Health & Lifestyle
Why post-Roe abortion bans must exempt religious Jews
By Jay Michaelson — May 12, 2022
(RNS) — Jewish law not only permits abortion, but in certain cases requires it.
Queer Muslim group aims to conduct largest survey of LGBTQ Muslims in the US
By Alejandra Molina — May 11, 2022
(RNS) — The survey’s goal is to recognize the political needs of LGBTQ Muslims, who according to Queer Crescent are erased from the broader Muslim narrative.
The Global COVID-19 Summit left children off its agenda. The church should not.
By Albert L. Reyes — May 9, 2022
(RNS) — More than 5 million children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to COVID-19.
Alito and public opinion reveal link between Roe and broader white Christian nationalist agenda
By Robert P. Jones — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — Attitudes on abortion are strongly correlated with a worldview that denies systemic racism and pines for a 1950s America.
Overturning Roe v. Wade inches us back toward the arc of justice
By Karen Swallow Prior — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — Overturning Roe v. Wade will put abortion laws back at the state level, which only means that pro-life work is far from over.
The Christian right’s abortion policy isn’t in my Torah
By Rachel Barenblat — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — A righteous society, Torah says, is one that centers the needs of the most vulnerable.
Ramadan and Eid came back to mosques this year, but home prayer rooms are here to stay
By Tasmiha Khan — May 2, 2022
(RNS) — During the pandemic, many Muslim families set aside special areas in their houses for prayer and decorated them accordingly.
A more inclusive Mormon Family Home Evening
By Jana Riess — May 2, 2022
(RNS) — If one parent isn't LDS anymore but a couple still wants to hold Family Home Evening, using the church's own curriculum can cause conflict. Enter Uplift Kids.
Buddhist views on suicide examined after climate activist self-immolated on Earth Day
By Ira Rifkin — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Buddhism does not categorically reject suicide, though its approval is very limited.
Living with your parents — intentionally — can be life-giving
By Karen Swallow Prior — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Multigenerational living doesn’t have to mean living in the basement.
Conservatives are sexualizing kids and robbing LGBTQ youth of role models
By Eliel Cruz — April 14, 2022
(RNS) — Conservative Christians have long only seen LGBTQ people as sex acts.
The Passover meal has already made room for vegan entrees. Next up? Cell-based meat
By Yonat Shimron — April 11, 2022
(RNS) — In recent years, many Jews have passed over the brisket, chicken, chopped liver and even the gefilte fish. How will they take to cell-cultured meat?
Can diabetic Muslims fast safely in Ramadan? These guidelines can help.
By Silma Suba — April 6, 2022
(Interfaith America) — Many diabetic Muslims choose to fast during Ramadan, potentially increasing their risk of acute complications, and most do not receive education on fasting safely.
Activists seek to preserve ‘sacred’ land Japanese immigrants acquired before CA’s anti-immigrant land laws
By Alejandra Molina — April 1, 2022
(RNS) — 'When you remove these things from the landscape that tell other views, other chapters of American history, people lose that connection, and they don’t often consider them part of American history.'
Fortitude through faith: The Muslim pandemic experience
By Omar Suleiman, Rania Awaad, and Taimur Kouser — March 31, 2022
(RNS) — Mental health increasingly — and erroneously — operates under the umbrella of secularism.
