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RNS Opening Budget — Thursday, June 3, 2021

NEWS STORY
RNS-Young-Buddhists: ‘We’ve been here all along:’ Author pushes back against erasure of young Asian American Buddhists
(RNS) — In her debut book, “Be the Refuge” author and former Buddhist chaplain Chenxing Han documents how generations of Asian Americans are reclaiming and evolving the Buddhism of their parents. She highlights the challenges they face in remaining rooted in Buddhism practices that lack English-language material and the pressures they face in an Asian American landscape where Christianity is so prevalent. By Alejandra Molina. 950 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Lin-Oped: American Christians must humbly look to global church for solutions to decline
(RNS) — Thirty-five percent of Gen Z students are atheists, agnostic or have no religious belief. As the president of a campus ministry serving students and faculty, I regularly hear their reasons why. The church in North America is starting to erode. Thankfully, however, the center of the church is not in North America. By Tom Lin. 1,150 words. (category: k)

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