New book ‘A Nation Wrestles With God’ traces religious dialogue through our history

Cardinal Brislin joins African clergy in calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Drawing on Africa’s experience of apartheid, genocide and war, Cardinal Stephen Brislin and nine other Catholic clergy say Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide — and argue silence is no longer an option.

Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat

(The Conversation) — Two political scientists explain why Christian nationalist beliefs endure.

Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on today

BEIJING (AP) — Imperial cuisine encompasses the meals emperors ate daily and the feasts their courts held throughout the year.

A Muslim educator and a rabbi: One ideology threatens us both

(RNS) — White supremacy does not distinguish between the communities it seeks to intimidate. Our resistance shouldn’t distinguish between them, either.

At 70, Sandi Patty sings ‘The Voice I Have Now,’ plans new album

(RNS) — ‘It's the perfect song for someone sort of looking back over their career, looking back over life, and realizing God has been faithful all this time,’ Patty said in an interview.