Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

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In this reported feature, writer Cierra Black speaks with the Hoodoo consultant of Ryan Coogler 's Sinners, Dr. Yvonne ...

Ryan Coogler's newest movie, 'Sinners,' explores the history of spirituality and Western religion through the lens of ...

But the blues is a gateway to transcendence as well as temptation, the soul-deep cry of a people in exile, capable of ...

Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City, died on Easter Monday. He was 88. Locally, this morning, Cardinal Timothy Dolan presided over a mass at St. Patrick's ...

Matthews, born on Feb. 7, 1928, in tiny Snow Hill, Alabama, entered the public forum with fire, responding to a slight from a Northern Black preacher who wrote a Letter to the Editor who was ...

New York City Council boss and mayoral hopeful Adrienne Adams helped funnel millions of dollars to her Queens church and its affiliated non-profits — part of the powerful political machine of ...

"After my accident my world shrank immeasurably," he said. "My thoughts were not more than five minutes into the future, and painting has just opened up everything again to me." Jonny was ...

Hindu Raksha Dal activists sprayed black paint on the mural of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the railway station in Ghaziabad on Friday. They, however, reportedly claimed that the painting was ...

Call of Duty is about to get a big wave of items reflecting the Black Ops series, and all you have to do to unlock them is play the game. It’s frustrating to see these issues still populating ...

An American preacher who was taken hostage by armed men while preaching a sermon in a South African township last week has been rescued in a fierce gun battle with his kidnappers, police said ...