Unsettling Advent Returning for an Unsettling Year
Each year, empty spaces in malls and shopping centers across the country suddenly fill up with costumes and toys as Spirit Halloween moves in.| A Public Witness
Each year, empty spaces in malls and shopping centers across the country suddenly fill up with costumes and toys as Spirit Halloween moves in.| A Public Witness
Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace as governor of New York in 2021 while he faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct.| A Public Witness
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week, we published a review of a new book by Matthew Boedy and remarks by Brian Kaylor during a No Kings rally.| A Public Witness
On Saturday (Oct. 18), millions of people attended “No Kings” rallies at about 2,600 locations across the country.| A Public Witness
Matthew Boedy had a warning to share with both church and society: A previously fringe movement that sought to reconstruct the United States as a Christian nation by installing leaders committed to its ideology in spheres of cultural influence was becoming mainstream.| A Public Witness
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on a legal battle involving religious liberty and an excerpt from a conversation with a religious studies professor are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness| A Public Witness
“No Kings means no paychecks, no paychecks and no government.”| publicwitness.wordandway.org
While some scholars argue over which theological positions to include in a definition of “evangelical,” religious studies professor William Stell finds such “belief-based models” too vague and problematic.| A Public Witness
As Missouri prepares to execute a man who has served as a Christian minister behind bars, the state is denying the request for his chosen spiritual advisor to be present with him during the execution — despite a 2022 U.S.| A Public Witness
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week we celebrated the launch of a new book, highlighted a podcast conversation with Angela Parker, and reported on an upcoming execution of a man ministering behind bars.| A Public Witness
Imagine that through a series of harrowing life events, you find yourself sent to a maximum security prison.| A Public Witness
Some Christians today argue that empathy is wrong, even calling it a sin and unbiblical.| A Public Witness
On Friday, a group of Anglican men declared they would gather “for such a time as this” to oppose the selection of Sarah Mullally as the first female head of the Anglican Communion.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on the first public school chaplain in Florida and an excerpt from a conversation with historian Randall Balmer that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness| A Public Witness
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House| A Public Witness
Historian and author Randall Balmer would like to apologize to Ken Burns.| A Public Witness
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in April 2024 allowing public school districts to authorize volunteer chaplains to minister to children,| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a piece on the Charlie Kirk memorial service and a review of a new book by Brian Kaylor that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at how the Department of War is co-opting Bible verses in promotional videos.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Over the summer, a conservative legal group sparked a controversy about Bibles in the chapel at the U.S.| A Public Witness
The Department of Homeland Security posted a promotional video quoting Proverbs that implies undocumented immigrants are wicked and the law enforcement agents pursuing them are righteous.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
The memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday (Sept.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
A report from the two-day Religious Freedom in Public Schools Summit in Dallas, Texas, led by Interfaith Alliance.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month arrested and detained a carpenter named Jesus.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
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Below is a guest piece from Christi Harlan.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
President Donald Trump wants people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and sex trafficker who killed himself in 2019.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“It is hard to talk about the state of the church and not talk about what it means to be Christian in these times.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“I want to just thank everybody and, in particular, God.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
If you wanted to create a parody commission on religious liberty that actually undermined the stated goal, you’d be hard-pressed to top the actual White House Religious Liberty Commission that held its first meeting Monday (June 16).| publicwitness.wordandway.org
On Thursday (June 12), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the Western Wall to place a note between the stones.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Nearly three years ago, the first issue of A Public Witness took on the National Day of Prayer and why we shouldn’t have one.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
As members of the Missouri Education Committee consider legislation that would mandate the posting of an edited version of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, 193 clergy and other faith leaders (and two houses of worship) signed an open letter| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“This was at the founding of our nation.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Below is a guest report from Matthew Boedy, a professor at the University of North Georgia.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
A coalition of Quakers, Baptists, and Sikhs won round one in faith-based litigation against the Trump administration.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
It sounds like the start of a joke: Mennonites versus Homeland Security.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“I’ve got a prophetic word for you: We win.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
