- June 24, 2025
Religion

Prayer in school divides Americans as Texas law takes effect
- By Agoku.com
- . June 24, 2025
(RNS) — A new Texas law mandating that schools set a time for students to pray will likely be popular with many residents of the

Trump administration quietly continues to admit unknown number of white Afrikaner refugees
- By Agoku.com
- . June 21, 2025
(RNS) — When a group of 59 Afrikaners arrived at Dulles International Airport under the humanitarian designation of “refugee” last month, Deputy Secretary of State

Christ for the Nations, where suspect in Minnesota shooting attended, denounces ‘hateful actions’
- By Agoku.com
- . June 18, 2025
(RNS) — In the Buick sedan Vance Boelter left on a rural road outside Minneapolis, law enforcement found a letter addressed to the FBI identifying

At Sox’ stadium Mass, Chicago celebrates Pope Leo XIV, its native son
- By Agoku.com
- . June 15, 2025
CHICAGO (RNS) — At Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, some 30,000 celebrated a native son, Pope Leo XIV, Saturday afternoon (June

Vote to bar churches with women pastors fails again at SBC meeting
- By Agoku.com
- . June 12, 2025
DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches with women pastors from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination failed.

Jennifer Lyell, SBC abuse survivor and former Lifeway executive, has died
- By Agoku.com
- . June 9, 2025
(RNS) — Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of

The theological legacy of Walter Brueggemann
- By Agoku.com
- . June 6, 2025
(RNS) — I first encountered Walter Brueggemann’s work nearly 25 years ago, when “The Prophetic Imagination” was assigned in a seminary course I was taking.

After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published
- By Agoku.com
- . June 3, 2025
(RNS) — “I was the kid who never even smoked pot. I was very cautious, and a rule follower,” said Rabbi Julie Danan, spiritual leader

Hajj pilgrims leaving the US this week face an anxious homecoming
- By Agoku.com
- . May 31, 2025
(RNS) — About two weeks to 10 days before the Eid al-Adha holiday, days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage is about to begin, the messages

After deadly shooting, Jewish organizations are again scrutinizing security
- By Agoku.com
- . May 28, 2025
(RNS) — American Jewish communities are rushing to bolster already heightened security around their institutions and businesses after the May 21 killings of two Israeli