Ethics/Morality/Religion
NY mayor hails Pope Francis as global ‘influencer’ ahead of Vatican meeting. By Christopher White / NCR
How to Create a Society That Prizes Decency. By David Brooks / NYT
Trump, Evangelicals, and the Dance of Hypocrisy. By Stuart Delony / Patheos
Aren’t Jesus Teachings Considered “Woke.” By SBM / Daily Kos
The Christian vote is flocking to Trump, the least likely leader of Christians. By William S. Becker / The Hill
Duke Ellington Read His Bible in the Bath. By Larry Tye / Christianity Today
What Shakespeare can teach us about racism. By David Sterling Brown / The Conversation
Churches tied to Civil Rights awarded National Park Service preservation funds. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Catholic leaders, urging cease-fire, call on Biden to halt weapons shipments to Israel. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
Devout Christian Alan ‘Reacher’ Ritchson calls Trump a “rapist” and “conman.” By Daily Kos
75 Christian leaders urge president, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Who Would Jesus Vote For? By Bill Lueders / The Bulwark
It’s a Good Time to Start Worrying About Christian Nationalism. By David Corn / Mother Jones
How evangelical leader Jim Wallis uses the Bible to expose the ‘False White Gospel.’ By John Blake / CNN
Meet The Never-Christian-Nationalist Evangelicals. By Josh Kovensky / TPM
Christian nationalism is a grave threat to America. By Cathy F. Young / The Fulcrum
Concerns over antisemitism rise as Passover begins. By Jason DeRose / NPR
First African American cardinal recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries. By Courtney Mares / CNA
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco’s Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died. By AP and The Grio
Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism. By Diane Winston / The Conversation
Christianity, the Bible, and Slavery: Some Candid Thoughts. By Matthew Distefano / Patheos
Prominent New York church, sued for gender bias, moves forward with male pastor candidate. By Darren Sands / RNS
Ralph Waldo Emerson on American Civilization. By Ralph Waldo Emerson / The Atlantic April 1862
The Christian Nationalist Hydra: In Era of Trump, Christian Nationalism Has Many Faces. By Sarah Posner / TPM
‘Struggle for Racial Justice’ urges Catholic conversions of hearts and minds. By Alessandra Harris / NCR
In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance. By Virginia Raguin / The Conversation
African spiritualities are attracting Black Americans as a source of pride and identity. By Fiona Andre’ / RNS
Catholic parishes disproportionately closed in poor, Black and Latino neighborhoods. By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / RNS
At Yale, Christian pastors sign a declaration opposing religious nationalism. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
A dramatic schism over social issues? The United Methodist Church has been here before – but this time, America’s religious landscape is far different. By Christopher H. Evans / The Conversation
