Religion
Religious News From Around the Web September 6, 2021
Texas Churches Can’t be Forced to Close Under New Law; Catholics, Other Religious...
Religious News From Around the Web September 13, 2021
Religious Artisans Find Inspiration in Faith From stained-glass to calligraphy,...
Religious News From Around the Web August 16, 2021
Facebook Rolls Out Prayer Group; Churches, Organizations Pitch In To Help in Dixie...
Religious News From Around the Web August 23, 2021
In China, ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Is the Only Accepted Religion; Churches “Essential”...
Profiles in Faith: Neville Callam, Baptist World Alliance
Introduction Saint, leader, intellectual giant. Moral, compassionate, humble servant....
Religious News From Around the Web August 30, 2021
PBS Video: David Brooks on Kabul, Afghanistan; Iranian Government Seizes Baha’i...
Portraits in Faith: Rabbi David Nathan Saperstein
Introduction Rabbi David Nathan Saperstein is one of the leading lights of Reform...
Religious News From Around the Web August 9, 2021
Scientologist Wins Case Against Munich “Sect Filter;” Religious Restrictions Return...
Profiles in Faith: Patriarch Bartholomew Bridges East-West...
INTRODUCTION His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the 270th Patriarch...
The Same House, Through Different Doors — the Interfaith...
If I were a traditional journalist, I would not interview Bishop Jon Fish of the...
Religious News From Around the Web July 26, 2021
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha; Muslims and Hindus celebrate Eid...
Profiles in Faith: Paula Clark: First Woman and First African...
Introduction The Rev. Paula E. Clark is the first African American woman and person...
Religious News From Around the Web August 2, 2021
More Religious Rights vs LGBTQ Rights; Force Catholic Hospital to Perform Abortions...
Religious News From Around the Web July 19, 2021
Supreme Court Punts on Religious Liberty Case; AGs Say Biden’s “Misapplication”...
Profiles in Faith: Wilton Cardinal Gregory: First African...
Introduction In October 2020, when Pope Francis announced his selection of 13 new...
Profiles in Faith: Hindu Guru Amma—Mata Amritanandamayi
Introduction On World Environment Day, June 5, 2021, in an article on Medium.com,...
Religious News From Around the Web June 28, 2021
Supeme Court Signals Expansion of Religious Exemption; Choosing the Next Dalai Lama;...
Profiles in Faith: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (1948 – 2020)
Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Introduction...
Religious News From Around the Web July 5, 2021
Christian Baker Jack Phillips Fights Back; Supreme Court Will Take up Another Religious...
Religious News From Around the Web July 12, 2021
Supreme Court Religion Cases – Battles Won, More to Come; Mass Graves at Religious...
Religious News From Around the Web June 14, 2021
What Hath COVID Wrought? Rabbi, Reverend and Imam on Coping; Amid Anti-Semitism,...
BISHOP MICHAEL B. CURRY: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal...
The name of the outspoken 68-year-old son of a Black Presbyterian priest became...
Religious News From Around the Web May 31, 2021
Jews and Muslims Find Common Ground, Pew Study on Judaism Released, Religious Affiliated...
Thich Nhat Hahn, Father of Engaged Buddhism
Introduction Ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of 16 in Vietnam, Thich...
L. Ron Hubbard and a Legacy for Southern Africa
June 16 marks the anniversary of the event that did more to draw world attention...
Religious News From Around the Web June 7, 2021
Photos of Thai Buddhist Temples, Two Churches Win Cases against California, Fulton...
Justin Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury
First in a series of World Religion News articles on great religious leaders of...
Religious News From Around the Web May 24, 2021
America’s Fraught Relationship With Religious Liberty, Two Steps for Tackling Religious...
BIOGRAPHY: AYATOLLAH al-SAYYID ALI al-HUSEININI AL-SISTANI
Second in a series of World Religion News articles on great religious leaders of...
