religion on campus
How a campus interfaith center fell to Florida’s anti-DEI legislation
By Dennis Holtschneider — February 27, 2024
(RNS) — At the University of North Florida, a ban against polarizing students along religious lines closed a thriving resource.
Reasons for despair — and hope — for traditional religious views’ place on campus
By Charles C. Camosy — December 28, 2022
(RNS) — Examples of toleration by secular orthodox institutions create room for optimism.
A new project scores colleges on how much they welcome religious diversity
By Kevin Singer — January 28, 2022
(RNS) — A new tool gauges how welcoming campuses are for students with diverse worldviews.
North Dakota bishops oppose UND gender inclusion policy
By James Macpherson — January 13, 2022
(AP) — UND President Andrew Armacost said some of the North Dakota Catholic Conference’s claims about the policy 'simply aren’t true.'
How college chaplains became vanguards for LGBTQ acceptance on campus
By Silma Suba — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — Forty years ago, a dean of religious life at Princeton stumbled onto a surprised group of students in a campus cafe.
Scuba diving rabbi adopts the ocean as his part of the world to repair
By Christine Luby — April 20, 2021
(RNS) — Scubi Jew, a marine conservation group inspired by the Jewish concept of repairing the world, turns saving the oceans into a religious experience.
Facing changing spirituality on campus, historic chaplain groups merge
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — March 3, 2021
(RNS) — The merger is a response to increasing diversification of spiritual life at American schools, with students, faculty and staff pursuing not only a wider range of faiths but also no faith at all.
New law requires professors in Washington to accommodate religious holidays
By Bob Smietana — April 30, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — A new state law makes it easier for college students to take time off for religious holidays. Backed by Jewish and Muslim leaders, the law requires professors to accommodate religious holidays.
Chabad is Orthodox, but Jewish students it caters to are not
By Yonat Shimron — September 20, 2016
(RNS) Only 15 of the 2,400 respondents said they joined ranks and identify as Chabad. About 88 percent of those who visited Chabad at least once do not identify as Orthodox.
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