DIY Faith
In Brooklyn, ‘tradpunk’ Christianity meets millennial counterculture
By Tara Isabella Burton — July 12, 2019
(RNS) — For many religious people, faith has become a countercultural rejection of elements of secular culture. It’s traditionalism as transgression. You might even call it tradpunk.
Nuns & Nones helps millennials find surprise soulmates in Catholic sisters
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 11, 2019
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — Nuns & Nones is a growing alliance connecting Catholic women religious, most of whom are over 60, with 20- and 30-something millennials, many of whom identify as religious 'nones.'
Jains gather in California with the next generation on their minds
By Paul O'Donnell — July 10, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The ancient Indian faith has seen tremendous growth in the U.S. over the past two decades, largely through immigration. Now the challenge is sustaining the faith's numbers among millennials and Gen Z.
Conquering NBA fans’ hearts, Tacko Fall shows how sports bring us together
By Simran Jeet Singh — July 9, 2019
(RNS) — The love shown to a Senegalese Muslim basketball player — in a political moment of immense anti-immigrant, anti-black and anti-Muslim bigotry — shows us what a politically useful function sports can serve.
Raising a progressive Hindu voice to counter Indian Modi’s increasing power
By Simran Jeet Singh — July 8, 2019
(RNS) — Sunita Viswanath founded Sadhana in 2011 to counter those in India and abroad who she believes are co-opting Hinduism for political gain.
Former Sojourners staffer recounts personal opioid crisis in ‘Addiction Nation’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 3, 2019
(RNS) — In 'Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals About Us,' published last month, Timothy McMahan King combines his story with Christian theology and scientific studies of addiction.
Rise of the ‘nothing in particulars’ may be sign of a disjointed, disaffected and lonely future
By Ryan Burge — July 3, 2019
(RNS) — The data indicates that those who are 'nothing in particular' aren’t just cut off from organized religion. They have disconnected from many of the foundational structures that hold us together as communities.
Virtual rituals give expat Greeks a chance to live out their faith from abroad
By Nikolia Apostolou — July 2, 2019
ATHENS (RNS) — A new startup, Do My Tama, is helping ex-pats stay connected to their faith by offering to perform religious devotions, virtual pilgrimages and other religious services.
Democratic candidates are hiring faith outreach directors — but outreach for whom?
By Tara Isabella Burton — July 1, 2019
(RNS) — Ultimately, the best work of campaign faith engagement strategists might not be in changing minds but in getting out the existing Democratic vote.
Episcopalian pilgrims bring Spain’s Camino de Santiago to the Appalachian Trail
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 28, 2019
ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, Pa. (RNS) — Inspired by Spain's popular pilgrimage, hikers from the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania are making their own "Appalachian Camino" this week on the piece of the Appalachian Trail winding through the diocese.
On Madison Avenue, an Episcopal priest blesses passersby
By Yonat Shimron — June 27, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — The Rev. Adrian Dannhauser is well aware most of the people she blesses will never enter the 155-year-old Episcopal sanctuary in the Murray Hill neighborhood — let alone sign up for membership. But that's not the point.
Julián Castro: Democrats ‘put in a box’ on religion and morality
By Simran Jeet Singh — June 25, 2019
(RNS) — For both sides, treating human beings with basic respect and dignity, no matter who they are, is a test.
These women power through high-intensity workouts. Then they finish with prayer.
By Yonat Shimron — June 21, 2019
APEX, N.C. (RNS) — If some of the newer fitness center brands draw millennials with no particular faith, FiA draws people who tend to be more religiously conventional.
How a Catholic bishop and Jordan Peterson became fellow travelers
By Tara Isabella Burton — June 21, 2019
(RNS) — Peterson and his 'new atavists' share with their Catholic brethren a disillusionment with what they see as the feminization of contemporary, post-feminist, post-sexual-revolution America.
Philadelphia Episcopalians explore what happens when church is separated from Sunday
By Caroline Cunningham — June 20, 2019
(RNS) — Rather than focusing on Sunday attendance, the once-shuttered St. Stephen's is invested in being present for the community.