Religious News From Around the Web May 10, 2021
SF Archbishop Says No to Pro-Choice Catholics, Religious Freedom in Trouble Globally,...
Religious News From Around the Web May 17, 2021
Vatican Cautions Bishops on Refusing Communion, German Catholic Priests Defy Rome...
Religious Alloys by Charles Franklin
An alloy is a mixture of elements, usually designed to create something better than...
Religious News From Around the Web May 3, 2021
China Escalates Religious Repression, Stalin’s Attacks on Religion, Church Members...
Religious News From Around the Web April 19, 2021
Supreme Court: Secular and Religious COVID Exemptions Must be Equal; Religious Liberty:...
Religious News From Around the Web April 26, 2021
Connecticut May Cancel School Religious Vaccination Exemption, China Denies Suppression...
How the Supreme Court found its faith and put ‘religious...
By Steven K. Green, Willamette University The Supreme Court’s current term is winding...
Religious News From Around the Web April 5, 2021
Religious Celebrations Begin to Emerge from COVID Isolation, Gallup: Religion Largely...
Religious News From Around the Web April 12, 2021
Nation of Islam Repudiates Actions of Noah Green, Religious Liberty Winning at SCOTUS,...
Take Pride Australia, You Set the Standard for Religious...
Do Not Let This Legacy Be Tarnished Through Ignorance or Malice The Australia High...
Religious News From Around the Web March 29, 2021
Equality Act Moves to Senate, Choosing a Successor to the Dalai Lama, Masterpiece...
Unpacking the Equality Act by Charles Franklin
It’s a chess game. LGBTQ vs Religion. And the latest strategy revolves around the...
Religious News From Around the Web March 22, 2021
Nowruz Celebration Goes Back 3,000 Years, Vatican: Priests Not to Bless Same-Sex...
Religious News From Around the Web March 15, 2021
Court Rules in Favor of Campus Religious Speech, Swiss Ban the Burka, 97 Year Old...
Religious News From Around the Web March 8, 2021
Pope Francis in Iraq, Dalai Lama Receives COVID Vaccination, Catholic Bishops: Avoid...
Scientologists Celebrate 110th Anniversary of L. Ron Hubbard’s...
Scientologists on March 13 celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of their...
Religious News From Around the Web February 15, 2021
Cuomo’s Church Limitations Tossed Out, U.S. Catholic Schools Enrollment Drop, Jehovah’s...
The Anchor of Faith
During the Napoleonic Wars, British officers would often drink a toast: “Confusion...
Religious News From Around the Web February 22, 2021
Biden Reestablishes White House Faith Office, French Anti-Radicalism Bill Worries...
Will Religion Suffer Under the Biden Administration?
Now that President Biden has been in office for a month, it may be a good time to...
Religious News From Around the Web March 1, 2021
Equality Act Passes House – Will Religious Liberty Lose? Abortion Rules Head to...
Religious News From Around the Web February 8, 2021
SCOTUS Rules on California Worship Ban; Can We Reconcile Politics in the Pews? State...
Scientology Super Bowl LV Ad Timed its Airing for the Simultaneous...
For the ninth year running, a Scientology Super Bowl ad aired this year, but although...
With the Pandemic Raging in Spain, Scientology Volunteer...
While Spain reels in the throes of its third wave of COVID-19 tallying more new...
Religious News From Around the Web January 25, 2021
Religious School Cases May Reach Supreme Court, Catholic School Student Wins Right...
When it Comes to Marriage and Children, Casual Doesn’t...
Sex is nature’s way of ensuring procreation and the continuation of humankind. Marriage...
Religious News From Around the Web February 1, 2021
Texas Abortion Ban Voided, Gen Z Religiously Unaffiliated, Federal Court Sides With...
Look What You Made Me Do! By R. Ward Holder
Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was Epiphany, a holiday in the Christian calendar that...
Religious News From Around the Web January 11, 2021
Baptist Pastor Elected Georgia Senator, Missionaries Face Coronavirus Challenges,...
