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On the anniversary of his birth, a reflection on the life of Guru Nanak
By Simran Jeet Singh — November 30, 2020
(RNS) — Sikhs around the world celebrate the birth anniversary of their founder-prophet, Guru Nanak, every autumn.
‘Safetyism’ only means words have real consequences
By Tara Isabella Burton — June 10, 2020
There are few gatherings more appropriate to Pentecost than protest
By Tara Isabella Burton — June 2, 2020
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At Shavuot, 3 NC synagogues find unity in online Torah study
By Yonat Shimron — May 28, 2020
(RNS) — The six-hour online Torah-fest may be a harbinger of the kinds of creative changes in Jewish communal life resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
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What Muslim digital community organizers learned from a remote Ramadan
By Aysha Khan — May 27, 2020
(RNS) — Re-creating the experiences of communal iftars and reflection circles virtually ended up adding something participants say they don’t want to forfeit when their mosques reopen.
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From Illinois to Puerto Rico, Latino Muslims navigate faith and quarantine among their non-Muslim families
By Alejandra Molina — May 22, 2020
(RNS) — While COVID-19 has disrupted in-person worship services for all people of faith, it has further impacted Latino Muslim converts whose religious community can be exclusively outside their households.
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Need a Quran teacher? There’s an AI for that
By Aysha Khan — May 20, 2020
(RNS) — Tens of thousands of Muslims are turning to technology to continue the sacred practices of hifz, or preserving the entirety of the Quran through memorization.
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How Americans’ ‘tell it like it is’ attitude renders us vulnerable to conspiracy theories
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 19, 2020
(RNS) — Americans, distrustful of institutions that would prescribe knowledge for us, have been especially prone to believe what they see online.
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Four young people of different faiths move into a home together, then a pandemic happens
By Alejandra Molina — May 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky were selected to move into the Abrahamic House, a co-living and co-creating space in the Koreatown neighborhood of LA.
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A new book on Tara explores a portal to the divine in a female form
By Yonat Shimron — May 14, 2020
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Author Rachael Wooten hopes Tara’s different emanations can help people overcome suffering and cultivate compassion, even if they never embrace Buddhism.
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The false choice presented to Sikh doctors serving COVID patients
By Simran Jeet Singh — May 13, 2020
(RNS) — The news that two Sikh brothers shaved their beards to serve patients is not the feel-good story that some suggest.
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From flannelgraphs to Zoom, churches bring Sunday school home
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 12, 2020
(RNS) — As the coronavirus continues to upend daily life in the United States, churches and Christian leaders are finding ways to relieve anxious kids and overwhelmed parents online.
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In lockdown, our longing for the world could be the antidote to our spiritual anorexia
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 12, 2020
(RNS) — I’ve started cycling again. It’s exercise not as expensive commodity but an embrace of what it means to be in the world.
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Pandemic leads churches to celebrate motherhood creatively this Sunday
By Alejandra Molina — May 8, 2020
(RNS) — In the wake of COVID-19, houses of worship are finding creative ways to honor motherhood this Sunday at a time when many churches cannot yet publicly gather.
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Quarantine cooking gone hipster is a sign of hope
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 6, 2020
(RNS) — It’s understandable to respond to the pandemic by discovering a connection to real food and getting in touch with nature. It might even put us back in touch with the humanity of others.
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