religion

A new study finds that Alabama may be one of the best states in the nation for religious communities. In a study conducted by the nonprofit tech company SmileHub, Alabama ranked No. 1 in the country for being the most religious state.

An Alabama inmate on death row, whose death sentence led to discussions about the Constitutional right of religious freedom, will be executed on Thursday, July 18 by lethal injection. Keith Gavin is Muslim. He’s sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of a delivery driver.

A lawsuit filed by lawyers for a spiritual adviser to an Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed with nitrogen gas next month say that restrictions on how close the adviser can get to the inmate in the death chamber are “hostile to religion.”

Two Alabama brothers are working to make their mark in faith-based films. Jon and Andy Erwin’s latest movie takes audiences to the sixties.

COVID-19 hit the live music industry hard in Alabama. Full-time musicians were left with few places to play. Mobile musician and folk artist Abe Partridge had time on this hands and followed a different pursuit. He attended serpent-handling churches across Appalachia* with the goal of painting pictures of some of the pastors. That plan took an unexpected turn when he heard the music at these religious events. It was powerful and possibly not heard by outsiders. . APR Gulf coast correspondent Lynn Oldshue takes it from there…

(BIRMINGHAM, AL)-- Scientists and religious leaders are working together to call for action when it comes to climate change.Faith, Science and Climate…

Harold English and his daughter Jennifer have a lot in common - from spirituality to personality traits, and a love for the ocean.They sat down at…

In 2008, Andrea Mills lost her sister Brooke to cancer. Brooke cut off contact with her family because of differing beliefs, but she and Andrea reunited…

A group is questioning the role of religion inside the University of Mississippi football program, expressing concerns that a football chaplain is an…

Several groups are planning to push the Mobile County Commission to authorize the installation of atheist, Pagan and Universalist displays after…