Religious News From Around the Web December 14, 2020
SCOTUS Says RFRA OKs Damage Claims Against FBI Agents, Anti-Abortion Sign Ban Ruled...
Religious News From Around the Web December 21, 2020
Feds Side with Religious Schools in Suit Over COVID Restrictions, Supreme Court...
Religious News From Around the Web December 28, 2020
Supreme Court Wraps Up 2020, North Korean Persecution of Christians, COVID a “Constitutional...
World Religion News: 2020 in Review January 4, 2021
Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! Religious Liberty Under Attack and Into Focus,...
It’s 2021 — Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
In 1992, Vice-Presidential candidate James Stockdale said “Who am I? Why am I here?”...
Religious News From Around the Web December 7, 2020
Religious Liberty Protest in Oregon, Secular PAC Pushes Federal Anti-Religious Agenda,...
Conversion Therapy Bans Threaten Religious Liberty and...
The latest front in the LGBT community’s clash with religious liberty are prohibitions...
Scientologists Celebrate 7th Anniversary of Their Cathedral...
What began as one 340-foot vessel in the Caribbean moved to land in 1975 and has...
Religious News From Around the Web November 16, 2020
Pope Vows to “Uproot Evil” of Clerical Sexual Abuse, Ten Million Hindus Could Meet...
Religious News from Around the Web November 23, 2020
Justice Alito and Religion on Campus Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito stressed...
Religious News from Around the Web November 30, 2020
Restrictions on Churches Violate First Amendment, Biden Denied Holy Communion, Thanks...
Religious Overreaches Could Backfire by Charles Franklin
It’s an old story: A business like Enron or Pfizer goes flat out for profit, ethics...
Religious News From Around the Web October 26, 2020
Pope Supports Same-Sex Unions, Bahai’s Imprisoned in Iran, Brandeis University Bans...
Faith and Interfaith by Hilary Canto
What do we mean by the term faith? We usually mean faith as belief or religion,...
Religious News From Around the Web Nov. 2, 2020
Scientology Thoughts on International Religious Freedom Day, A Uighur’s Story of...
Finding Hope in Dark Times by Margaret Dulaney
Many of you might have seen the little film by the Welsh Poet Tom Roberts called...
Religious News From Around the Web November 9, 2020
SCOTUS Hears Fulton v City of Philadelphia The U. S. Supreme Court on Nov. 4 heard...
Religious News from around the web October 19, 2020
Same-Sex Marriage Going Away? Washington’s Lt. Gov Becoming a Priest, Orthodox Jews...
Remembering a Better World By Blair Thomas
I remember as a young child of around four years old standing in my front yard and...
Religious News From Around the Web October 5, 2020
Feds Warn SF of Religious Rights Violations, Anglicans Say Not to Suspend Worship...
Religious News From Around the Web October 12, 2020
even more supreme court religious cases! Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings...
Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! by Charles Franklin
We have seen government abandon the First Amendment protections of religious liberty...
Religious News From Around the Web September 28, 2020
New Supreme Court Pick Could Heat Up Intersection of Faith and Law The confirmation...
Religious News From Around the Web September 14, 2020
New Religous Liberty Rule for Education, Sudan Ends Islamic Law, Danish Cartoons...
Vaccine mandates vs. religious beliefs — the legal arguments...
The longer COVID-19 rages on, the more the United States appears to be hanging its...
Religion’s Role in the Wild West of Immorality and Irresponsibility...
Right conduct is a spectrum of action. For many people justice is the most important...
Religious News From Around the Web September 21, 2020
Religious Freedom Rule Finalized, Chic-fil-A Says “Forget It” to San Antonio Airport,...
Religious News From Around the Web August 24, 2020
Pandemic, Same-sex Weddings, New Supreme Court Religious Liberty Case, Church Shutdown...
Religious News From Around the Web August 31, 2020
Politics, Religion Confers Immunity from Moral Stupidity, Black Lives Matter Opposed,...
