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When mixing faith with furries, things can get hairy
By Riley Farrell — August 2, 2022
(RNS) — A Christian movement has established itself inside the mostly religion resistant world of furry fandom.
There is a lot of antisemitic hate speech on social media – and algorithms are partly to blame
By Sabine von Mering and Monika Hübscher — July 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
‘Lent’s Eat’ videos bring levity — and leaven — to solemn season
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 9, 2022
(RNS) — The Rev. Jennie Williams makes a recipe or two from congregants each week of Lent in her Facebook video series 'Lent’s Eat.'
Instagram ‘smash and grab’ impostors peddle fake psychic and tarot readings
By Heather Greene — December 20, 2021
(RNS) — Metaphysical practitioners are becoming increasingly frustrated with social media outlets as impersonators thrive off their accounts.
Native America has lessons for surviving an apocalypse, says Choctaw elder and Episcopal priest
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — The Rev. Steven Charleston talked to Religion News Service about his new book, 'Ladder to the Light,' and what Native America has to teach others about climbing out of darkness.
‘Cosplay Christianity’: The sin is in the denial of the life God calls us to
By Karen Swallow Prior — October 13, 2021
(RNS) — Sometimes it’s as deadly serious (and ironic) as a riot in which grown men in costumes channel William Wallace in ‘Braveheart’ crying ‘Freedom!’ while attacking the seat of democracy.
Celebrate Facebook’s outage? Many faith communities couldn’t talk at all.
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — October 5, 2021
(RNS) — Facebook has been a catalyst for religious communities that aren’t defined geographically.
Some praise, some doubts as Facebook rolls out a prayer tool
By Holly Meyer and David Crary — August 9, 2021
(AP) — Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers.
‘I didn’t have anyone in my life who I could talk to about it’
By Renée Roden — July 27, 2021
'Religion is not something you expect to be popular on social media.'
The social-media-examined life is not the one that sustains us
By Karen Swallow Prior — June 10, 2021
(RNS) — The public life is not what feeds the desires of the heart.
Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper
By Caleb Elfenbein — May 25, 2021
(The Conversation) — A civil rights group is suing Facebook for its failure to stop the spread of anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform.
RNS Weekly News Quiz: April 22, 2021
By Emily Churchill — April 23, 2021
Test your knowledge of current events in the world of religion.
Likes and prayers: Facebook tests new ‘prayer post’ feature
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 21, 2021
(RNS) — The idea for prayer posts grew out of the myriad ways users have connected over Facebook while distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the spokesperson.
Why some Christians want Target to stop carrying a bestselling book of prayers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 9, 2021
(RNS) — Editor Sarah Bessey and other contributors to 'A Rhythm of Prayer' responded to the backlash with a statement Thursday evening (April 8), saying critics are missing the point of the prayer.
Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism
By David Rising — April 8, 2021
(AP) — The #ItStartedWithWords campaign educates people about how the Nazis dehumanized Jews years before death camps were established.
