian music. By Bob Smietana / NCR
Detroit church with Black Jesus mural to close, though family would like to see it saved. By Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News
Preservation Grants Help Black Churches Hold On to Their History. By Shelia Poole / Christianity Today
Tony Evans Will No Longer Pastor Dallas Megachurch After Restoration. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Archbishop of New York Should Know Charlie Kirk Was No Saint. By Doninic Preziosi / The Nation
Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishop. By AP and NPR
Fully MAGA-fied Christianity. By Peter Wehner / The Atlantic
DC archbishop, sisters denounce assault of migrants at hands of US government. By Rhina Guidos / NCR
Was the Mormon Church Gunman a Trump Supporter? What We Know. By Robert McCoy / TNR
Grace and Disgrace. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
Today’s Christian Right Is More About Vengeance Than Kindness. By Zaid Jilani / NYT
The Republican Effort To Remake Schools In God’s Image. By Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost
Black clergy grapple with Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric and his treatment as a hero. By AP and NBC News
Christianity After Charlie Kirk. By Ross Douthat / NYT
American Catholicism at the crossroads in the face of rising political violence. By Stan Chu Ilo / NCR
The bruise on America’s soul: Moral injury in the age of Trump. By Michael Bader / Salon
I’m an evangelical Christian. There’s danger in casting Charlie Kirk as a martyr. By Rachel Roth Aldhizer / Wash Post
How “Antisemitism” Became a Weapon of the Right. By Lily Meyer / TNR
Bishop William Barber Condemns Charlie Kirk Murder and the Right’s Religious Nationalism. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
NEH grant to fight antisemitism is largest ever, signaling Trump-era shift. By Janay Kingsberry / Wash Post
National Baptists and partners commit to social justice advocacy at annual session. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Charlie Kirk leaves behind a sweeping MAGA Christian network. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
MAGA’s plan for a white Christian America is unfolding before our eyes. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
An Exhortation to the Exhausted Black Christian. By Lecrae Moore / Christianity Today
At public hearing of White House religion panel, Trump rails against anti-Christian bias. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
Finding Faith In The Kite Runner’s Story Of Redemption. By Debbie Almontaser / Patheos
Help Wanted! A Rallying Cry Against Religious Extremism. By Ginny Baxter / Patheos
At NatCon (National Conservatism) an effort to make Christian nationalism a more inclusive movement. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
At Morning Prayers, Harvard’s Former Chief Diversity Officer Urges Students to Embrace Pluralism. By Alexander W. Anoma and Chantel A. De Jesus / The Harvard Crimson
