US state lawmakers push for priests to report abuse learned about in confessional
United States RNS Catholic leaders are pushing back against efforts to alter state laws that exempt clergy from reporting child abuse they hear about during the sacrament of confession, arguing the changes will force priests to choose between the law and their faith. Advocates for abuse survivors insist the changes are necessary, noting instances where […]
Essay: Kanye, Flame, and Augustine – hip-hop and the conversion narrative
In an article first published in ‘Sightings’, a publication of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School, A TREVOR SUTTON looks at how hip-hop is reaching new generations with conversion narratives…