Editor’s Picks

Tennessee GOP-Led Senate Spikes Bill Seeking to Ban LGBTQ+ Pride Flags in Schools; Religion Professor: How Religious Freedom Could Help Liberals Win the Abortion Rights War; Florida Joins Texas in Adopting School ‘Chaplain’ Option Denounced by Chaplains; The Most Popular Greek Traditions of Easter and What They Symbolize (and more)

US Employers Must Accommodate Abortions, Birth Control Under New Rules; New Hampshire’s GOP is Taking a Stand – Against the Polio Vaccine; In Zimbabwe, Faith Leaders Set Religion Aside to Fight Cholera, Polio (and more)

In Segregated Roanoke, Black and White Churchgoers Gather to Study the Bible—and Find Ways to Improve the City; Q&A: Researchers Discuss How Claims of Anti-Christian Bias Can Serve as Racial Dog Whistles; Ryan Burge Explains ‘Casual Dechurching’ (and more)

More Pastors are Leaving Ministry Over Church Conflict; Conservatives Clash With Trump on Leaving Abortion up to Voters; Here’s What a Massive Exodus is Costing the United Methodist Church: Splinter Explainer (and more)

‘Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy’ Review: A Scary Look at the Potential Soldiers of the Second Trump Regime; Houston Pastor Ed Young Calls Biden ‘Godless’ in Anti-Immigration Sermon; Interfaith Group Makes Bolder $20M Ask of Greenville Leaders for Affordable Housing (and more)

‘Monkey Man’ Attempts to Reclaim Hinduism for the Underdog; Americans are Not Evenly Divided on Culture Wars, Robert Jones Explains in BNG Webinar; FBI Director Speaks at Birmingham Civil Rights Conference (and more)

6 in 10 Catholics in Favor of Abortion Rights, Pew Research Report Finds; Polish Opponents of Abortion March Against Recent Steps to Liberalize Strict Law; Jelly Roll Took Country Thunder Arizona to Church in Inspiring Set: ‘Everything I Dreamed’ (and more)

As Trump Hawks Bible, Debate Over ‘Christian America’ Spreads Outside Church; Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Pushes Pastors to Run for Political Office; A Dramatic Schism Over Social Issues? The United Methodist Church Has Been Here Before; Louisiana Lawmakers Want Ten Commandments in All Public School Classrooms (and more)

If A.I. Takes Our Jobs, Will it Also Take Our Purpose?; Plans to Turn Cambridge Church Tower into Climbing Facility (BBC)
Photos Challenge Misconceptions About What it Means to be an American Muslim (and more)

How Putin’s Christian Nationalism Seduced the American Right; Yes, We’re Divided. But New AP-NORC Poll Shows Most Americans Still Agree on Core American Values; North Texas Groups Will Host a 3-Day Event to Raise Environmental Awareness (and more)

What Americans Lost When They Stopped Going to Church; Zakaria: How Trump Fills a Void in an Increasingly Secular America; The Strange World of Catholic ‘Integralism’ – Christian Nationalism (and more)

Preaching Spiritual Coexistence During Ramadan as a Palestinian-Israeli Imam; Uganda’s Constitutional Court Rejects Petition Against Anti-Gay Law; The New Science of Death: ‘There’s Something Happening in the Brain that Makes No Sense’ (and more)

Fake Right-Wing Panic About “Trans” Easter is Part of Trump’s Push for Christian Nationalism; Oklahoma State Supreme Court to Hear Arguments About Taxpayer Funded Religious Charter School; Using Civil Rights-era Laws, Trump Allies Plot Anti-Racism Protections – for White People (and more)