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Award-winning, nonprofit digital magazine about religion in public life around the world. Part of @MediaProjectOrg. Exec Ed. @ClementeLisi Member of @INN
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#Bhutan hosts the first-ever Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025 in Thimphu, held in continuation of the celebrations marking the 70th birth anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck — the visionary behind Gross National Happiness
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Buddhism, founded by Siddhartha Gautama — the Buddha — is a spiritual tradition centered on compassion, mindfulness, and the path to liberation from suffering. Over time, it evolved into three major...
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Throughout His ministry, Jesus asked his followers and critics alike many probing questions. Some 307 to be precise, according to Biblical scholars. Perhaps the most pivotal was “Who do you say that I am?” — a query that remains central to the study and understanding of the
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(REVIEW) In “Miracles and Wonder,” historian Elaine Pagels examines the life of Jesus through historical, textual and theological lenses. Balancing faith and skepticism, she revisits questions of the...
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Many writers have been credited with the authorship of the Bible. Some Biblical books list their writers explicitly, others are more ambiguous. But is writing the same as narrating?
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In a #Thanksgiving season saturated with simplified narratives, these living picture books help us return to something more honest: the layered, contradictory and deeply human stories that shaped the early encounters on this land
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(ANALYSIS) Reading these living picture books aloud at Thanksgiving allows children to meet the story in its full shape — its beauty, its failures, its moments of generosity, and its deep contradic...
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In a small Santa Clara classroom at Mission City Church in Northern California, a group of students huddle together, their voices rising in harmony. Leading them stands Makayla Hannah, their vocal coach for Youth Utilizing Power and Praise
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While surveys often show Gen Z and Gen Alpha moving away from organized religion, this ministry leader sees a desire for spiritual truth over tradition. Today’s youth want to encounter God in a real...
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In Laos, the tiny Communist country, Christians have been increasingly facing religious persecution. Despite guaranteeing religious freedom on paper, the Communist authorities heavily monitor the religious activities of Christians
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(ANALYSIS) In Laos, Christian burials are barred from cemeteries, churches have to find improvised worship spaces, and Christians are often pressured to engage in activities that go against their...
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Take a moment in this season of gratitude to pity the greedy. Consider the illness of greed and those afflicted with the inability to be satisfied. These people may never know gratitude in their relentless drive to possess and hoard
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(OPINION) Take a moment in this season of gratitude to pity the greedy. Consider the illness of greed and those afflicted with the inability to be satisfied. These people may never know gratitude in...
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African churches reclaim traditional musical instruments
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When Western missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they disallowed the use of native musical instruments in church, which they associated with demonic worship. But now, the instruments...
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The U.S. designation of Nigeria as an egregious violator of religious freedoms has not gone far enough to stem violence there, top persecution watchdogs said amid an intense uptick in attacks on Christians in the African nation
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The U.S. designation of Nigeria as an egregious violator of religious freedoms has not gone far enough to stem violence there, top persecution watchdogs said amid an intense uptick in attacks on...
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Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on #Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention
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(ANALYSIS) Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. The emphasis...
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Jennifer Arul, a board member at The Media Project, interviewed Kinley Tshering, who is the world’s first — and so far only — Bhutanese Catholic priest. He currently serves in Bhutan, a kingdom nestled in the Himalayas between India and China
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“Nuremberg” tries to claim a spot in this lineup, with an impressive cast, stoic moral gravity, and strong lessons for the present day. But while the pieces are there, the sloppiness of the execution betrays the increasing fragility of the secular religion it tries to reinforce
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(REVIEW) This makes film’s presentation feel extremely — for lack of a better word — basic. The movie, however, never figures out exactly which of these threads it wants to follow. Is it about the...
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@danielsilliman @CTmagazine 4. The final plug: How do @nytimes religion writers @elizabethjdias and @publicroad cover Christianity in a polarized America? That’s the subject of a compelling Q&A with Dias and Graham by @patrickhealynyt.
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In 1982, a 3-month-old girl named Rebecca became the 13th child adopted through Lifeline Children’s Services. The Birmingham, Alabama, nonprofit — launched the previous year — grew out of an evange...
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3. Inside the Godbeat: @danielsilliman is leaving @CTmagazine, saying, “I have significant disagreements with the new leadership, both practical and philosophical. It’s time for me to go.”
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In 1982, a 3-month-old girl named Rebecca became the 13th child adopted through Lifeline Children’s Services. The Birmingham, Alabama, nonprofit — launched the previous year — grew out of an evange...
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🚨WEEKEND PLUG-IN🔌 1. 🍼 ‘In God’s Timing’: Two Adoptions, 31 Years Apart 🔌 By Bobby Ross Jr. In 1982, a 3-month-old girl named Rebecca became the 13th child adopted through Lifeline Children’s Services. The Birmingham, Alabama, nonprofit — launched the previous year — grew
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Evangelical leaders in Italy are calling for a full repeal of curbs on religious freedom as the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the lifting of the fascist-era law
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Italy’s Supreme Court ruled that an evangelical worship space, which is located in a former shop a short distance from the Vatican, does not qualify as a religious edifice due to its non-traditional...
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What helps students from all walks of life have a good college experience?
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(ANALYSIS) Students’ sense of religious and spiritual belonging comes from everyday relationships — authentic connections and conversations that faculty and staff can help foster. I believe univers...
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