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WA church sermons on abortion, witchcraft come back to haunt candidate
Katy Cornell is running for an open House position in Washington's 26th House District.
Backlash in Kashmir over proposal for uniform Friday sermons across mosques
Political and religious critics accuse India's Modi government of curbing Kashmir's freedom of religion and expression.
“Pope of Trash” John Waters has a “vermin sermon” for Iowa
The maker of “Hairspray” and “Pink Flamingos” talks about the resurgence of censorship, reclaimed words and how humor can stabilize a chaotic world ahead of an Iowa City show.
I want to rescue the word Zionism. We cannot reduce a vast Jewish idea to the politics of the moment.
Angela Buchdahl, senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in Manhattan, delivered a sermon on Zionist ideas and ideals
Dana Perino disses George Clooney’s ‘smug political sermon’
‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss George Clooney saying the United States government is run by the ‘least qualified people.’
Northern Arapaho Business Council crafts policy governing 'outside organizations' after sermon sparks outrage
Protests, Sunday services continue after Foundations for Nations pastor goes viral with call for tribal members on Wind River Reservation to reject their traditional spiritual ways.
'Preaching as resistance': Dem minister behind Satanist wedding now linked to anti-Trump sermon guide
Sarah Trone Garriott authored a chapter in a 2018 "resistance preaching" guide that urged faith leaders to combat Trump and MAGA from the pulpit.
Raphael Warnock shares vision for straightening out politics in new book
A sermon on "crooked places made straight" Rev. Raphael Warnock preached during President Donald Trump's first term has become the basis of a book from the now U.S. senator.
Faith leaders navigate politics in the pews
From election season to wars overseas, politics is showing up more often in sermons and prayers. Faith leaders explain how they preach about painful issues, listen to disagreement, and keep faith ahead of party labels.
'Friday Follies': Bruce Springsteen offers political commentary during concert
Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo discusses the star's 'sermon' about the United States on 'The Ingraham Angle.'
Talarico torched after pastor's 'disgusting' Trump shooting remark as Cornyn says 'Texans should be outraged'
Sen. Cornyn demands Texas Senate candidate James Talarico condemn his pastor, who Cornyn says made light of the Trump assassination attempt at a sermon.
How Al Gore Politicized Climate Science
An Inconvenient Truth turns 20 next month. In the 2006 documentary, former vice president Al Gore argued that human-driven climate change was an urgent, civilization-threatening crisis. The film became a cultural phenomenon, winning two Academy Awards and making climate change one of the defining political issues of our time. I am sure that there will be many retrospectives seeking to relitigate the scientific claims in the film. But the far more important anniversary story is not about the accuracy of any of Gore’s individual claims but rather about what the film helped to unleash in the scientific community: bringing partisan politics into the institutions of science. Gore did not simply make a film about climate change: He implored the scientific community to join him in overt climate advocacy. The fuel that Gore added to the fire of pathological politicization of the climate science community is the most important legacy of An Inconvenient Truth. Almost three years after the film’s release, Gore took the stage at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)—the country’s largest and most prominent scientific organization—and delivered something much closer to a revival sermon than a scientific lecture. Gore told the assembled scientists that they could no longer “in good conscience accept this division between the work you do and the civilization in which you live.” His directive was clear:
Magic Johnson's transition from basketball to business
NBA icon Magic Johnson delivered a high-energy, deeply personal talk at Wake Forest University’s Face-to-Face Speaker Forum on Tuesday night, shifting seamlessly from storytelling to a masterclass in business, discipline and community impact. Interviewed by college basketball commentator Jay Bilas, Johnson commanded the stage — and eventually the aisles — blending humor, sermon-like energy and […]
Mamdani and top New York rabbis will meet privately, but their core divide remains unresolved
The Friday after Zohran Mamdani won, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch gave a sermon saying that he believed the incoming New York mayor’s criticisms of Israel aligned with Hamas and that critics of Israel wanted to separate “good Jews” from “bad Jews” in a way that endangers the city’s Jewish community.