Feminism and ReligionRecently I read an essay on FAR about how Ruth Ginsberg’s Jewish roots influenced her life in a positive way. When her mother died, she was excluded from mourning because she was a woman. This important exclusion a fundamental form of woman...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Whether cities or villages, many communities across Europe spend the day and night of June 24 celebrating Midsummer. Congregating around bonfires, or sometimes maypoles, sporting handwoven wreaths of wildflowers or oak leaves, they’ll...
Religion UnpluggedFinding a lifelong partner is no easy feat — but finding someone who shares the same morals and values is all the more challenging. A series of dating apps across several religions are combining tradition and technology to match singles with a...
affecognitiveDon Deere’s The Invention of Order (Duke University Press, 2025) is a slim but crucial intervention in decolonial theory. Similar …Continue reading →
Religion News Service(RNS) — With the Supreme Court set to rule on whether Haitians will lose Temporary Protected Status, fear is emptying church pews. At St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the Haitian immigrants who brought life to the...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Two identities seem to be in a wrestling match — but both can win.
Religion News Service(RNS) — Those who reject papal authority are already out the door. The women who have given up hoping for change are on the way out, too.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) One lesson from the study is that people may apply political principles differently depending on where they see their own group in a conflict. Indian American politics therefore cannot be understood only through U.S. party identity. A...
Religion News Service(RNS) — LGBTQ+ advocates worry the change will mean fewer beds for foster youth.
Religion News ServiceMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team, which brings together federal and state police with a spy agency, charged the man, who has not been named, with offenses including arson.
Political TheologyMoral imagination, standing up even when afraid, is required to provide empathetic welcome to prophets, righteous people, and “these little ones.” Source
Religion UnpluggedNine members of Beijing’s Zion Church have been released on bail after more than eight months in detention, while nine remaining church leaders now face more serious criminal charges in one of China’s most closely watched religious freedom cases.
Good Faith MediaSystemic racism is often reinforced through a structural, learned ignorance that allows dominant groups to misunderstand the world they inhabit. The post The Politics of White-Body Supremacy: On White Ignorance appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaViews on the negative impacts of AI are split along generational lines, with younger survey participants being more leery of its impact than older ones. The post U.S. Adults Have Mixed Views of AI, Pew Study Finds appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaMay you have the ear to hear the next act that will be required, not without fear, but with courage beyond fear. The post Courage Beyond Fear appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Religion UnpluggedThe Iran war has triggered several instances of unity among Sunnis and Shiites — two major Muslim groups that have historically been at odds. Young people lead the displays of solidarity, finding a common cause in the wake of Ayatollah Ali...
Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on July 1st, 2013. It was also posted in June 2022. Moderator’s Note: Sadly, the VRA has been further decimated taking us yet further backwards in the history of equality. A new, perhaps more vicious “June Unteenth” is...
Religion UnpluggedThe Chennai office and other programs are carefully presented in the language of human dignity and spiritual accompaniment, not rights advocacy. But the effect, in the current political moment, is inherently political. For trans Catholics who...
Political TheologyBy what authority an institution, neither elected nor sovereign, may judge the common good. Source
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on June 29, 2016 This week I bought a pendant that caught my attention. It is Celtic knot work of horses, meant to represent Epona. This triggered my interest in Epona and off I went to learn more. Epona is a goddess...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) As Canada marks National Indigenous Peoples Day, the often-overlooked partnership between evangelicals and Indigenous leaders deserves recognition. From Elijah Harper’s Sacred Assembly to ongoing reconciliation efforts, Canadian...
Religion News ServicePlus: Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, author of a new report on same-gender marriage and religious freedom
Canopy ForumThe world premiere of Puccini’s “Suor Angelica”, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1918 by White Photo Studio. This paper summarizes and translates into English the chapter Suor Angelica: il suicidio tra teologia e diritto, from the book Puccini...
ReligionProfFaith that Lasts (Colossians 1:9-14,24-29) The third in my series of Faith for Living talks at Lakeside Chautauqua, June 2026 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with...
PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Memorable goals are generally linked to the players who scored them. Few can be recalled without mention of the individual — or even the team — involved. Yet, two goals in one game 40 years ago have attained that status. One is known...
Barth NotesFrom BBC News: A three-year-old boy critically injured in a zoo enclosure was attacked by a crocodile, the BBC understands. Cambridgeshire Police said a 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder had been bailed and was “unfit for...
Feminism and ReligionThe first time I came across the phrase, I thought I must be making a mistake. “Que Dieu l’enveloppe dans sa matrice,” the passage read in French, “May God’s womb enfold her.” or possibly, "May God enfold her in His womb." His womb?
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) It’s the “cry more, libs” approach for Republicans. A Democrat will demonize or mischaracterize the other side of the argument because this helps them justify their own voting choices. It really goes both ways. But now that we have...
Religion News Service(RNS) — U.S. Republican administrations have long seen faith groups as a cornerstone for humanitarian aid and community trust as they push for regime change in Cuba.
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Sowing the Seedit was a real treat to be on Dr. Smiti Nathan's amazing anthropology YouTube show, Curiosity Meets the Past. This is a go-to spot to learn about currents in anthropology and archaeology. Dr. Nathan interviewed me about my work and my latest...
Religion Unplugged(OPINION) Like many guys my age, I credit my dad for a love of the game that punctuated my formative years and beyond. It is because of his influence that I have successfully passed on an appreciation for baseball to my adult children and my...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Conspicuously missing from the manosphere is a vision for fatherhood.
Good Faith MediaGrowing up, I knew you had to celebrate Juneteenth before you got to celebrate July 4th. The post ‘No July 4th Without Juneteenth,’ Perryman Tells Cooperative Baptists appeared first on Good Faith Media.
White Too LongThe 15 days that span the space between Juneteenth and Independence Day could function as an enduring season of critical patriotism for our time.
Religion News Service(RNS) — The chosen readings, to be voted on by the State Board of Education, draw heavily from Christian perspectives.
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith Mediahe more I reflect on the summer of 1978, and honestly, all of my childhood summers, the more I long for the simplicity and innocence of it all. The post Longing for the Summer of ‘78 appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionThis blog has been posted twice before. June 18,2013 and June 19, 2022. Today is Juneteenth in the USA. Tomorrow is a special day for me. It is Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, news finally reached Galveston, Texas that slavery had been abolished....
Cultural Studies BlogspotRecently, I noticed Facebook was feeding me an advert for a stick. Yes. A stick. This was pitched as being some kind of miracle cure for bodily stiffness and aches. A medium to long-ish stick. You lean on it, twist, things like that. Magic.A while...
Religion News Service(AP) — The government has claimed he is a foreign policy threat, but Sarsour's attorneys say he was actually targeted for speaking out against Israel.
ReligionProfFaith that Learns (Mark 7:24-31; Luke 16:19-31) Syrophoenician woman; Rich man and Lazarus Lakeside Chautauqua Faith for Living talk June 2026 This talk is about two texts that, until relatively recently, it never occurred to me to connect....
Good Faith MediaThe Emmanuel McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer honor was awarded to two distinguished leaders on Thursday in Jacksonville, Florida, during an annual luncheon at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. The post Parham, Ayers Receive...
Barth NotesThe i Paper has a useful overview by Lizzie Dearden of how the Keir Starmer “rent boy” conspiracy theory spread on social media following acts of arson at properties linked to the prime minister: Less than 15 minutes after [Roman] Lavrynovych was...
Good Faith MediaSince everything Trump does is transactional, there is no room for the middle, apolitical environment that folks like Bargatze pine for. The post Nate Bargatze Forfeits the Benefits of Neutrality appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaWhite people have not been trained to think complexly about race in school, in mainstream discourse, or in social institutions. The post Juneteenth Invites Us to See Color appeared first on Good Faith Media.