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Our latest report on new court filings in a federal court about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security spying on churc...
09/29/2026

Our latest report on new court filings in a federal court about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security spying on churches:

A federal judge recently ordered the U.S.

"To invoke God’s name in order to justify violence or oppression is to profane that name. Nothing that disfigures human ...
09/28/2026

"To invoke God’s name in order to justify violence or oppression is to profane that name. Nothing that disfigures human dignity can claim to be inspired by God." -Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV once again stressed that God does not promote war and called for the protection of human dignity and life, during the last day of his papal visit to France on Monday (Sept. 28).

Our fresh religion news roundup features stories about partisan attacks on the United Methodist Church, a modern-day “Su...
09/25/2026

Our fresh religion news roundup features stories about partisan attacks on the United Methodist Church, a modern-day “Sun King,” evangelical literary blasphemy, and more!

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to an announcement about upcoming events and a review of a new book that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at partisan attacks on a church and how United Methodists are pushing back.

Today’s issue of A Public Witness looks at how some Republican politicians are attacking the faith of mainline Christian...
09/24/2026

Today’s issue of A Public Witness looks at how some Republican politicians are attacking the faith of mainline Christians and how The United Methodist Church is pushing back against the bigotry.

“I believe in an America … where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.”

“We will make sure these guns can never hurt somebody again or in the future,” Word&Way’s own Beau Underwood told Mirror...
09/23/2026

“We will make sure these guns can never hurt somebody again or in the future,” Word&Way’s own Beau Underwood told Mirror Indy.

He referenced Isaiah 2:4: “And by doing that, we are living out the biblical vision of weapons being turned into plowshares.”

A national, faith-based movement called “Guns to Gardens” has the goal of getting guns off the streets and giving people a safe way to dispose of them.

A few decades ago, Doug Wilson’s views would have been dismissed as fringe. Now, he is planting churches in Washington, ...
09/22/2026

A few decades ago, Doug Wilson’s views would have been dismissed as fringe. Now, he is planting churches in Washington, D.C., preaching in the Pentagon, and exercising moral influence over Trump administration officials.

Bradley Onishi’s new book details the rise of a new class of ruling elites who seek to use religion and technology to replace democracy with authoritarian rule.

Bradley Onishi’s new book from St. Martin's Essentials details the rise of a new class of ruling elites who seek to use ...
09/22/2026

Bradley Onishi’s new book from St. Martin's Essentials details the rise of a new class of ruling elites who seek to use religion and technology to replace democracy with authoritarian rule.

Bradley Onishi’s new book details the rise of a new class of ruling elites who seek to use religion and technology to replace democracy with authoritarian rule.

In a city that has lived through some of the devastating impacts of Christian Nationalism, it’s appropriate that in earl...
09/21/2026

In a city that has lived through some of the devastating impacts of Christian Nationalism, it’s appropriate that in early October two events in Minneapolis will feature experts on understanding and combating this ideology.

Angela Denker will moderate a book talk with Kristin Du Mez and one with Brian Kaylor.

Minneapolis-based journalist and Lutheran minister Angela Denker will moderate two upcoming book talk events, the first ...
09/21/2026

Minneapolis-based journalist and Lutheran minister Angela Denker will moderate two upcoming book talk events, the first with Kristin Kobes DuMez on Oct. 6 and the second with Brian Kaylor on Oct. 12. Both events will be held at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church and are cosponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers and the Minnesota chapter of Christians Against Christian Nationalism.

Register for the free events today!

Angela Denker will moderate a book talk with Kristin Du Mez and one with Brian Kaylor.

Our fresh religion news roundup features stories about the latest Pentagon worship service, rightwing "Christfluencers" ...
09/18/2026

Our fresh religion news roundup features stories about the latest Pentagon worship service, rightwing "Christfluencers" in Germany, a Trump administration idea for paying stay-at-home parents, and more.

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week we published a look at Pete Hegseth’s 9/11 observance theology, an interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez about her new book, and a report on the latest Pentagon worship service.

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