by David Swartz | Aug 21, 2015 | Opinion
In 1345, on a cold Tuesday night just before Easter, a miracle happened in Amsterdam. A dying man, given the Eucharist, vomited it right back out. His caregivers were amazed to see that it had re-emerged from his mouth whole. They threw the host on a fire, perhaps...
by Robert Parham | Jan 4, 2013 | Opinion
One would rightly expect calls for peace in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day sermons offered by Christianity’s most visible leaders – heads of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. And one would not have been disappointed. Pope Benedict XVI and the...
by Niels Sorrells | Sep 26, 2011 | News
BERLIN (RNS) All faiths have to work together to stanch the tide of secularism sweeping the world, warned Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (Sept. 23) during the second day of a tour through his native Germany. Benedict focused Friday on ecumenical meetings, including a...
by Kimberly Winston | Aug 5, 2011 | News
(RNS) Almost every major college and university offers a degree in religious studies. But secularism? Nary a one—until now. Starting this fall, Pitzer College, a small liberal arts school in Southern California, will offer a bachelor’s degree in secular studies. The...
by Robert Parham | Jul 29, 2004 | Opinion
SEOUL, South Korea–Confronting both secularism–which opposes Christianity–and fundamentalism–which fragments the Christian community–Baptists need an ethic that encourages tolerance without compromise in the essentials of Christian faith,...
