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How Kamala Harris delivers on 150 years of Black women’s political history

(RNS) — The Democrats' presumptive vice presidential nominee rose out of a network of women’s organizations and movements, churches and loving communities by which Black women have transformed themselves since Reconstruction.

August 13, 2020

By Aysha Khan

John MacArthur, Grace Community Church sue California officials over banning indoor worship, allowing protests

(RNS) — A suburban Los Angeles megachurch has filed a lawsuit to continue holding indoor services in person after California issued a second lockdown order in response to the pandemic.

August 13, 2020

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

SAO PAULO (RNS) — Indigenous rights groups now worry that the new law will prompt missionaries to enter their reservations, and spread coronavirus.

August 13, 2020

By Elizabeth Dalziel

Pandemic reshapes worship across the UK's many faiths

(AP) — Rites that have been the bedrock of beliefs for centuries have evolved swiftly during the pandemic lockdown.

August 13, 2020

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By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

How Kamala Harris delivers on 150 years of Black women’s political history

August 13, 2020

By Aysha Khan

John MacArthur, Grace Community Church sue California officials over banning indoor worship, allowing protests

(RNS) — A suburban Los Angeles megachurch has filed a lawsuit to continue holding indoor services in person after California issued a second lockdown order in response to the pandemic.

August 13, 2020

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

SAO PAULO (RNS) — Indigenous rights groups now worry that the new law will prompt missionaries to enter their reservations, and spread coronavirus.

August 13, 2020

By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

How Kamala Harris delivers on 150 years of Black women’s political history

August 13, 2020

By Aysha Khan

John MacArthur, Grace Community Church sue California officials over banning indoor worship, allowing protests

(RNS) — A suburban Los Angeles megachurch has filed a lawsuit to continue holding indoor services in person after California issued a second lockdown order in response to the pandemic.

August 13, 2020

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

SAO PAULO (RNS) — Indigenous rights groups now worry that the new law will prompt missionaries to enter their reservations, and spread coronavirus.

August 13, 2020

By Elizabeth Dalziel

Pandemic reshapes worship across the UK's many faiths

(AP) — Rites that have been the bedrock of beliefs for centuries have evolved swiftly during the pandemic lockdown.

August 13, 2020

By Mark Silk

Mike Pompeo claims the Judeo-Christian tradition for his agenda — a tradition in itself

(RNS) — Just because it's been embraced by the religious right doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

August 5, 2020

By A. James Rudin

After 75 years, a question about race haunts Truman's calculation on Hiroshima

(RNS) — Much of the world focused on President Harry Truman's explanation for using the bomb 75 years ago, but the Japanese I met had a different question.

August 5, 2020

By Brooke Schedneck

Buddhist monks have reversed roles in Thailand – now they are the ones donating goods to others

(RNS) — As a result of the pandemic, Buddhist monks in Thailand are increasingly providing material goods, such as hot meals and nonperishable items, for laypeople – thereby reversing roles within this moral economy.

August 7, 2020

By Joshua Eaton

Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das admits sleeping with adult students in past, says it was wrong

(RNS) — Lama Surya Das said it was inappropriate for him to have sexual relationships with participants in his retreats. Five women have accused Das, the famed Buddhist leader, with past misconduct.

July 30, 2020

By Kalpana Jain

My spiritual path through the COVID-19 darkness

(RNS) — The medical system had done all that it could for me. Now I had to listen to my body and have faith in its wisdom.

July 21, 2020

By Elizabeth Dalziel

Pandemic reshapes worship across the UK's many faiths

(AP) — Rites that have been the bedrock of beliefs for centuries have evolved swiftly during the pandemic lockdown.

August 13, 2020

By Lorenzo Bagnoli

For Italy’s Muslims, few places to pray and fewer places to bury COVID-19 dead

(RNS) — As the pandemic proceeded, the building of Islamic cemeteries became a front in a populist culture war.

August 12, 2020

By Aysha Khan

How interfaith activism helped Saadia Faruqi change the face of children’s books

(RNS) – Saadia Faruqi’s writing draws on her two decades as a Muslim interfaith activist in Texas — and as the mother of two children.

August 11, 2020

By Elizabeth Dalziel

Pandemic reshapes worship across the UK's many faiths

(AP) — Rites that have been the bedrock of beliefs for centuries have evolved swiftly during the pandemic lockdown.

August 13, 2020

By Yonat Shimron

Kamala Harris is more than her gender and race. She is also the future of American religion.

(RNS) — ‘The Biden-Harris ticket looks a lot more like America’s future,’ said one demographer, ‘and the Trump-Pence ticket looks a lot more like America’s past.’

August 12, 2020

By Simran Jeet Singh

Harris’ nomination shows why representation matters, but is not enough

(RNS) — The Democratic vice presidential nominee has to show the moral courage to address her own role in perpetuating systems that drag underrepresented communities down.

