Michael Symmons Roberts investigates the meaning of the Christian cross and hears from those who have discovered its power in their own lives. Paradoxically a symbol of suffering and defeat but also ...
In his weekly column, Paul Waldman of the American Prospect does a good job of highlighting a bizarre exchange during recent U.S. Supreme Court arguments in which Justice Antonin Scalia seemed unable ...
Richard B. Katskee is Legal Director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Symbols have power. They communicate complex ideas, often more effectively and more forcefully than mere ...
There has been a disturbing willingness on the part of some judges in recent years to treat the Christian cross as a symbol that isn’t, well, just Christian. The most high-profile and problematic ...
On Good Friday, Christians venerate the cross of Christ. According to Sarah Coleman, an author, "The cross is a symbol of death but so much more - death and life, hate and love, violence and peace, ...
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Christian cross has become little more than a piece of jewelry worn around the necks of celebrities, said Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. CANTERBURY, England (RNS) ...
WASHINGTON — For more than 90 years, a huge concrete cross has dominated part of Bladensburg, Maryland, a Washington suburb. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether it should ...
Every public building in the southern German state of Bavaria is now required to display a Christian cross at the entrance to greet visitors. The law, which came into effect Friday, has re-ignited a ...
When is a cross not a Christian symbol? When the Supreme Court says it isn’t. Even as Michael Cohen dominated the news on Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about a 40-foot cross on public ...