Religion Unplugged(ESSAY) As an anthropologist who studies social bonding during times of crisis, I now understand how cultural religious traditions — even when they seem different — can create unexpected connections.
ReligionProfFaith that Lives (Matthew 7:12-29): Wise and foolish builders Faith for Living talk, Lakeside Chautauqua, June 16th, 2026 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain...
Feminism and ReligionWomen’s National Council of Resistance of Iran (info below) In a continuation of the escalating crackdown on political dissent in Iran, Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old political prisoner, was sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary...
Religion Unplugged(REVIEW) More than 40 masterpieces in this major National Gallery retrospective reveal Francisco de Zurbarán’s extraordinary ability to make spiritual visions feel tangible. From haunting crucifixions and contemplative saints to luminous still...
Religion News Service(RNS) — The Zeale for America 250 rally offered a window into a movement that blends Catholic devotion, conservative activism and Trump-era politics into a single narrative of American history and national renewal.
Religion News Service(RNS) — Lovina Zook is using technology once forbidden to her to reinterpret a tradition she fled, complicating both the internet’s ‘trad wife’ fantasies and outsiders’ romantic ideas about the Amish.
Popular Culture And TheologyTheological and Spiritual Musings in the Works of Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale and Other Worlds ***At this time, the editors are not seeking anymore proposals for The Handmaid’s tale, but invite proposals about other works by Atwood....
Religion News Service(FāVS News) — The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane has hosted Queer Camp at Lake Coeur d’Alene since 2024, offering LGBTQ+ Christians and allies an affirming retreat in a state that introduced 27 anti-LGBTQ+ bills last year.
Religion News ServiceIs it more faithful to preserve a dying congregation — or to repurpose its financial assets for new life?
Cultural Studies Blogspot- International Conference - Cardiff University - 8-10 June 2027 -This conference seeks to explore new understandings of contemporary, historical and cross-cultural practices of strength training.Many cultures and societies around the world and...
Religion News Service(RNS) — Religion is playing a far greater role in economic growth and prosperity than many people realize, affecting key economic behavior including education, family size and savings, according to the Berlin-based think tank the Rockwool Foundation.
Religion News Service(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes a Ratha Yatra in New York City, the beginning of the World Cup and more.
Religion News Service(RNS) — From ‘Close Encounters’ to ‘E.T.’ to ‘Disclosure Day,’ we might begin to understand Steven Spielberg’s religious journey.
Religion News Service(RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.
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Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraA massive new history of American religion is short on Quakers, doesn’t forget the Shakers, and has so much more The post Religion, American Style first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsA massive new history of American religion is short on Quakers, doesn’t forget the Shakers, and has so much more The post Religion, American Style first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Political TheologyZahi Zalloua reviews Benjamin Davis's new book, Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt (2025). Source
Ancient Jew ReviewRather than portraying the sage as a mere conduit for divine truth, these stories present Torah as emerging from the sage’s individual identity and as deeply bound up with his personality. Consequently, an injury to a sage’s honor is not merely...
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Good Faith MediaThe disclosure at the heart of Disclosure Day may not be the disclosing of secrets at all. The post ‘Disclosure Day’: An Even Closer Encounter appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaThe SBC remains the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, so its decisions affect many Christians and impact the lives of women in the church. The post Women’s Ordination and the Future of the Church appeared first on Good Faith...
Good Faith Media“Enough” is what makes community possible. It is what reminds people that abundance is meant to be shared. The post When “Enough” Disappears: Elon Musk, Trillionaire Wealth, and a World Far From the Kin-dom of God appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Democrats hope Texas state legislator and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico can win a U.S. Senate seat by appealing to religious voters. Republicans are highlighting his progressive positions on gender, sexuality, abortion, and...
Feminism and ReligionPart 1 was posted last week. You can read it here. About ten years ago I began to keep a (public) though never advertised blog to help me keep track of my life. Because I am so severely directionally dyslexic this blog helped me to organize my...
Religion UnpluggedAuthorities in southwestern China launched a large-scale raid against Early Rain Covenant Church during its Sunday worship service on June 14, detaining dozens of believers, according to reports received by ChinaAid and a subsequent church...
Religion UnpluggedOne of America’s greatest and fearless investigative journalists, Amy Goodman, seeks the truth and reports it. Religion Unplugged sat down with her to discuss how her Jewish upbringing and its influences on her career and reporting.
Religion News Service(RNS) — More than 25,000 devotees of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) attended the parade, according to organizers.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) I am back home, writing at my desk in the Southern Highlands after two weeks visiting Scotland, Ireland, Wales and thereabouts. I remain a bit jet-lagged, as is common for folks of my age, but there is work to be done.
Religion UnpluggedA new Pew Research Center study found religious hostilities increased sharply around the world in 2023, driven by harassment of religious minorities and fallout from the Israel-Hamas war. Government restrictions on religion remained near record...
The ConversationResearch on social bonding suggests that common traditions can foster connection not only within communities but also across cultural and religious boundaries.
ReligionProfGenerosity and Justice: Mark 12:38-44 Sermon delivered at the Hoover Service, Lakeside Chautauqua, Sunday June 14th, 2026 As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to be greeted with respect in the...
Political TheologyTo be faithful to God’s promised covenant for communal flourishing, faith communities must reject the recycled rhetoric of “blood and soil” that is rapidly turning white supremacy into normalized governmental policy and practice. Source
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) The amount of cynicism in the world is sometimes hard for my mind to grasp. I really struggle watching TV shows and movies that have a really bleak view of the world. I don’t want to watch ”The Golden Girls” all the time (although it...
Good Faith Media“I am somebody” is a natural response to attempts to minimize one’s “me-ness,” to deny one’s aliveness through macro and microaggressions and inflictions of systematic pain and suffering. The post A Reading List for a Summer of Somebodiness...
Good Faith MediaIn any other place we’d be tokens. Here we’re community. The post From Tokens to Community: How the Anniversary of My Ordination Sparked a Movement appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedA new Catholic diocese in Bangladesh is creating a place of hope for people of all faith, especially in the fields of education and health. Bishop Paul Gomes was consecrated this month as the first bishop of the new diocese of Joypurhat in...
Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on April 28, 2014 In response to a recent blog on Buddhism and feminism by Oxana Poberejnaia, I stated that while I would agree that “clinging” to an identity is a cause of suffering, I am not in favor of “giving up”...
Religion UnpluggedFollowing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death in a US-Israeli strike and the renewed Israel-Iran conflict, Nigeria's Islamic Movement mobilized nationwide protests, reflecting deep ideological and spiritual ties to Iran while raising concerns among...
Ancient Jew ReviewThe twelve verses about the Magi in Matthew do not invite final answers; they invite attention, patience, and the persistence to keep digging.
Barth NotesFrom BBC News: A man has been found guilty of making sexual remarks to a group of girls aged between 12 and 14 in Dundee before grabbing and pushing one of them to the ground. Ilia Belov, 22, claimed he confronted the girls after receiving abusive...
PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionEvery year in my course “Feminism and the Environmental Movements,” we take a part of one class session about halfway through the semester and explore what an ecofeminist world should look like. I begin by drawing a large circle on the whiteboard,...
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaRecent results from Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll show increasingly restrictive moral beliefs among U.S. adults on several issues. The post Gallup Poll Finds Increasingly Restrictive Beliefs on Morality of Several Issues appeared first on...