Jonathan Woodward
Jonathan Woodward is the podcast producer at Religion News Service.
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A Yogi for the West: Paramahansa Yogananda & the Self-Realization Fellowship
By Jonathan Woodward — January 31, 2020
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival in America of Paramahansa Yogananda – widely considered to be the father of yoga in the West. Yogananda devoted his life to traveling and speaking across America, bringing a message of spirituality and unity between religions. He introduced millions to the practice of meditation and Kriya […]
RNS Morning Report: LA Lakers Chaplain; Willow Creek Leadership Search; Gwen Ifill Remembered
By Jonathan Woodward — January 31, 2020
People gather at a memorial near Staples Center after the death of Laker legend Kobe Bryant Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
RNS Morning Report: Counseling LGBT Catholics; Christian Marriage Book; Trump’s Peace Plan
By Jonathan Woodward — January 30, 2020
Alana Chen died in December 2019 in Colorado, at the age of 24. Photo courtesy of the Chen family
RNS Morning Report: Latino Christian Activism; New Willow Creek Allegations; Falwell on ‘Vexit’
By Jonathan Woodward — January 29, 2020
Allen Hernandez’s arm tattoos illustrate his shared Christian and indigenous identity. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina
RNS Morning Report: Jewish Identity Amid Rising Anti-Semitism; Rabbi Zalman Bluming; Auschwitz at 75
By Jonathan Woodward — January 28, 2020
Hasidic leaders read personal notes and prayers at the resting place of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson at Montefiore Cemetery in New York, on Nov. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
RNS Morning Report: Paula White’s Sermon Comment; Trump at March for Life; ‘Faith Based’ Film
By Jonathan Woodward — January 27, 2020
Harrowing Legacy: Auschwitz, 75 Years Later
By Jonathan Woodward — January 25, 2020
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in Southwest Poland. Over 1 million Jews and tens of thousands of others were killed at this sprawling complex of 48 concentration and extermination camps. The Museum of Jewish Heritage has mounted a groundbreaking memorial, bringing together more than 700 original objects and […]
RNS Morning Report: UN Rules on Rohingya; Buttigieg’s Anti-Hate Pledge; UMC Abuse
By Jonathan Woodward — January 24, 2020
Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, starts reading a ruling at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 23, 2020. The United Nations’ top court ordered Myanmar to take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya. The court issued the decision on a request by Gambia. (AP […]
RNS Morning Report: Pew Research on Holocaust; ‘Let Noor Run’; SCOTUS on Religious Education Funding
By Jonathan Woodward — January 23, 2020
“Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II (Birkenau), Poland, during the Holocaust in May/June 1944. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber. The photograph is part of the collection known as the Auschwitz Album/Creative Commons
RNS Morning Report: Pope Francis at Davos; Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott; Contemporary Worship Music
By Jonathan Woodward — January 22, 2020
Cardinal Peter Turkson delivers a message from Pope Francis to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. RNS photo by Claire Giangravé
RNS Morning Report: Muslim Voters Weigh Options; Jack Van Impe Passes; Protesting Modi’s Crackdown
By Jonathan Woodward — January 21, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, center, speaks as fellow candidates businessman Tom Steyer, from left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, listen, on Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines […]
RNS Morning Report: Chicano Catholic Activists; Multiracial Churches; Abrahamic Faiths Initiative
By Jonathan Woodward — January 17, 2020
Católicos por La Raza members demonstrate in Los Angeles, circa 1970. Photo courtesy of UCLA CSRC
Hinduphobia: Fighting bias both home and abroad
By Jonathan Woodward — January 17, 2020
Often, amid the Western media political stories of Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim discrimination in India, a background picture of Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu bias lurks. Many Hindu-Americans are caught between narratives, feeling themselves misunderstood or poorly depicted in these stories. To understand this dynamic, Beliefs producer Jay Woodward talked with Hindu-American scholar, activist and writer Indu […]
RNS Morning Report: Abuse by Muslim Religious Leaders; Refugee Resettlement Lawsuit; World Watch List
By Jonathan Woodward — January 16, 2020
Women pray at the Islamic Center of Greater Miami, on May 8, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
RNS Morning Report: Passing Faith to Children; Cyntoia Brown-Long; Benedict Steps Back From Book
By Jonathan Woodward — January 15, 2020
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