Good Faith MediaImagine a place where people actually talk with one another rather than boring into electronic devices. That’s Chautauqua. The post By the Way | The Magic of Chautauqua appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Barth NotesMedia criticism from Reform UK’s Nigel Farage: The details of Ann Widdecombe’s murder revealed in court are horrific. Why will no one report on Joshua Kerry’s political views? The faux-bewilderment is meant to imply a conspiracy to suppress the...
Good Faith MediaWe can’t do it all, but for our own well-being, we will be better if we do something. The post Starting Small in Our Overwhelming Times appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) For Iran's Baha’i community, the country’s latest political upheaval has revived a painful historical pattern: Whenever the Islamic Republic faces existential pressure, one of its first responses is to intensify its campaign against...
Feminism and ReligionIf mourning truly had an expiration date, then wouldn’t our memories have one too? We often rush the uncomfortable moments in our lives because we assume pain prevents us from living. In doing so, we begin to treat happiness as the emotional state...
Religion UnpluggedPastor Darryl Baker thought it might be best to cancel the outreach. Days before a scheduled sports camp in a Columbus neighborhood, a husband shot and stabbed multiple times his estranged wife and preteen stepdaughter, murdering them.
Religion UnpluggedFather Vladimiras Seliavko risked everything when he decided to condemn the Russian war against Ukraine. As a result, his parishioners turned into his enemies, his relatives abandoned him and he was branded a traitor. On the other hand, he said...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Pope Leo is someone who can't be pushed around.
Religion News Service(RNS) — From encrypted apps to legal clinics: How an immigrant-majority church is responding to protect its congregation.
Religion News Service(RNS) — In an open letter, a group of survivors and advocates say that comments by SBC President Willy Rice and Texas pastor Jack Graham make it harder to address the issue of abuse in churches.
The ConversationMany faith groups supporting immigrants root their mission in the idea of ‘accompaniment,’ which springs from Catholic social teaching.
Canopy ForumThe Expulsion of Adam and Eve by After Domenichino, Italian, 1581-1641 (US-PD-Art). The Religious Right was a consortium of mostly evangelical pastors and public activists who saw modern American culture as godless and degenerate, and sought the...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Millions of Christians have been programmed to the point of nervous system-level discomfort to avoid cultural taboos as though divinely established, yet feel no such conviction about the things Jesus is recorded as saying are his priorities.
Religion News ServiceLOS ANGELES (AP) — Within weeks, the Walk for Peace had propelled this obscure monk into the spotlight as a leading voice for inner peace and unity in an increasingly divided nation.
Religion News ServiceLITOCHORO, Greece (AP) — The nomination is to be discussed when the World Heritage Committee meets in Busan, South Korea from Sunday through July 29.
Religion News ServicePARIS (AP) — The rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris sees it as a symbol of interfaith dialogue and France’s diversity, but worries about religious tensions in the country linked to conflicts in the Middle East and the polarizing campaign for next...
Religion News ServiceLOS ANGELES (AP) — This phenomenon of irony collapsing into sincerity is being interpreted by some as a way for younger generations to grapple with ritual, meaning and authenticity, even as participation in organized religion in the United States...
Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON (AP) — The survey of 1,022 Jewish adults — including people who identify as Jewish by religion and religiously unaffiliated people who identify as Jewish through culture, ethnicity or family background — offers a rare detailed accounting...
Religion News ServiceKYOTO, Japan (AP) — At the heart of the celebration is Kyoto’s Yasaka Shrine, a Shinto site whose principal deity has long been revered as a protector against calamities. But the shrine’s history also reflects centuries of interaction between...
Religion UnpluggedAn ethics professor breaks down a recent study exposing religious bias in all major AI models. He thinks throwing out all bias is a bad idea.