August 12, 2020

By Simran Jeet Singh

Harris’ nomination shows why representation matters, but is not enough

(RNS) — The Democratic vice presidential nominee has to show the moral courage to address her own role in perpetuating systems that drag underrepresented communities down.

August 12, 2020

By Adelle M. Banks

From changing lives to preaching at iPads: How clergy are coping with the new normal

(RNS) — ‘We moved from snow day mentality to marathon mentality now,’ said pastor and church consultant Rob Dyer.

July 24, 2020

By Aysha Khan

Hate crime charge added for Colorado man accused of running over Sikh store owner

(RNS) — Prosecutors have added a hate crime charge against a man accused of striking a 61-year-old Sikh man with his car and leaving him for dead almost three months ago.

July 22, 2020

By Tara Isabella Burton

The K-pop election

(RNS) — On the eve of the 2020 elections, Gen Z-ers are on the verge of using their digital tools to counteract the political establishment.

June 30, 2020

By Tara Isabella Burton

How Americans’ ‘tell it like it is’ attitude renders us vulnerable to conspiracy theories

(RNS) — Americans, distrustful of institutions that would prescribe knowledge for us, have been especially prone to believe what they see online.

May 19, 2020

By Tara Isabella Burton

In lockdown, our longing for the world could be the antidote to our spiritual anorexia

(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.

May 12, 2020

By Steven Waldman

Will Tammy Duckworth be the first deist veep since Thomas Jefferson?

(RNS) — If the Illinois senator becomes a national candidate it’s likely the Founding Father’s faith tradition will come to be as controversial as it was in the 19th century.

August 5, 2020

By Alejandra Molina

In emerging role, chaplains are providing spiritual care for activists in movements across the nation

(RNS) — Movement chaplains are providing spiritual and emotional care to activists before, during and after a protest or demonstration.

July 23, 2020

By Tara Isabella Burton

Don't be fooled by QAnon’s post-apocalyptic fury. It’s really spiritual hunger.

(RNS) — Followers of the online Q and white supremacism yearn for a world in which everything makes sense and where they at last have a role to play.

July 21, 2020

By Kathryn Post

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.

August 5, 2020

By Emily McFarlan Miller

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.

August 4, 2020

By Adelle M. Banks

Church bells, shofars to sound in honor of John Lewis during his funeral

(RNS) — Congregations without bells can ‘honor in other appropriate ways, including moments of silence, changing church signs, and more,’ reads the interfaith request about Lewis.

July 30, 2020

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By Kathryn Post, Adelle M. Banks

Evangelical Christian colleges take steps to address racial justice after criticism

(RNS) — Christian colleges have been challenged to ‘become a school that no longer has students who are guests and hosts,’ one leader said.

August 13, 2020

By Adelle M. Banks

Church conflict during COVID-19 growing worry for pastors, says LifeWay Research

(RNS) — ‘My people are in very different places regarding the virus,’ wrote one pastor.

August 12, 2020

By Jamie Aten, Kent Annan

COVID tips for Christian colleges: Wear masks, social distance, pray — and watch out for tornadoes

(RNS) — Christian colleges will need masks, social distancing, prayer and Zoom — plus some flexibility — to reopen during COVID-19.

August 12, 2020

By Yonat Shimron

Kamala Harris is more than her gender and race. She is also the future of American religion.

(RNS) — ‘The Biden-Harris ticket looks a lot more like America’s future,’ said one demographer, ‘and the Trump-Pence ticket looks a lot more like America’s past.’

August 12, 2020

By Marybeth Davis Baggett

To save Liberty University's soul, its board must reject Jerry Falwell's vision

(RNS) — Liberty University's business success under Jerry Falwell Jr. has distracted the school from its mission.

August 10, 2020

By Riyaz Wani

Kashmir's lockdown at one year: A region's alienation turns to betrayal

(RNS) — Kashmir's loss of autonomy has now taken on a larger figurative dimension: It is also about betrayal of trust, political disempowerment and a deep sense of humiliation.

August 7, 2020

Faiths

How Kamala Harris delivers on 150 years of Black women’s political history

John MacArthur, Grace Community Church sue California officials over banning indoor worship, allowing protests

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

Pandemic reshapes worship across the UK's many faiths

How Kamala Harris delivers on 150 years of Black women’s political history

John MacArthur, Grace Community Church sue California officials over banning indoor worship, allowing protests

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

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Evangelical Christian colleges take steps to address racial justice after criticism

Church conflict during COVID-19 growing worry for pastors, says LifeWay Research

COVID tips for Christian colleges: Wear masks, social distance, pray — and watch out for tornadoes

Kamala Harris is more than her gender and race. She is also the future of American religion.

To save Liberty University's soul, its board must reject Jerry Falwell's vision

Kashmir's lockdown at one year: A region's alienation turns to betrayal