Gandhi
The nun who became a star shares her wisdom in new book of letters
By Yonat Shimron — October 24, 2022
(RNS) — Sister Wendy Beckett's three-year correspondence with Robert Ellsberg, the publisher and editor in chief of Orbis Books, reveals a life devoted to saints, holiness, beauty, suffering and prayer.
At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah
By Farah N. Jan — August 11, 2022
(The Conversation) — Jinnah insisted on secular education, gender equality and equal rights for minorities – all of which remain unrealized dreams in Pakistan.
Queens community condemns attack on Gandhi statue as anti-Hindu vandalism
By Richa Karmarkar — August 9, 2022
NEW YORK (RNS) — Leaders from the diverse Richmond Hill community in New York’s Queens borough came together on Tuesday to condemn an act of vandalism against a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside of the Shri Tulsi Mandir Hindu temple.
We told Pope Francis nonviolent action may be needed to stop climate change
By Emily E. Burke and Henry Glynn — March 3, 2022
(RNS) — Our generation is frustrated with U.S. Catholic and civic leaders who do not seem to grasp the gravity of our crisis and are unwilling to enact church teaching.
Hindu religious leader held for insulting Gandhi in India
By Ashok Sharma — December 30, 2021
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police on Thursday arrested a Hindu religious leader for allegedly making a derogatory speech against India’s independence leader.
Namaste nationalism: Yoga, whiteness and extremism on Jan. 6
By Dheepa Sundaram — August 20, 2021
(RNS) — Liberal v. conservative divisions are a flawed way to understand what happened at the Capitol.
From King to Gandhi, racial justice brings faiths together
By Eboo Patel — July 16, 2020
(RNS) — Racial equity is a movement where people from different faiths meet, are inspired by one another and advance a cause that we view as a sacred command.
From the black church to India: The theology of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Kimberly Winston — April 2, 2018
(RNS) — Montgomery. Albany. Birmingham. Selma. Washington, D.C. In each of these places King demonstrated an evolving theology.
Best moments in religion and film
By Laura Turner — February 25, 2014
Religion and Hollywood don't always mix. Here are a few films that got it really (mostly) right.
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