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October 2021

October 10, 2021
More houses of worship are offering mental health programs, especially African American congregations.
October 06, 2021
Growing numbers of young evangelicals and 'Exvangelicals' are pro-LGBTQ, support #BlackLivesMatter – or are fed...

July 2021

July 08, 2021
The current dalai lama was enthroned when he was about 4 years old. AP Photo

June 2021

June 28, 2021
Biden is not the first public figure to whom the Catholic Church wants to deny...
June 26, 2021
Traumatic events can make people question assumptions about their lives, including their spiritual beliefs.

May 2021

May 26, 2021
Public health officials and religious conservatives fought over church closures. Data now shows that those...
May 19, 2021
Excommunicating a church member, like 'canceling' someone on social media, serves to cleanse the body...
May 16, 2021
The biblical story of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of...
May 02, 2021
Famine was a constant threat during biblical times. The authors of the Old Testament used...

April 2021

April 24, 2021
Some among the Baptist movement interpret the Resurrection as God’s response and commitment to liberating...
April 22, 2021
Complementarianism became central to evangelical belief in response to the feminist movement of the 1970s...
April 22, 2021
Although many modern people tend to see 'magic' and 'religion' as separate, magic was actually...
April 14, 2021
Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh have bolstered the conservative wing of...
April 12, 2021
Trump saw a decline in support among atheists, agnostics and voters not affiliated with any...
April 11, 2021
Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage that started earlier this month in India, has survived wars...
April 07, 2021
The mass production of religious items such as rosaries and holy cards poses a problem...
April 04, 2021
Chivalry is not an elite men's club. Women have always been involved.
April 03, 2021
The pandemic has curtailed religious tourism for many. As the US opens up, perhaps Americans...
April 02, 2021
Christian nationalists are far less likely to be vaccinated than other groups, research has found....
April 01, 2021
Prayers and symbols have the power to bind people together, writes a religion scholar, and...

March 2021

March 28, 2021
As vaccinated grandparents gather with their families this Passover, many might find solace in the...
March 10, 2021
In early Christianity, soldiers could be baptized only if they refused to kill other human...
March 04, 2021
The events that followed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq started a cycle of violence...
March 03, 2021
Student protesters in Turkey recently used this mythical figure to express their queer identity, seeing...

February 2021

February 26, 2021
Costumes. Drinking. Charity. The Jewish holiday of Purim played an important role in some Jews’...
February 22, 2021
The 40-day Lenten season, when many Christians observe fasting, began in mid-February. A scholar explains...
February 17, 2021
Younger and older American men tend to identify more with being religious 'nones' than women...
February 05, 2021
Joe Biden used the National Prayer Breakfast to call for unity amid 'dark, dark times.'...
February 02, 2021
For many of us, the popular film, 'Groundhog Day' may bring up fond memories of...

January 2021

January 28, 2021
India's most populous state has brought in a law to police interreligious marriages, known as...
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