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(RNS) "While we are yet flawed by those among us who hold to racial bigotry and intolerance, they no longer define us as a nation or a people!” United Methodist Bishop Woodie White wrote in his 2014 letter to Martin Luther King.

(RNS) The judge ruled that a restriction approved by the state's voters in 2004 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

(RNS) At the end of his fourth trip to North Korea over the past 12 months, Rodman said, "I'm sorry that I couldn't do anything," when asked if had raised Christian missionary Kenneth Bae's case with leader Kim Jong Un.

(RNS) A new experiential research study -- conducted by a smartphone app -- lets people monitor their spiritual state of mind.

BOSTON (RNS) “She Who Tells a Story,” a photo exhibit now showing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, features the work of 12 women from Muslim countries who shatter stereotypes with works that are provocative, beautiful, mysterious, and surprising, all at the same time.

BANGKOK (RNS) Thailand is struggling to curb sex trafficking amid international pressure and dozens of American groups, many of them evangelical, have entered the country in recent years to fight the issue, with the blessing of U.S. foreign policy.

(RNS) The 21-point difference between college graduates and high school graduates who believe in evolution, for example, is less stark than the 49-point difference between mainline Protestants and evangelicals.