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Religious freedom was meant to protect not bludgeon. What happened?
By Brad Hirschfield — May 22, 2023
(RNS) — What was once a fight for presence has now become a fight for absence.
From shoeboxes to war zones: How Samaritan’s Purse became a $1 billion humanitarian aid powerhouse
By Yonat Shimron and Bob Smietana — September 9, 2022
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (RNS) — Now one of the largest US nonprofits, its growth has come largely through frontline work in public health crises and natural disasters around the world.
Demi Lovato’s fusing of the sacred and the profane is part evolution, part miracle
By Da'Shawn Mosley — August 23, 2022
(RNS) — Lovato knows how it feels to break the tenets of conventional society while all eyes are on you.
In ‘Ms. Marvel’, Muslim fans see a reflection of their lives
By Deepa Bharath and Mariam Fam — July 12, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The show touches on issues from surveilling mosques to what wearing head scarves means for some.
Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss
By Jon Gambrell — June 16, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —“Lightyear” includes a female character voiced by actress Uzo Aduba briefly kissing her female partner in one scene in the $200 million film.
DeSantis can’t unwrite Disney’s history of ‘saying gay’
By Brandon Ambrosino — May 18, 2022
(RNS) — I don’t need Disney to publicly condemn DeSantis’ politics so I am able to feel valued as a gay man. I feel that way every time I set foot on Disney property.
Southern Baptists may cheer DeSantis’ war on Disney but don’t expect a boycott
By Yonat Shimron — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Younger Southern Baptist pastors, while holding the same traditional positions on gender roles, are not as eager to jump headlong into the culture wars.
With ‘Villains’ tarot deck, Disney pushes the mystical practice further into mainstream
By Heather Greene — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — Maleficent from 'Sleeping Beauty' and Scar from 'Lion King' make their appearance on a new deck.
Pagan god (and Disney star) Loki wrapped up in trademark battles
By Heather Greene — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — 'I'm not wearing a licensed costume. It's my FACE,' tweeted one person who received 'copyright strikes' on an online marketplace for resembling Disney's superhero.
Marvel’s Loki wins heathens’ hearts even while losing the Norse immortal’s complexity
By Heather Greene — June 21, 2021
(RNS) — To modern heathens, Marvel’s characters are not simply 'all-powerful superheroes,' but thriving gods.
Pixar adviser and theologian Suzan Johnson Cook on how they came to define ‘soul’ in the film
By Adelle M. Banks — January 8, 2021
(RNS) — 'I'm a faith leader, so I wanted to make sure my definition wasn't too strong, and (Pixar's) definition wasn't too weak,' the minister and former ambassador said.
Disney criticized for filming ‘Mulan’ in China’s Uighur region
By Juwan Park — September 9, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Disney is under fire for filming in Xinjiang, where the Chinese government has been accused of human rights abuses against predominantly Muslim minorities.
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
By guest — September 28, 2017
(AP) — The festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in India and other countries — long observed in immigrant communities around the U.S. — is now going mainstream.
‘Gay moment’ stays put as Malaysia to release ‘Beauty and the Beast’ without cuts
By Reuters — March 21, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) Walt Disney blockbuster 'Beauty and the Beast' will be released in Malaysia this month without any cuts, the company said on Tuesday, after censors had earlier asked for the removal of a 'gay moment' in the movie.
A city is shaken, but determined to keep the faith
By Yonat Shimron — June 13, 2016
(RNS) Much as Central Florida has become more cosmopolitan, accepting of its gay friends and neighbors, it has also gotten to know the growing Islamic community.
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