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The Jesus Fish: A 2,000-Year-Old Christian Symbol Explained
The Jesus Fish is one of the most recognizable Christian symbols today, often seen on car bumpers, jewelry, and church logos. While many believe it originated as a secret symbol during Roman ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency23d
Christian conservatives have appropriated Queen Esther as a symbol. Let’s take her back.
The Heritage Foundation’s National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is led by Christian Zionists, not by Jews with real and lived experience of antisemitism. And its plan is entirely focused on ...
The Hill29d
Christianity in US stops decline after years of losses: Pew
The decline in the number of Americans who identify as Christian appears to be slowing down after years of losses, according to a Pew Research Center survey published Wednesday. The expansive ...
The Times of Israel17d
Christian conservatives have coopted Queen Esther as a symbol
The Heritage Foundation’s National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is led by Christian Zionists, not by Jews with real and lived experience of antisemitism. And its plan is entirely focused on ...
Vox20d
The controversy over Disney’s new Christian character, briefly explained
Some media reports have been oversimplistically juxtaposing the two decisions, either lamenting or celebrating the Christian character as a repudiation of the trans one, when of course ...
Daily Monitor26d
Pope's chair: The enduring symbol of Christian unity
Pope Francis is the 266th. In honouring St Peter’s Chair, we are celebrating the enduring symbol of Christian unity. It was on the occasion of Peter’s profession of faith in the Messianic ...
The Conversation28d
How ‘muscular Christianity’ strove to bring men back to religion – and what it can teach us today
Few, though, have ever heard of the movement from which they took their principal inspiration: muscular Christianity. The term sounds odd indeed, conjuring up images of Jesus with an impressively ...
Newsweek24d
Map Shows US States Where Christianity Is Surging, Falling
Languages: English. The share of Americans who identify as Christian continues to fall across the U.S, with the exception of two states, a Newsweek map shows. However, the decline appears to be ...
UPI29d
Pew polling shows years of U.S. Christianity decline slowing, possibly stabilizing
Feb. 26 (UPI) --The decline in the number of people in the United States identifying as Christian has slowed down and might have leveled off, according to a new Pew Research Center poll published ...
Opinion
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The MAGA Paradox: When political symbols in schools become tools of exclusion
Walking into my son’s Atlanta-based Jewish school, I was immediately confronted with a sight that left me unsettled: ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs23d
Christian conservatives have appropriated Queen Esther as a symbol. Let’s take her back.
As Purim nears, conservatives are invoking Queen Esther to justify policies that critics say threaten democracy and civil rights in the US. An antique illustration of Esther's banquet from the ...
The Repository25d
Spiritual reawakening? New Pew survey sheds light on religion in the US
A new Pew Research Center survey suggests that the decline of Christianity in the U.S. might be stabilizing. The survey found that 62% of U.S. adults identify as Christian, a number that has held ...