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Author and priest Randall Balmer: ‘Sport has eclipsed religion as the US pastime’

In his new book, the scholar examines how religion shaped the history of major sports in North America

The Guardian - US

Uncovering the secret religious and spiritual lives of sex workers

Tanya* is telling me just how important her Methodist Christianity is to her. We’re chatting over a video call, and I can see Tanya’s living room in the background. This also happens to be her workspace because Tanya, who is 50, is a full-time phone and cam sex worker. For…

The Conversation

Sex, intimacy and black middle-class Christianity in South Africa - a difficult history

A new book, Convening Black Intimacy, explores the history of Christianity, gender and precolonial marriage and sex traditions in South Africa in the late 1800s and early 1900s. To conduct her study, historian Natasha Erlank drew on court records of cases of seduction, church records, anthropological texts, and many sources…

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Archbishop of Vienna Stresses Importance of Makkah Document in Confronting Hatred

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna, praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to dissociate the Islamic religion from the phenomena of terrorism and isolation, stressing the importance of the Makkah Document in confronting hatred and extremist ideas and spreading tolerance and coexistence. During an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Riyadh,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

We’re told Pentecostal churches are growing, but they’re not any more. Is there a gender problem?

Aside from young people, we don’t know for certain who is leaving Pentecostal churches. But anecdotally, it appears to be women.

The New Daily

We're told Pentecostal churches like Hillsong are growing in Australia, but they're not anymore – is there a gender problem?

The conventional narrative about Australian Christianity is that Pentecostal churches – most famously, Hillsong – are bucking the trend of declining attendance at the big denominations (such as Catholic and Anglican churches). That in fact, Pentecostal churches continue to grow.

The Conversation

‘Jesus Revolution’ tells the true story of Christian hippies and an Orange County church

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Eight years ago, as writer-director Jon Erwin was researching an unrelated movie project, he stumbled across a 1971 issue of Time magazine, which featured a psychedelic purple picture of Jesus under the headline, “The Jesus Revolution.”

The Orange County Register

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Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

ABC News

A brief history of the Black church's diversity, and its vital role in American political history

With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States.

The Conversation

Census data suggests UK faces ‘non-religious future’, say campaigners

Figures for England and Wales show under-40s more likely to declare ‘no religion’ than Christianity for first time

The Guardian - UK

What I tell my Black Jewish children about Kanye West, antisemitism and race

Claims of ‘Black antisemitism’ are a dangerous distraction. The truth is the fates of Black and Jewish Americans are linked

The Guardian - US

How paranoia consumed the GOP

Author Jared Yates Sexton places Trumpism in a dark lineage of history, but holds out hope things can get better

Salon

A Question with No Easy Answers

Brian McLaren's book "Do I Stay Christian?" challenges the faithful to examine the harm caused by modern religion.

Texas Observer

Assault, exile, exhumation of loved ones: A pattern of violence against Chhattisgarh’s Adivasi Christians

A wave of violence has been unleashed on Adivasi Christians in Chhattisgarh.

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Russian patriarch calls for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce, a step dismissed by Kyiv as a cynical trap.

Fortune

Pope Benedict XVI, who promoted traditional faith in the modern world, dies at 95

The German theologian stunned the world with his papal resignation in 2013, but controversy followed.

The Conversation

Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy

Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian.

Reason

Hamline Student Newspaper (the Oracle) Removed Published Defense of Lecturer Who Showed Painting of Muhammad

"[T]rauma and lived experiences," the newspaper says, "are not open for debate."

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Merry Christmas 2022: Funny memes, wishes and messages that will make you laugh out loud

Christmas marks the beginning of a celebration that mostly goes on till the beginning of a new year. On this day, December 25, people observe the birthday of Jesus Christ. People who have faith in Christianity engage in merrymaking, meeting family and friends, and participate in several rituals.

Reason

Against Game of Thrones Christianity

To truly care about virtue is to recognize that it matters how you win: Ends don't justify means.

The Times of India

11 bizarre Christmas traditions around the world we bet you don't know

Christmas is just 3 days away and believers of Christianity are gearing up for one of the biggest annual events. Traditionally, Christmas is celebrated with carol singing, decorating trees, attending mass service and observing rituals associated with the event.

The Conversation

Are Christian souls gendered?

Within Christianity, the question of the nature of human identity has been a messy and complex one.

The Times of India

Three held for bid to lure Sitapur village residents into conversion

LUCKNOW: Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trying to lure the residents of a village in Sitapur to convert to Christianity.

The Conversation

Sacred rivers: Christianity in southern Africa has a deep history of water and ritual

Water is a scarce commodity in much of Africa, particularly in southern Africa. This is well symbolised in the name of the Botswana national currency, pula (rain). When tragedies like flooding and drowning take place, it may seem inappropriate to speak of the scarcity and commodity of water. For example,…

Tribune News Service

Some Georgia pastors push back against spread of Christian nationalism

ATLANTA -- The way the Rev. Will Dyer sees it, if pastors aren’t speaking out against Christian nationalism, then they’re making a huge mistake.

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