Religion UnpluggedOver the past decade, churchgoers are more likely to see someone of a different ethnicity in their congregation but less likely to hear about that racial diversity from the pulpit. A Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors finds...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraAmazon and Barnes & Noble won’t sell "The Turner Diaries." But is this novel really responsible for the hatred and danger it’s said to have led to? The post So Bad It’s Dangerous? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsAmazon and Barnes & Noble won’t sell "The Turner Diaries." But is this novel really responsible for the hatred and danger it’s said to have led to? The post So Bad It’s Dangerous? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Good Faith MediaJesus’s story is the greatest story of all. Why shouldn’t we find other ways to equip ourselves to share it? The post Book Excerpt | A Queer Gospel: Jesus’s Life Through Rainbow Eyes appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaWith every act of violence and war, even those some might deem necessary evils, our world becomes less humane. The post Christopher Nolan’s Confessional appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) To be sure, embryo adoption occupies a small corner of U.S. fertility medicine. Few people choose to donate remaining embryos for procreative use. Nor is embryonic personhood a popular idea: Only 39% of Americans support laws...
Feminism and ReligionI reflect upon this year as the sun star rises in a northeastern sky. ‘He’ has reached the end of his northeastern journey. Wave after wave – oceans of grief break over me at dawn – tempered by the same cycle during which I have been graced by a...
Religion UnpluggedEswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is one of Africa’s most religious nations. In fact, about 90 percent identify as Christian. However, faith in the kingdom is far from uniform. A king and queen hold absolute power, but it is used to help...
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Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) There’s a running joke in American religious life that goes something like this: Ask 10 Catholics what the church teaches on a given issue, and you’ll get eleven different answers. It’s meant to be affectionate, a nod to the big-tent...
Political TheologyThe reign of God may be hidden, but it invites participants to risk much—even everything, to know the joy and treasure inherent in this alternative way of life in the world. Source
Good Faith MediaThe future of believing is for imaginaries. Faith traditions bound by contextless tradition and visions of yesteryear should be viewed in the rearview mirror. The post The Future of Believing appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaWriting isn’t merely an intellectual or creative exercise. It is also a spiritual and transformative practice. The post The Sacred and Transformative Practice of Writing appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Cultural Studies BlogspotI. Training is not a kind of religion – Religion is a kind of trainingAt several points in his major study, You Must Change Your Life! On Anthropotechnics, philosopher Peter Sloterdijk reflects on the relationship between silence and speech in...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedAs global headlines celebrated the release of one prominent Chinese minister, the wife of another pastor is pleading with the world not to forget those still jailed in China. “Zion Church has eight leaders still detained,” said Sister Su Ziming,...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on November 10, 2014 Recent headlines in the international press announced that the enigmatic language of the ancient Cretan “Phaistos Disk” has been translated—in part—by the Welch-Cretan scholar Gareth Owens. Owens...
Religion UnpluggedWhile other community members chase modernity, migrating to cities for greener pastures due to recurring economic hardship, members of the Mennonite church, like Charles Ncube, a father of four, believe in faith-based farming, through which he...
Religion MattersPost: Tim Hall, Ph.D., Executive Director, Religion Matters Most audiences encounter The Odyssey as an adventure story. It is a tale of monsters, shipwrecks, warfare, temptation, endurance, and one man’s long struggle to return home. Odysseus...
ReligionProfI have been thinking about protocol droids a lot lately. Why? It is not just because I am a Star Wars nerd. That would be a sufficient explanation for why I would be thinking about protocol droids, but not why I have been thinking about protocol...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionPart 1 was posted yesterday The mud mothers, ancestors, began to make themselves visible to her when she was a girl, in the movie theater, on one of the walls in a cave like indentation, “with enormous teeth painting themselves with long hair...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionModerator’s Note: This piece is in co-operation with The Nasty Women Writers Project, a site dedicated to highlighting and amplifying the voices and visions of powerful women. The site was founded by sisters Theresa and Maria Dintino. To quote...
White Too LongA recording from The Convocation Unscripted impromptu watch party for Trump's address, with Jemar Tisby and Kristin Du Mez