Texas proposal would let schools use Bible teachings in lessons
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades,…
Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop classroom Bible mandate
OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the state’s top education…
Opinion: Did Donald Trump just corner the school Bible market in Oklahoma?
Who knew? Oklahoma needs Bibles.Lots of them. Like 55,000. That’s the scale of the request issued by Ryan Walters, superintendent of public instruction for Oklahoma.…
Oklahoma amends request for Bibles that seemed to match Trump version
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma has amended its request for 55,000 Bibles to be placed in public schools that initially matched a version of the holy book…
Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s top education official is seeking to purchase 55,000 Bibles for public schools and specifying that each copy contain the Declaration of Independence…
Why do books have chapters? How writing changed from antiquity to children’s books and streaming
Nicholas Dames remembers the first time he really got thinking about a very obvious but largely invisible writing device.It was around two decades ago, when…
The Donald Trump Bible proves it: The villain of our tale has returned
Three years ago, I honestly hoped I would never have to write, or even think much, about Donald Trump ever again. Three years ago, the…
Opinion: Would you buy a $60 Bible from this man?
Holy huckster: Just in time for Easter, the holiest day of the Christian calendar, Donald Trump started hawking Bibles — in the same month that…
Trump promotes ‘God Bless the USA Bible,’ for sale
In a video promoting the new “God Bless the USA Bible,” former President Trump held up the book, an American flag rippling across its cover,…
Opinion: The shutdown looms, and Speaker Mike Johnson has nothing
House Speaker Mike Johnson, the obscure former backbencher vaulted out of the far-right field to Congress’ highest-ranking job just over two weeks ago, told Sean…
Sweden protester abandons plan to burn Torah and Bible | News
Ahmad Alloush says his intention was to denounce those who burn sacred books such as the Quran in the Nordic country. Stockholm, Sweden – A…
Utah school district that removed Bible from libraries now reviewing Book of Mormon
The Davis County, Utah, school district says it is reviewing the appropriateness of the Book of Mormon for elementary and junior high school libraries. File…
DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at ‘Roast and Ride’ rally in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Amid plates of sliced pork, statement-making leather ensembles and piles of political T-shirts, eight Republican presidential hopefuls descended on Iowa to pitch…
Hebrew Bible, which is 1,100 years old, sells for $57 million at auction in New York
A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts has sold for $US38 million ($57 million) in New York. Key points:The…
1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38m, will head to Israel | Religion News
One of the world’s oldest surviving bible manuscripts will be placed in the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible,…
A misreading of the Bible fuels apathy about climate change
Christian theology and global politics can make strange bedfellows. Consider the intimate relationship between fundamentalist expectations of Jesus’ return and market-driven disregard for the environment.…