religion
Pope Francis video extols sports as path to peace ahead of Olympics
By Josephine McKenna — August 2, 2016
ROME (RNS) 'Sports make it possible to build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace,' the pontiff says as balls are shown smashing through walls.
Escaping this toxic political season to reread the words of my heroes
By Yonat Shimron — July 26, 2016
(RNS) To escape the flood of poisonous rhetoric, I turned off my TV and shut down my computer, and sought relief by rereading my favorite thinkers: Mark Twain, Mother Teresa, Mohandas Gandhi and Elie Wiesel.
Can you be religious without knowing it?
By Jonathan Merritt — June 28, 2016
'If what we believe is what we see is what we do is who we are,' David Dark argues, 'there's no getting away from religion.'
Faith matters as UK votes on whether to remain in EU
By Arthur Keefer — June 23, 2016
(RNS) To 'Brexit' or not to 'Brexit'? Today's decision by British voters will have religious motivations for some, and religious implications for everyone.
Reason Rally organizes atheist vote
By Kimberly Winston — May 31, 2016
(RNS) The rally's main goal is to show that nonbelievers have the numbers, the clout and the organizational skills to be a voting bloc worth courting.
Ancient Zoroastrian faith gets new temple in New York region
By USA Today Network — April 4, 2016
Followers of a faith that pre-dates the Abrahamic religions now have a place, named for a gateway to peace and justice, for prayer and thanksgiving.
Can religious art be taken seriously again? A Q&A with Aaron Rosen
By David Van Biema — March 9, 2016
(RNS) “Religion and modern art continue to be typecast as mortal enemies,” writes Aaron Rosen. But that may be changing.
What kind of fool is Trump? (COMMENTARY)
By Robert M. Franklin — February 19, 2016
(RNS) Trump has found himself in an adversarial posture with the Holy, and may now be eligible for the kind of breakthrough mission in the kingdom of God that can be found in the Bible.
Indoctrination is not the real issue in public school lessons on Islam (COMMENTARY)
By Linda K. Wertheimer — January 14, 2016
(RNS) A much bigger problem is pro-Christian and anti-Muslim bias that some educators may bring into the classroom.
Religious voices respond to State of the Union
By Adelle M. Banks — January 12, 2016
(RNS) They voiced support and criticism on issues ranging from religious inclusion to same-sex marriage to Iran.
Who died: Religion leaders lost in 2015
By Lauren Markoe — December 30, 2015
(RNS) They lived lives of preaching, writing and service -- some of which ended in martyrdom.
The ‘Church of Star Wars’ — at least for one Sunday in a German congregation
By Reuters — December 20, 2015
BERLIN (Reuters) "The more we talked about it, the more parallels we discovered between Christian traditions and the Star Wars movies," said Ulrike Garve. "We wanted to make churchgoers aware of these analogies."
Does religion give rise to violence — or the other way around? (COMMENTARY)
By James Bernard Murphy — November 15, 2015
(RNS) Mass killings by a group that calls itself the Islamic State have triggered a heated debate about militant Islam and our response. Rene Girard’s theories deserve wider appreciation.
Do science and religion conflict? It’s all in how you ‘see’ it
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 22, 2015
(RNS) Most say there's a clash of worldviews "in general" but only 30 percent say so when asked if their own beliefs conflict with science.
Ben Carson wouldn’t vote for Muslim president because he takes religion seriously (COMMENTARY)
By Trevin Wax — October 19, 2015
(RNS) People have a right to take a candidate’s religious views into account before they cast a vote -- whether they are evangelical, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, or not religious at all.
