Religion

By Lawrence Specker The latest addition to the growing canon of books on the Clotilda and Africatown is a remarkable work of synthesis of value both to those who’ve read everything published so far on the […]

By Anna Claire Vollers Alabama Church of the Highlands pastor Chris Hodges was mentioned by name in an Australian parliamentary session, amid questions about an international megachurch’s lavish and allegedly fraudulent spending. An Australian legislator called […]

By Carol Robinson A Jefferson County man is being credited with helping to save an elderly man’s life in Birmingham after he heard screams for help and jumped into action without another thought. Keena Dowdell, a […]

By Shelia Poole The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Johnny Hunt, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, alleging defamation and invasion of […]

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. Rev. Robert Turner keeps walking. Walking for reparations. Walking for H.R. 40. The bill that would establish a Congressional commission to study proposals for reparations for African American descendants of […]