Religion

Archbishop Franzo King who, with his wife Marina, co-founded the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, in a portrait shot in Jan. 2020.

Five Decades On, An Eclectic Church Preaches The Message Of John Coltrane

9:04pm September 23, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

In 1965, two young fans heard the jazz giant play at a San Francisco club and had a religious epiphany. Their church is an idiosyncratic and joyful blend of devotion to the divine — and to jazz.

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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, Laila Lalami

Americans Who Can't Enjoy Full Rights Deemed 'Conditional Citizens' In New Book

8:21am September 23, 2020

by Aarti Shahani

In her first non-fiction work, Laila Lalami says these Americans want the country to succeed, but can't avoid the gulf between purported values of equality and the realities of systematic oppression.

In this May 28, 1957, photo, Rev. Robert S. Graetz, center, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, left, talk outside the witness room during a bombing trial in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgome

Robert Graetz, Only White Pastor To Back Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dies At 92

4:24pm September 22, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

Robert and his wife Jeannie Graetz faced bombs and KKK death threats for their role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but their Black friends and neighbors protected them.

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People gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Jewish Americans Grieve Justice Ginsburg As Jewish New Year Begins

12:12pm September 20, 2020

by Sam Gringlas

When word of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death spread, many Jews were in services, praying from their homes as congregations broadcast over livestream.

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If elected, Democratic nominee Joe Biden would become only the second Catholic president in American history. Here he prays at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 3.

How Joe Biden's Faith Shapes His Politics

7:00am September 20, 2020

by Asma Khalid

Joe Biden's Catholic faith, friends and staffers say, is central to how he views the world.

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Justice Ginsburg's Death Strikes Symbolic On Eve Of Rosh Hashanah

5:40pm September 19, 2020

by Sam Gringlas

Many Jews learned that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman on the Supreme Court, had passed while they were listening to Rosh Hashanah services.

Rabbi Yehonatan Adouar teaches a shofar blowing course in Rambam Synagogue in Ramat Gan, Israel

Wanted in Israel: More Shofar Blowers For Socially Distanced Jewish New Year

12:57pm September 18, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

The shofar is a hallmark of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The pandemic means there will be more and smaller prayer gatherings this year, so some cities have offered free shofar-blowing courses.

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Rabbis Share How Rosh Hashanah Will Be Affected By COVID-19

6:31am September 18, 2020

The Jewish High Holidays begin tonight with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rabbis share how their sermons will be shaped by this year's events.

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Rabbis Look For Inspiration In Sermons From Time Of 1918 Pandemic Amid High Holidays

4:11pm September 17, 2020

As the Jewish High Holidays approach this weekend, some rabbis have requested sermons from the time of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic for inspiration as to what they will say.

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How Democrat Joe Biden's Catholic Faith Shaped His Life, Politics

6:01am September 17, 2020

by Asma Khalid

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's faith is central to how he sees the world. How does his Catholicism affect his politcs?

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