Other Faiths
The campaign is over. Will a Biden-Harris administration deliver on its interfaith promises?
(Interfaith America) — Leveraging the religious and ethical values of millions of Americans – both to build religious pluralism, and to solve social problems – could be a lasting legacy of their administration.
Anxiety, loneliness and spiritual isolation characterize life in prison during pandemic
Magic Resistance: Michael M. Hughes reflects on four years of witches casting spells to ‘bind’ Trump
Author Kristen J. Sollée takes a journey to the ‘witchy history places’
(RNS) — Kristen J. Sollée’s book ‘Witch Hunt’ is part travelogue, part memoir, with a dash of historical fiction, and it comes at a time when, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, readers aren’t able to travel.
In Disney’s ‘Clouds,’ Justin Baldoni makes a teen cancer movie about joy
(RNS) — Justin Baldoni, best known for his role on the CW’s ‘Jane the Virgin’, has modeled his career of late around Western culture’s allergy to talking about death.
With Junipero Serra banished, California’s Indigenous activists and artists ask what goes in his place
(RNS) — As government officials look into what to do with empty memorials, Indigenous leaders are hoping the state’s authorities will devote them to ‘spaces of healing and truth telling.’
Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native land
(The Conversation) — As Americans reckon with legacies of racism and colonialism, many Indigenous nations are call the return of ancestral lands, often the center of their spiritual life.
Scholars call out Putin and the ‘escalation’ of persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
(RNS) — A group of 50 religion scholars from around the world are calling on President Vladimir Putin and his administration to end the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia.
The mood in Louisville: Second night of protests ends in police standoff outside church
(RNS) — As curfew took effect at 9 p.m. Thursday night (Sept. 24) in Louisville, and about 100 protesters sought refuge from police in a church.
Report: People who are highly spiritual tend to be more civic-minded
(RNS) — The Fetzer Institute-sponsored study also found that the more spiritual people said they were, the more inclined they appeared to be to volunteer and donate. But only 36% said their spirituality influences their political actions.
Study: Liberal congregations more politically active than conservative ones
(RNS) — The willingness of left-leaning religious congregations to engage in political activity has spiked in the Trump era, new research shows.
Damaged Kenosha church: ‘We would rather lose 100 buildings than one more life to police violence’
(RNS) — That’s a commitment the pastor said comes from the congregation’s Unitarian Universalist beliefs.
More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
(RNS) — ‘I think progressive Christianity is a sleeping giant,’ said the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber.
In ‘The Secret: Dare to Dream,’ the law of attraction plays a starring role
(RNS) — ‘The Secret: Dare to Dream,’ a film based on the bestselling book ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne, was released on July 31 and features a star-studded cast alongside an inspirational dose of spiritualism.
5 faith moments to watch for in Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’
(RNS) — Spirituality has been part of Beyoncé’s journey, from singing ‘Amazing Grace’ and a gospel medley on albums with Destiny’s Child to embodying the divine feminine from a number of religious traditions in her recent visual albums and appearances.