A pair of Jewish businessmen gave the Lakers their name. Another Jewish duo will try to restore it to glory.

Texas barbecue is getting a halal makeover

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — As anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions.

A Jewish scholar of Jesus makes history as president of the Catholic Biblical Association

(RNS) — The New Testatment scholar has had a lifelong fascination with all things Catholic and has devoted her life's work to understanding Jesus as a first-century Jew.

What India’s student uprising asks of Hindus

(RNS) — This protest is different because it showed that Hindus can be mobilized in large numbers, in solidarity with people whom Hindu nationalism has taught us to see as outsiders.

Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit is over. The SBC’s abuse crisis isn’t.

(RNS) — Hunt is willing to pay to restore himself to his position of power and influence, but he is not willing to pay the victim who has paid the greatest cost. This is an apt metaphor for the leadership of the SBC.

With three prisoners scheduled for execution, southern churches toll their bells

(RNS) — Faith-based anti-death penalty activists have used the bell-tolling tactic throughout the country in various waves.