Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Democrats hope Texas state legislator and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico can win a U.S. Senate seat by appealing to religious voters. Republicans are highlighting his progressive positions on gender, sexuality, abortion, and...
Feminism and ReligionPart 1 was posted last week. You can read it here. About ten years ago I began to keep a (public) though never advertised blog to help me keep track of my life. Because I am so severely directionally dyslexic this blog helped me to organize my...
Religion UnpluggedAuthorities in southwestern China launched a large-scale raid against Early Rain Covenant Church during its Sunday worship service on June 14, detaining dozens of believers, according to reports received by ChinaAid and a subsequent church...
Religion UnpluggedOne of America’s greatest and fearless investigative journalists, Amy Goodman, seeks the truth and reports it. Religion Unplugged sat down with her to discuss how her Jewish upbringing and its influences on her career and reporting.
Religion News Service(RNS) — More than 25,000 devotees of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) attended the parade, according to organizers.
Religion News Service(RNS) — We are a nation caught between generations, and we don’t have the language to talk about what comes next.
Religion News ServicePORTLAND, Ore. (RNS and NPR) — After its discovery by a local scientist, a new spider species received a ceremonial welcome by the Yakama Nation.
Religion News Service(RNS) — I wish those spending time and effort on co-op boycott votes would instead direct their energies in ways that will lead to actual constructive outcomes for the people they are ostensibly interested in helping.
Religion News Service(RNS) — The violence has resulted in at least 12 deaths, widespread destruction of foreign-owned businesses and homes and thousands of migrants fleeing South Africa or seeking shelter in community centers, mosques, churches and police stations.
Religion News ServiceBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The pope shares moments with individuals all the time, especially on trips abroad, but there was something about this particular instance that stirred emotion.
Religion News ServiceLOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once considered fringe or conspiratorial has in recent months popped up everywhere from the White House to the Catholic Church, as public fascination with unidentified anomalous phenomena — or UAPs, as the government...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) I am back home, writing at my desk in the Southern Highlands after two weeks visiting Scotland, Ireland, Wales and thereabouts. I remain a bit jet-lagged, as is common for folks of my age, but there is work to be done.
Religion UnpluggedA new Pew Research Center study found religious hostilities increased sharply around the world in 2023, driven by harassment of religious minorities and fallout from the Israel-Hamas war. Government restrictions on religion remained near record...
The ConversationResearch on social bonding suggests that common traditions can foster connection not only within communities but also across cultural and religious boundaries.
ReligionProfGenerosity and Justice: Mark 12:38-44 Sermon delivered at the Hoover Service, Lakeside Chautauqua, Sunday June 14th, 2026 As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to be greeted with respect in the...
Political TheologyTo be faithful to God’s promised covenant for communal flourishing, faith communities must reject the recycled rhetoric of “blood and soil” that is rapidly turning white supremacy into normalized governmental policy and practice. Source
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) The amount of cynicism in the world is sometimes hard for my mind to grasp. I really struggle watching TV shows and movies that have a really bleak view of the world. I don’t want to watch ”The Golden Girls” all the time (although it...
Good Faith Media“I am somebody” is a natural response to attempts to minimize one’s “me-ness,” to deny one’s aliveness through macro and microaggressions and inflictions of systematic pain and suffering. The post A Reading List for a Summer of Somebodiness...
Good Faith MediaIn any other place we’d be tokens. Here we’re community. The post From Tokens to Community: How the Anniversary of My Ordination Sparked a Movement appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedA new Catholic diocese in Bangladesh is creating a place of hope for people of all faith, especially in the fields of education and health. Bishop Paul Gomes was consecrated this month as the first bishop of the new diocese of Joypurhat in...
Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on April 28, 2014 In response to a recent blog on Buddhism and feminism by Oxana Poberejnaia, I stated that while I would agree that “clinging” to an identity is a cause of suffering, I am not in favor of “giving up”...
