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Texas Senate panel advances bill requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms

The committee also gave initial approval to a bill that would allow prayer in schools.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 5, 2025

How ‘muscular Christianity’ strove to bring men back to religion – and what it can teach us today

Most people recognise organisations such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, or events such as the Modern Olympic Games, summer camps and wilderness retreats.

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2025

The US Christian population has declined for years. A new survey shows that drop leveling off

The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined steadily for years, but that drop shows signs of slowing

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Cross Purposes by Jonathan Rauch review – crises for Christianity and democracy

The Atlantic contributor frets about religion, politics and America – and the questions he poses are existential

The Guardian - US · Feb 17, 2025

From Jewish summer camp to gospel to Chabad, Bob Dylan’s faith doesn’t fit in a box − but he’s long had a connection to Israel

James Mangold’s film “A Complete Unknown,” nominated for eight Oscars, captures the elusive, enigmatic quality of Bob Dylan in the early 1960s: the years he emerged as a major musical and cultural phenomenon. A scant few years after he came to New York from Minnesota, and legally changed his name…

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

In quest to infuse more religion into Texas schools, advocates say courts are now on their side

Past efforts to allow more religion in public schools have been hamstrung by legal challenges. But those on the religious right feel empowered by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 12, 2025

Early-medieval stash of 'devil's money' found at cult site in the Netherlands

Researchers think the site in the Netherlands may have been used for pagan worship in reaction to the spread of Christianity.

LiveScience · Feb 10, 2025

The Strange Case of The Immortality Key

Many people depicted in a supposedly "groundbreaking" book on psychedelics and religion are now speaking out against it.

Reason · Feb 9, 2025

Not just the Jubilee: The best events in Rome in 2025, from art to archaeology

The Papal Jubilee is Rome’s biggest deal in this year, but 2025 is also filled with exciting art exhibitions, festivals and events worth travelling for

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Pensioner who left Christianity to become escort at 72 has never been happier

A pensioner who left christianity to become an escort at 72 has never been happier and says she “loves” her new life.

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025