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100 years ago, the Tennessee legislature became the first in the U.S. to ban teaching evolution in public schools. It sparked the famous Scopes monkey trial, fueling debates about what should be taught in government-funded schools still happening today. apnews.com/article/scopes…

Delightful story by The Associated Press religion's inimitable Giovanna Dell'Orto

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So you saw 'Conclave' the movie. Here's what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves (from The Associated Press Religion Team's Holly Meyer ) apnews.com/article/vatica…

So you saw 'Conclave' the movie. Here's what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves. By ⁦Holly Meyer⁩ apnews.com/article/vatica…

Who are the Sacred Harp singers using a more than 180-year-old hymnal today (from The Associated Press Religion Team’s ⁦Holly Meyer⁩ ) apnews.com/article/sacred…

Have you every heard of shape-note singing? Or the hollow square? I teamed up with Jessie Wardarski to tell the story of a passionate group of a cappella singers and why they're updating a Christian hymnal from 1844. apnews.com/article/sacred…

My grandmother used to take us to hear Sacred Harp. It's not something you forget. al.com/life/2025/05/t…

A wonderful gallery of photos by Jessie Wardarski of Sacred Harp hymn singing at a Primitive Baptist church in Georgia. Sacred Harp hymnody always gives me chills (in a good way). apnews.com/photo-gallery/…

Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows (from ⁦The Associated Press⁩’s ⁦Holly Meyer⁩ and ⁦Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux⁩ ) apnews.com/article/poll-r…

Don't miss this new data-driven story from Holly Meyer and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux apnews.com/article/poll-r…

A century after John Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages (From The Associated Press Religion Team's Holly Meyer ) apnews.com/article/religi…

Dayton, Tenn., wanted publicity from the Scopes trial. But media coverage of it and the "Inherit the Wind" movie, left many to think it was full of uneducated, strident Christian fundamentalists. Dayton folks have been trying to correct the record. apnews.com/article/scopes…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. apnews.com/article/pete-h…