Political and Religious Holograms
Lumpers lump things together and call them the same. Splitters make a point of differentiating...
QAnon – a New Religion or the Latest Stupidity?
QAnon is a conspiracy theory group – some call it an emerging religion – started...
Religious News From Around the Web September 7, 2020
Social Media Corrosive to Faith, China Clamps Down on Christian Funerals, Kayak...
The Prince of Peace - Brian Zahnd
Brian Zahnd - The Prince of Peace from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
Finding Life in Losing Control - Justin Stumvoll
"Control, as you may know, is an illusion." It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m here sitting...
Violence upon violence - Brian Zahnd
Zahnd_Civilization-Violence Upon Violence from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
One in Christ Jesus: Religious Gender Discrimination -...
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all...
Meditation, Stillness and Transformation - Brad Jersak
I had a dream last night -- a discussion with the Dalai Lama, actually. In the dream...
My Cancer Story: 1 Year Later - Zack Hoag
“I don’t want to be a damnflower.â The thought raced through my mind before I...
WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'THE NARROW GATE?' – GREG ALBRECHT
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads...
Greg Albrecht - "He Can't Stop Loving You"
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will...
Jesus as Scapegoat - Richard Rohr
' All the great religions of the world talk a lot about death, so there must be...
Prophetic Hope or Partisan Megaphone? Kenneth Tanner
Words of Wisdom from Kenneth Tanner Christian leaders If you are involved in the...
Not rules-keeping but Christ-in-you - Steve McVey
McVey-Not Rules but Christ Living in You from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
I'd Rather Have the Grace of Christ than the Bondage of...
McVey-I'd Rather Have Jesus Than Religion from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
Christ is Our Life - Steve McVey
McVey-Jesus is Our Life from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
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Are You 'Saved'? (uh ...) by Brad Jersak
The Trinity by Scott Erickson A constellation of questions, common to some Christian...
Identity in Christ - Steve McVey
McVey-Identity in Christ from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
I Want to See - God's grace flows to the low places - Greg...
For the last time during his earthly ministry, Jesus was en route to Jerusalem....
CWR Magazine - June Issue has arrived!
The June edition of the CWR magazine is available!CLICK HERE to read. In this issue: Forgivenessâ¦Who...
Does God Do Whatever He Wants because He is God? Ken Tanner
I frequently run into the argument that God can do whatever he wants because he...
Irreligious Christianity and Christ-centered Faith - Greg...
Welcome to Plain Truth Ministries from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
"I Haven't Seen You Lately" - Greg Albrecht
A friend of mine who attends her church on a fairly regular basis missed a few weeks...
God is Love (not just an attribute) - Steve McVey
McVey-God Is Love from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
God is Relational - Steve McVey
McVey-God Is Love from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
The Meaning of Trinity - Steve McVey
McVey-Meaning of Trinity from Plain Truth Ministries on Vimeo.
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Religious News from Around the Web August 10, 2020
Sikh Drowns in Rescue Attempt, Iran Jails Baháʼís and Christians, Spirituality and...
Religious News From Around the Web August 3, 2020
Catholic Schools Closing, Do Religious Voters like Biden or Trump? John Lewis Mourned...
Religious News From Around the Web July 27, 2020
Biden Would Revoke Muslim Ban, Virtual Chaplains Help Oncology Patients, Dangerous...
Interfaith and Understanding by Hilary Canto
Many question whether interfaith efforts are relevant or effective given the level...
Religious News From Around the Web July 13, 2020
More Trouble for Methodists, Byzantine Church Becomes Mosque, Churches and Atheists...
Science and Religion, Hand in Hand By Robert Mercer-Nairne
Religion as our moral backbone has retreated into its hallowed enclaves, leaving...
Religious News from Around the Web July 20, 2020
Uighurs under China Suppression, Governor Orders Churches Closed, Bibles Ballooned...
