In an article for Religion News Service, Daoud Kuttab writes that religious affiliation regulates everything from inheritance to divorce in the Middle East. Read the full article at Religion News Service, or excerpts in this post.
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A common environmentally friendly solution to flooding, rain gardens satisfy a common theological thread running through many faiths. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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Earlier this year, Religion News Service ran a story on Katie Langston, who ordained and installed at New Promise Lutheran in St. George on February 4.
“Langston ‘tried millions of ways’ to make Mormonism work, but she eventually found peace in the Lutheran Church (ELCA) and began to pursue a path toward ordination. Her parents and husband, who are still Latter-day Saints, were supportive, but ‘they were heartbroken.’”
View the story here, visit her website, and learn about her new memoir, “Sealed: An Unexpected Journey Into the Heart of Grace.
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The tornadoes hit mostly Southern states where Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams as well as Samaritan's Purse are well trained to respond. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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Refugee resettlement has always been a public-private partnership, relying on the generosity of American communities who come together and welcome newcomers. Read the article from Religion News Service, cowritten by Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS).
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'It also feels like a particularly good year for Advent. It feels like, this has been a whole Advent year, a whole Advent two years,' said The Porter’s Gate founder. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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‘The issue of when life begins has been hotly debated by philosophers since the beginning of time — it’s still debated in religions,’ said Justice Sonia Sotomayor as the court heard oral arguments. Religious supporters and opponents of abortion rights demonstrated outside the U.S. Supreme Court, giving voice to competing faith-rooted views as justices heard oral arguments in a case that could upend decades of debate over abortion policy.
The demonstrations began earlier that morning at Washington’s Lutheran Church of the Reformation, where the National Council of Jewish Women, Catholics for Choice and other religious groups hosted an interfaith service featuring speeches from faith leaders and lawmakers in support of abortion rights.
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‘The stories of the Maccabees are coming to life before our eyes,’ said one member of the group that excavated the site. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. View the slideshow here.
This week’s photo gallery includes preparations for Christmas and Hanukkah, major trial verdicts in the United States and more.
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We are witnessing the rampant criminalization of faith, enabled by the smartphones in our pockets. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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These past two years have exposed how the science vs. faith discourse isn’t an abstract ideological debate but a false dichotomy that has disastrous real-world consequences. Read the article from the New York Times.
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For many, the relationship between birds and Christianity does not stray farther than seeing a dove carrying an olive branch on a banner at church. However, for Christian birdwatchers, this link is alive. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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While megachurches often make headlines, most of the congregations in the United States are relatively small. Read the article from Religion News Service.
According to the recently released Faith Communities Today study, half of the congregations in the United States have 65 people or fewer, while two-thirds of congregations have fewer than 100.
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Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. View the slideshow here.
This week’s photo gallery includes the Hindu sun god festival Chhath Puja, a Mass for migrants in Mexico and more.
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Americans are getting more comfortable with new forms of spirituality, but their views of atheists are still complicated. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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'It’s not everybody’s cup of tea. We get our wellies muddy ... We don’t wait for them to come to us, we go to them,' said a rural chaplain in Suffolk, England. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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A popular series contains hidden wisdom for those of us who work for God. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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Apache Stronghold members will stop in Tucson and Phoenix on their way to meet with Native American communities and faith leaders before an Oct. 22 court hearing. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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Several US mainline denominations — including the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Methodist Church — encouraged their members to observe a day of remembrance for US Indian boarding schools on Sept. 30. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. View the slideshow here.
This week’s photo gallery includes Desmond Tutu's 90th birthday, Catholic church sex abuse in France and more.
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