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The statue of Cristo Redentor or Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

Who is Behind ‘He Gets Us,’ the $100 Million Campaign Rebranding Jesus?

A Christian nonprofit paid $20 million for Super Bowl commercials, and that's just a fraction of its budget to rebrand Jesus.
By Rachyl Jones

Kanye’s Take on Opera: What to Expect from ‘Nebuchadnezzar’ at the Hollywood Bowl

Via Twitter, West announced that the opera would be directed by his frequent collaborator, the performance artist Vanessa Beecroft.
By Helen Holmes

Give Me Religious Liberty—Or Give Me Death

Calls for death to one’s opponents are rooted in an ideological debate among conservatives.
By John A. Tures
Pete Holmes

Is Pete Holmes the Ram Dass of Stand-Up? The ‘Crashing’ Star Talks Faith, Fear and the State of Comedy

By John Russell
INRI Cristo is wheeled around their compound on a rolling pedestal. "INRI" are the initials that Pontius Pilate had written on top of Jesus's cross, meaning "Jesus Christ, King of the Jews."

A Photographic Look at the 7 Men Who Claim to Be Jesus Christ

By Kaitlyn Flannagan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey’s War on Christianity Is No Holy War—It’s a Power Grab by a Brutal Dictator

By John A. Tures
Tim Farron, former leader of the Liberal Democrats.

UK Liberal Leader Stands Up for Christian Views, Gets Driven Out of Office

By Andre Walker
Matisyahu

Balancing Faith and Music Isn’t Easy—That’s Why It’s a Career Game Changer

By Allie Volpe
David Bazan.

David Bazan on Escaping Pedro The Lion, Finding Hope and Embracing Going Solo

By Mischa Pearlman
Two Muslim clerics attend a mass at the Mariamiyah Church in Damascus.

Syria’s Forgotten Pluralism and Why It Matters Today

By Andrea Williams
Alexandria, EGYPT: Egyptian Copts hold a banner demanding no more aggressions against their community after one person was killed and several wounded in three separate episodes in Coptic churches in Alexandria 14 April 2006, 250 kilometers north of Cairo. The crowd gathered in front of the church chanting anti governmental slogans and demanding justice as the authorities claim the acts were committed by a deranged person. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE

Western Christians Have No Excuse for Apathy, Ignorance and Silence

By Nicole Foy
An Iraqi security member stands guard as Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Eve service at the Saint John's church (Mar Yohanna church) in the town of Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), 30 kms east of Mosul, on December 25, 2016. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED

Christianity Doomed in Iraq, Says ‘Vicar of Baghdad’

By Selwyn Duke
YouTube/Alliance Defending Freedom

Students Support Religious Rights (for Muslims, but Not Christians)

By Selwyn Duke
Religious imagery is not welcome in every art venue.

Keeping God Out of the Gallery

By Daniel Grant
Stryper

How Stryper Created the First Hit Christian Metal Album

By Bryan Reesman
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Orthodox Easter ceremonies.

Tomb of Christ Reno Project Gets $1.3 Million, Damien Hirst Releases Pro-Eu Art

By Alanna Martinez
Rickie Mazzotta and Aaron Weiss (foreground) of mewithoutYou.

MewithoutYou’s Aaron Weiss & the Limits of Language

By Ryan Burleson
Will Toledo

Car Seat Headrest Write Their Manifesto With ‘Teens of Denial’

By Justin Joffe
Bambara.

Hardcore, Bambara, Suuns and the Light in Unsettling Music

By Ryan Burleson
Assyrian Christians (background), who fled advancing Islamic State group jihadists in the Syrian province of Hasakeh, wait in line to receive humanitarian aid supplies outside the Assyrian diocese of Sid al-Boushriyeh, on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on March 17, 2015. IS jihadists have seized at least 11 of the 33 Assyrian villages in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakeh, and kidnapped more than 200 members of the ancient Christian sect, which numbered around 30,000 in Syria before the war.

This Easter, Stop the Crucifixion of Assyrian Christians

By Bradley Martin
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (foreground) with Rich Wilkerson Jr. (back right).

Kim & Kanye’s Wedding Pastor Sued For Theft by Miami Street Artists

By Guelda Voien
(Muslim Spiritual leader) Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf sits in a meditation room following the afternoon prayer at Masjid Al Farah in New York City. At 245 West Broadway it is the closest Mosque to the World Trade Center site. (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post) (Photo By Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Faith in Islam—and in America

By Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Science Mike McHargue prefers podcasting

Why Mike McHargue Prefers Podcasts when Spreading His Message

By Maggie O'Neill
Mike McHargue speaks at Baruch College

Christian Blogger Talks Porn and Abstinence in Speech About Science and Faith

By Maggie O'Neill
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