A Bahá’í perspective on reckoning with racism By Randolph...
Public outrage following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis led to global...
Faith Moves More Than Mountains: How the Church of Latter-day...
In tech circles, we tend to hand out to others the books that impress us. I once...
Religious News From Around the Web March 30, 2020
Hopeful Coronavirus News, Online Passover and Baptisms, Medical Masks Discovered...
Science and the Soul
The most brilliant scientists and engineers build a car. It’s beautiful, a piece...
Religious News from Around the Web April 13, 2020
COVID-19 and Religious Freedom, Sikhs Risk Safety to Help, Worldwide Fast for Healing,...
What Happened at the Council of Nicaea? by By L. Arik Greenberg
I often hear people speak in hushed and conspiratorial tones — as if they were divulging...
Open Houses of Worship, or Keep Them Closed? The Pros and...
COVID 19 has many side effects, not all of them medical. Many parts of life have...
Breaking News: Supreme Court Strikes Down Restriction on...
Montana had a program whereby individuals received a tax credit for donations to...
Religious News From Around the Web June 1, 2020
Sikh Temple Prepares 100,000 Free Meals Each Day, SCOTUS Decides Church Restrictions,...
Scientologists Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Dianetics,...
Scientologists today celebrate Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health published...
Ramadan Begins for 1.8 Billion Muslims
In 610 A.D. Muhammad was visited by the Angel Gabriel in a cave a few miles from...
Atheists We Are Launches Monthly News Blog
Atheists We Are — launched by Lauren Ell last month — is a new organization focused...
Religious News From Around the Web April 6, 2020
Virus Advice You Can Live With, Convalescent Plasma Therapy at Houston Methodist,...
Churches Say: “You’re not the Boss of Me!”
Pastor Jon Duncan of the Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi, Calif., has been...
Sikhs Blocked on Instagram and Facebook
In early March, Sikh users of Facebook and Instagram discovered they could not post...
You Don’t Have to be a Supreme Court Justice to See a Thumb...
For those rational individuals who thought that the First Amendment kept government...
Religious News From Around the Web May 11, 2020
Study Other Faiths, Worship Resumes, SCOTUS Update, Iran Thanks Zoroastrians, Sikhs...
Religious News From Around the Web 27 April 2020
Virus vs Religious Liberty, Digital Church, Volunteer, Muslim Call to Prayer in...
Whitewater Leadership: Navigating Through Turbulent Times...
We’re living in truly turbulent times. As a leader, what will guide your actions...
Religious News From Around the Web May 25, 2020
Holy Water Squirting, DOJ: Lockdown Violates Religious Freedom, Church Closures...
Religious News From Around the Web April 20, 2020
Easter Bathtub Broadcast, Virus Unites Church, Bible in Politics? Religions “Nonessential,”...
GOD, A Story of Revelation by Deepak Chopra
One of the most prominent voices in the modern age, with more than 80 books of both...
Religious News From Around the Web June 8, 2020
Polls: Policy Decisions Forcing Religion’s Decline in U.S., Religious freedom and...
Religious News From Around the Web May 18, 2020
Religious liberty under attack: Faith-based organizations targeted by restrictions,...
Religious News From Around the Web May 4 2020
India Joins 13 Other Violators of Religious Liberty The United States Commission...
Religious News From Around the Web June 29, 2020
Protecting Church from State, Russia’s Military Cathedral, Hindu Temple for Islamabad,...
In a Cemetery on Memorial Day
“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp...
The Reality of Virtual Meetings
During the virus quarantine, I’ve attended church services in Houston, San Francisco,...
The Bright Side of Life
A traveler approaches a city, and asks a farmer “what sort of people live in the...
No News is Good
This morning at 5 a.m., I turned on the news and found out that in addition to the...
Religious News From Around the Web July 6, 2020
Hagia Sophia Returns to a Mosque? Chinese Communists Destroy Buddhist Temple and...