Religion UnpluggedFollowing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death in a US-Israeli strike and the renewed Israel-Iran conflict, Nigeria's Islamic Movement mobilized nationwide protests, reflecting deep ideological and spiritual ties to Iran while raising concerns among...
Ancient Jew ReviewThe twelve verses about the Magi in Matthew do not invite final answers; they invite attention, patience, and the persistence to keep digging.
Barth NotesFrom BBC News: A man has been found guilty of making sexual remarks to a group of girls aged between 12 and 14 in Dundee before grabbing and pushing one of them to the ground. Ilia Belov, 22, claimed he confronted the girls after receiving abusive...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionEvery year in my course “Feminism and the Environmental Movements,” we take a part of one class session about halfway through the semester and explore what an ecofeminist world should look like. I begin by drawing a large circle on the whiteboard,...
Religion News ServiceFind out how local Interfaith Alliance affiliates are on the front lines in the work of defending religious freedom and democracy with leaders from Iowa, Tennessee, and the national office in Washington, DC
PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Defense has reopened one of the longest-running religious disputes in American history: Whether members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should be considered Christians....
Good Faith MediaRecent results from Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll show increasingly restrictive moral beliefs among U.S. adults on several issues. The post Gallup Poll Finds Increasingly Restrictive Beliefs on Morality of Several Issues appeared first on...
Religion UnpluggedFor-profit Christian multimedia company Salem Media Group may soon become the property of a 501(c)(3). The Texas-based broadcaster — which owns the Salem Radio Network, the Salem Web Network, Salem Publishing, and conservative news websites...
Feminism and ReligionPart 1 was posted yesterday May clearly defines her audience, “For I am supposing our particular artist to be no gay tourist doing Europe according to guide-books, with perhaps few lessons, here and there, taken only for the name of having been a...
Canopy ForumConstitutional Court of South Korea by Wei-Te Wong (CC BY-SA 2.0) Within five years, three of Asia’s major democracies stopped treating adultery as a crime. South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck it down in February 2015 in 2009 Hun-Ba 17; India...
Religion News Service(RNS) — At the heart of Alabama’s latest death penalty controversy is Jeffery Lee, who became a Christian mentor to other incarcerated men on death row. Opponents to Lee’s execution ask courts to 'choose life.'
Religion News ServiceSANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — It was the first time in decades that a papal flight had experienced a problem so serious that it required the pope to change planes.
Ken ChitwoodBrick Lane in London, with the Brick Lane Masjid in the background. Photo: Ken Chitwood "Brother, where are you from?"Clarifying I was not Muslim, just visiting, the henna-bearded...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaWhen rigid theological or ideological loyalty overwhelms diversity of opinion, large groups succumb to the slippery slope of populism. The post RIP, SBC: The Cannibalistic Instincts of the Southern Baptist Convention appeared first on Good Faith...
Good Faith MediaThe nation’s largest Christian adoption agency will no longer allow LGBTQ+ couples to foster or adopt. The post Bethany Christian Services Reverses 2021 Decision Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Adopt appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaWomen’s ordination was a fight that had to be won. It was not intuitive to our predecessor denominations that women should be ordained. The post Sisters, Take Thou Authority! A United Methodist Response to Misogyny in the SBC and TPUSA appeared...
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...
Canopy ForumAI Image of a rave created by author. From its emergence in the underground electronic dance scenes of the 1980’s and 1990’s, rave culture has occupied an uneasy space between liberation and disorder. Secret gatherings in abandoned warehouses,...
Good Faith MediaWe offer a different witness grounded in Scripture, shaped by the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, informed by the rich tradition of the Black Church, and animated by the conviction that God calls whom God calls. The post Progressive National...
The ConversationBefore asking whether inclusion is good for business, we should ask whether it is the right thing to do, two scholars argue.
Popular Culture And TheologyCall for Papers From Close Encounters to Disclosure: Spielberg’s Alien Imaginary and American Spirituality Proposed Edited Volume for the Pop Culture and Theology Series Since the release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, Steven...