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“A Texas judge will hear opening motions in the trial of Warren Jeffs,” reports ABC News, ” just as the woman who was the first to bring charges against the polygamist sect leader comes forward to say this trial will open the world’s eyes to the insular, polygamist world of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…

 The death of Yoshi Uchida, born in a Japanese-American relocation camp during World War II, leaves a gaping hole in the Yakima, Washington, Buddhist community, according to the Yakima Herald-Republic. “Sweeping berries from a walk at the Yakima Buddhist Church in Wapato one recent afternoon, three men reminisced about how devoted Yosh Uchida was to…

On his way home from school, Sanjeet had stopped by a local deli to grab a bite to eat when some boys came from behind and pulled off his dastaar. New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm, who was a teacher at the time, saw the incident and tried unsuccessfully to stop the perpetrators. “I loved…

The United Church of Christ’s main legislative body was taking care of a largely bureaucratic matter earlier this month when it endorsed merging five national boards into one, reports the Louisville Courier-Journal. But in the process of revamping its decades-old constitution, the Protestant denomination’s General Synod endorsed an eye-catching change: It deleted the term “Heavenly…

Self-confessed Norweigan mass-murder suspect Anders Behring Breivik calls himself a “cultural Christian,” writes Mathew N. Schmalz in the Washington Post‘s “On Faith” section. Religious Christians, Breivik observes, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, which Breivik does not claim to have, notes Schmalz, who is a professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in…

Before Saturday night’s Nationwide Federated Auto Parts 300, Pastor Joe Nelms of Nashville’s Family Baptist Church was asked to pray.   And pray, he did! Before the NASCAR crowd at Nashville Superspeedway Nelms noted that God tells to be thankful for all things — and then went on to thank the Almighty for “these mighty machines that you brought before…

Mitch Winehouse paid an emotional tribute to his daughter Amy today as her friends and family came together for her funeral, reports the London newspaper the Daily Mail. Relating stories about her childhood and how happy she’d been recently, the grieving father ended his eulogy telling his daughter: “Goodnight, my angel. Sleep tight.” Among those paying their…

Keith Olbermann, who is still smarting from his departure at MSNBC, used a recent interview with Cenk Uygur to criticize the cable network’s hiring Al Sharpton. “For Olbermann, however, who has an uncanny knack for avoiding the facts,” writes the media watchdog Accuracy in Media, “it was just another opportunity to take a potshot at his former employer…

by Ash Greyson Beliefnet Managing Editor Move over Lady Gaga! Sorry, Justin Bieber! Nice try, Harry Potter! According to Allfacebook.com, a website that tracks Facebook traffic and interactions, six of the top 20 most engaging Facebook pages are related to faith. The new Harry Potter film just set the all-time record for weekend ticket sales,…

Even though he calls himself an “unapologetic social conservative,” Texas Governor Rick Perry and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, says he’s so dedicated to states’ rights that the state of New York’s approval of gay marriage is fine by him. Perry opposes same-sex marriage, but said that the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which…
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