The Latest Breaking News from Religion

Here's why R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe changed a key lyric in his bands's worldwide mega-hit Everybody Hurts

A post by Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause), which he kindly allowed me to pass along: Yesterday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals decided four separate appeals from decisions of Unemployment Law Judges who denied unemployment benefits because an applicant refused on religious grounds to comply with an employer's Covid vaccine…

For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was a predictable presence on television: There were weekly Sunday morning shows and religious programming that issued end-time warnings, sought monetary contributions or staged faith healings. But none of those covered news.

Televangelist Pat Robertson, who died at the age of 93 on June 8, 2023, was a familiar face on television for many conservative Christians, attracting a million viewers each day on his flagship show, “The 700 Club.”

Roberston, a conservative Christian, hosted The 700 Club on TV and supported a number of Republican presidents.

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms because of his “700 Club” television show.

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

White evangelicals and others of conservative faiths are most resistant to gender-neutral pronouns.

From Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein's opinion yesterday in Olympus Spa v. Armstrong (W.D. Wash.): The Olympus Spa is a Korean spa "specifically designed for women," and the services offered there "are closely tied to the Korean tradition," meaning patrons are "require[d] … to be naked" during certain services. The facilities…

Nature religions, commonly described as Paganism (or neo-Paganism), are growing in Australia. In the last Census, 33,148 people claimed affiliation with a nature religion: including Animism, Druidism, and the many traditions of Wicca, the most practised Pagan pathway.