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a well-dressed Black couple stand below a Welcome Back sign on a Baptist church
Posted inFilm

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

by Sheri Flanders September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

For those who grew up with any personal proximity to the Black church or religious homophobia, this movie will hit incredibly close to home.

Posted in2022 Primary Elections

Stark differences

by Mrinali Dhembla June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

Indian American Muslim challenger Junaid Ahmed is running to unseat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who has ties to Hindu nationalist groups.

Cyrus Teed eventually changed his name to Koresh.
Posted inCity Life

When Koreshan science invaded the south side

by Jeff Nichols July 23, 2021August 9, 2023

Dr. Cyrus Teed’s cult-like religion attracted death threats and broke up marriages in late 19th century Chicago.

Posted inArts & Culture

From Catholicism to comedy

by Zach Freeman March 19, 2020August 18, 2021

Cameron Esposito looks back on her defining moments in the memoir Save Yourself.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Twitter rabbi

by Aimee Levitt August 21, 2019August 18, 2021

“This, too, is Torah,” says Danya Ruttenberg.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

For Mormon missionaries, spreading the gospel by bike is all about practicality

by John Greenfield September 27, 2017August 18, 2021

LDS Church “elders” and “sisters” use pedals to proselytize, with Jesus as their copilot.

Posted inNews & Politics

After Trump’s air strikes, a Syrian asylum seeker remembers revolution and imprisonment in Damascus

by Sarah Conway April 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Abu Shadi, who survived torture by the Assad regime, says he feels torn between Trump and an apathetic world.

Posted inBlogs

An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth

by Sarah Conway April 6, 2017August 18, 2021

DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.

Posted inBlogs

Through faith, reconnecting ‘two Chicagos’ divided by violence and inequality

by Rachel Hinton April 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Three religious leaders and Cook County sheriff Tom Dart spoke about the effects of gun violence and what the religious community should do to fix it.

Posted inBlogs

Muslim, Latina, and attacked from all sides

by Alex V. Hernandez March 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago-area resident Diana Cruz on living in Trump’s America

Posted inNews & Politics

What does an ‘agnostic atheist’ believe?

by Anne Ford December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

“Humans don’t know shit from shit in the grand scheme of things,” Kelly Baron says.

Posted inNews & Politics

Chicago Muslims: ‘We’ve been yelling, but no one’s been listening’

by Robin Amer November 22, 2016August 18, 2021

CAIR’s Hoda Katebi says her group is bracing for a Trump presidency by beefing up its legal team—and promoting self-defense classes.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Illinois pastors don’t deserve exemption from conversion therapy ban

by Derrick Clifton August 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Conversion therapy aimed at “curing” queer kids is harmful, fraudulent, and discredited, no matter who’s practicing it.

Posted inArts & Culture

All the virtues of religion, minus the ‘religion’ part

by Rayyan Al-Shawaf June 30, 2016August 18, 2021

In Grace Without God, local author Katherine Ozment searches for a meaningful life that doesn’t require theism.

Posted inBlogs

Jesse Jackson calls for solidarity with Syrian refugees ‘in the face of bigotry’

by Meredith Rodriguez November 23, 2015August 18, 2021

“You cannot worship a refugee on the run on Sunday and lock out refugees on Monday,” Jackson said.

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