The Age Gap in Religion Around the World
Source: Pew Research Center By several measures, young adults tend to be less religious than their elders; the opposite is rarely true (Chad Springer/Image Source/Getty Images) In the United States, […]
Religiously unaffiliated ‘nones’ are pursuing spirituality, but not community
Source: Los Angeles Times By Stephen Asma In the 1980s, only 10% of Americans said that they had no religious affiliation. Three decades later, more than 23% of Americans describe […]
India: 21 out of 29 states have prison sentences for slaughtering cows
5 facts about religion in India Source: Pew Research Center By Samirah Majumdar, who is a research analyst focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. India is home to 1.4 […]
Stepping up for Edmonton Pride, Wiccans say they’ve long been the most LGBTQ-friendly religion
Source: The Star Edmonton By CATHERINE GRIWKOWSKY EDMONTON—Wiccans have long fought against perceptions that their religion is shadowy, scary and sinister—but this June, they’re wearing their differences loud and proud. For […]
What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t)
Source: The New York Times By Stephen T. Asma Mr. Asma is a professor of philosophy. It’s a tough time to defend religion. Respect for it has diminished in almost every corner of modern life — not just among atheists and intellectuals, but among the wider public, too. And the next generation […]
Judge: ‘In God We Trust’ on money isn’t religion endorsement
Source: Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal court has ruled that printing “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency doesn’t amount to a religious endorsement and therefore doesn’t violate […]
School chaplains: secular groups say review is proof of proselytising
Source: The Guardian By Paul Karp Almost one in five public school parents have objected to religious views being shared with their children through school chaplains, a review has found. […]
Iceland’s Zuist religion apply for permit to build a temple in Reykjavik
Source: Iceland Monitor The Zuist society, founded in 2016 now wish to build a temple in Reykjavik. Leader Águst Arnar Ágústsson says it’s been his dream to build a temple […]
China orders crackdown on large outdoor religious statues
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has ordered local governments to better regulate the construction of large outdoor religious statues amid increasing restrictions on religious expression […]
What Politics and Religion Could Learn From Science
Source: Slate Returning to a science conference after a few years of covering politics was jarring and instructive. By William Saletan Over my years as a journalist, I’ve written […]
Why I Left an Evangelical Cult | Dawn Smith | TEDxNatick
With humor and piercing observations, Dawn Smith sheds light on growing up in a religious cult and what it takes to leave everything you’ve ever known. This poignant story will […]
How Christian media is shaping American politics
Source: The Conversation For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was not a regular presence on television. Aside from Sunday morning shows or occasional commercials, religious […]
Indian women breaking down barriers to religious leadership
Source: Religion News Service By Priyadarshini Sen PUNE, India (RNS) — Wearing a single piece of unstitched cloth and a grass girdle around his waist, 8-year-old Harshal Kulkarni chants Vedic mantras. […]
Charity during Ramadan means public safety, religion at odds
Source: Free Press As Ramadan nears, Rabih Najdi, the manager at the Super Greenland Store in Dearborn, is preparing to be asked to give to charity — sometimes by the same […]
Religion A Large Presence As U.S. Embassy Opens In Jerusalem
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN The religious leader invited to give the opening prayer at the dedication of the American Embassy in Jerusalem is an evangelical Christian who once said that […]
Ramadan: Women and the Stress of Cooking
By Maryam Hedayat The holy month of Ramadan is starting, the month in which Allah, the Almighty, opens His doors of mercy, forgiveness and blessings upon Muslims. This month is […]
Humanists given voice in shaping religious education
Source: BBC News Non-religious groups are set to be given a voice in the shaping of religious education in schools. Teaching of the subject is overseen by the Standing Advisory […]
Church and religion take back seat as a secular Ireland votes on abortion
Source: Reuters NENAGH/CORK, Ireland (Reuters) – Three decades after Ireland introduced one of the world’s only constitutional bans on abortion, the Church that was so pivotal in securing the law’s […]
‘This is our religion, this is our pride’: Sikh motorcyclists now exempt from helmets in Alberta
Source: Edmonton Journal By JURIS GRANEY When Bhupinder Singh passed the test to get his Class 6 motorcycle licence at the start of the month, he was one of the first Sikhs […]
How a child rape became a religious flashpoint for India
Source: BBC News India’s top court has moved the trial in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The BBC’s […]