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John M. Crisp: Football and prayer? They just don’t mix

My father was neither a constitutional scholar nor a theologian. In fact, with his high school education, he delivered letters for the post office for 44 years in our small south Texas hometown.

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Commentary: Jesus said to pray in a ‘closet,’ not on the 50-yard line

In the 1990s, when Congress was embarking on yet another reckless attempt to legislate public prayer in public schools, the Republican senator from Oregon, Mark O. Hatfield, asked for the floor. Hatfield, an evangelical and lifelong Baptist, testified that he had frequently prayed in school — typically before math tests.

Los Angeles Times

Indian state leader pushes to replace religion-based laws

India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil code, the chief minister of a northeastern state said on Sunday, taking aim at rules that allow Muslim men, for example, to have four wives.

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What's happening in our brains when we meditate? It's not just a question for neuroscience

There's something special happening when we meditate. But how does it actually work? One expert says the key to finding out is bringing together insights from many disciplines — from neuroscience to philosophy and religion.

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Faith in fasting

Most religions prescribe going without food for certain periods, which actually work in favour of health too

The Hindu

How Christian nationalism warped America

Scholar Samuel Perry says the myth of a "Christian nation" has distorted American history from 1690 to Trump

Salon

Interfaith Trolley offers tour of religion in America

Some Chicagoans got a crash course in the world’s religions recently, visiting five major religious sites on the city’s south side — including Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Ebenezer Baptist Church and Masjid Al-Taqwa

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How race and religion have always played a role in who gets refuge in the US

In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have fled the country as refugees. Hundreds of those refugees have now arrived at the southern border of the United States seeking asylum, after flying to Mexico on tourist visas.

The Conversation

Shiva: 'Moon Knight' Episode 5 finally confirms Marc Spector is Jewish — here's how

Is Moon Knight a Jew? In Episode 5 of the Marvel series, we finally get confirmation that Marc Spector's religion thanks to a depiction of an important Jewish custom: Shiva.

Inverse

Caste doesn't just exist in India or in Hinduism – it is pervasive across many religions in South Asia and the diaspora

The California State University system, America’s largest public higher education system, recently added caste, a birth-based social hierarchy system, to its anti-discrimination policy, allowing students, staff and faculty across its 23 campuses to report caste bias and discrimination.

The Conversation

Editorial: Religion case will test if justices really are originalists, or just partisans

The constitutional principle of separation of church and state isn’t really that complicated: Americans are free to express their religious beliefs. But an instrument of government — like, say, a public employee on a high school football field — cannot be commandeered to promote that expression. And public school kids…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

PM Modi hails contributions of Sree Narayana Guru

‘The saint-reformer had refined the religion and changed it according to the times,’ says the PM

The Hindu

Atmanirbhar Bharat is Shri Narayana Guru's philosophy, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the message of 'One Caste, One Religion and One God' of the legendary social reformer lays the foundation of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat’. More on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

The lost Jews of Nigeria

The long read: Until the 1990s, there were almost no Jews in Nigeria. Now thousands have enthusiastically taken up the faith. Why?

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Supreme Court conservatives lean toward allowing football coach’s postgame prayers

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a mostly sympathetic hearing Monday to a former high school football coach whose prayers on the field may open the door for broader expression of religion in public schools.

Reason

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to St. Olaf College

Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.

Reason

Fraud Prosecution for Specific False Statements About Meat Claimed to Be Halal Allowed,

though laws generally banning mislabeling food as “halal” (or “kosher”) violate the Establishment Clause.

Reason

What Is Church Autonomy?

A primer on a religious liberty issue that went from a backwater to a hot topic in the last decade.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Says Her Faith Sustains Her But Won’t Impede Judgments On Supreme Court

Senator Graham made religion and rulings on it a fiery focal point during confirmation hearings.

Zenger

OnlySky Has A Singular Mission: Unite The Nonreligious

The site's idea is to tell stories about what it means to be human without religion.

Reason

Lael Weinberger Guest-Blogging About "The Limits of Church Autonomy"

I'm delighted to report that Lael Weinberger (Olin-Searle-Smith Fellow in Law & Lecturer, Harvard Law School) will be guest-blogging this coming week on this forthcoming Notre Dame Law Review article of his; the abstract: American courts apply "church autonomy doctrine" to protect the self-governance of religious institutions, based on both…

The Guardian - UK

Carolyn Chen: ‘The tech company offers the most efficient solution to providing a meaningful life’

A new book exposes Silicon Valley’s use of spiritual concepts and practices to optimise their workers’ productivity

The Times of India

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi flays razing of temple in Rajasthan

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took up cudgels for a temple in Rajasthan while blaming both BJP and Congress for demolition of the old Shiva temple in Alwar. Demanding that both parties tender an apology to the people, he said the AIMIM believes in freedom…

The Independent UK

Tensions over race, religion in France's presidential race

France’s presidential campaign has been difficult for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities

Asharq Al-Awsat

Azhar’s Sheikh: Congratulating Christians on Holidays Comes from Understanding Islam

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb announced that congratulating Christians on holidays is not out of courtesy or formalities but rather "comes from our understanding of the teachings of our true religion." The Grand Imam explained that the relationship between Muslims and Christians is a true embodiment of unity and brotherhood…

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