(ANALYSIS) Across American history, many colleges have attenuated or dropped their original religious purposes. Harvard University stripped down its 17th-century Latin motto, âVeritas Christo et Ecclesiaeâ (Truth for Christ and the Church) to simply âVeritas.â However, Baylor still proclaims âintegrating academic excellence and Christian commitmentâ as its core mission.
Read MoreIn a new book, a religious studies scholar discusses how the concepts of conversion, testimony and purity can be used to study the vaccine hesitancy movement. Author Kira Ganga Kieffer explains how the vaccine hesitancy movement became bound up with religious liberty activists in trying to preserve their rights.
Read MoreAfter several churches and other places of worship were demolished, a public outcry forced Uganda to pause a project that aimed to clean up cities and enforce zoning regulations. But now, government officials say, the project is back on, and more unsanctioned structures might be on the chopping block.
Read More(ANALYSIS) After years of religious decline, itâs understandable that faith leaders would celebrate any indication of renewal. Yet the eagerness to tout young menâs religious interest and relatively muted discussion of young womenâs decreased attachment mirrors a current that has washed through many American churches for over a generation.
Read MoreThe Pew Research Center analysis, released on Thursday, based on surveys conducted in 24 countries, examined âreligious switchingâ â when people adopt a different religion than the one in which they were raised. The findings reveal a complex picture within Christianity, particularly between its two largest branches: Catholicism and Protestantism.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Adults who attend multiple congregations are more likely to be politically liberal, whereas political conservatives are more likely to always attend one congregation. Researchers also found, among other things, that evangelicals are less likely to attend multiple places of worship than Catholics.
Read More(ANALYSIS) American religion has rarely, if ever, seen anything quite like these past weeks. Start with President Donald Trumpâs profane Easter Sunday message to Iran. Making matters worse, the president then took on Pope Leo, saying the pontiff is a âvery liberal personâ who is âweak on crimeâ and âterrible on foreign policy.â
Read More(ANALYSIS) For two decades, Christian television channels produced in the United States and Europe have made their way into Iranian homes. Some of this programming echoes apocalyptic ideas from American figures promoting the war, drawing on scriptural interpretations long present in evangelical teachings.
Read More(ANALYSIS) There is a shift happening among young adults when it comes to church attendance, but itâs not Gen-Z men becoming more religious, as some suggest. Instead, young women are leaving the church in droves â bringing them on par with their male counterparts for the first time in American history.
Read More(ANALYSIS) In a world in which the Vatican has only soft power, the popeâs decrees carry only as much power as they are given. But however soft the popeâs power may be, that surreal Vatican visit to the Pentagon suggests that even the best-armed military in the world is afraid of it.
Read MoreIndiaâs leading Catholic publisher has been awarded a papal knighthood in recognition of his groundbreaking efforts in developing Catholic editions of the English Standard Version (ESV) and the New Living Translation (NLT), both American Evangelical translations of the Bible.
Read More(ANALYSIS) The Democratic Senate candidacy of James Talarico in Texas represents more than a conventional partisan contest. If he succeeds, it would signal a reopening of that religious space for the left. If he fails, it will only reinforce the notion that overtly Christian rhetoric remains the domain of conservative politics.
Read MoreIn true Trump fashion, Jackson Lahmeyer â founder of Pastors for Trump â is touting a âHUGE Announcementâ next week and hinting strongly that heâll enter the race for Oklahomaâs 1st Congressional District seat.
Read MoreThe movie has all the beats you want: Likeable characters, a clear villain, good pacing, decent scares and a clear social fear itâs tapping into. It also has the typical horror contrivances where characters have to be extremely obtuse or be insanely unlucky to keep them from getting out of the situation almost immediately.
Read MoreUpward Sports was founded in 1995 and, according to the organization, has grown to become the worldâs largest Christian youth sports ministry. Local churches provide more than 1,500 Upward Sports experiences that include a myriad of activities such as basketball, soccer, cheer, volleyball, flag football, baseball, softball and pickleball.
Read MoreThe church, led by Driscoll, who has previously been accused of fiscal mismanagement, reports more than 5,000 people attend weekly services, and this new location is slated to be its âpermanent home.â
Read More(ANALYSIS) Recent events in Minnesota have exposed a thin understanding of religious freedom, reducing it to boundary enforcement rather than sustaining institutions that form moral life. The moment calls for deeper discernment: protecting worship without criminalizing dissent.
Read More(ANALYSIS) After 188 years of illustrious efforts worldwide, the PCUSAâs foreign mission agency is disbanding. The denomination said it would no longer dispatch a corps of career missionaries overseas, though it will continue to aid international partners.
Read MoreReligious minorities in Iran are facing more persecution, human rights watchdog organizations warned in a report released on Thursday. Some policy analysts said last yearâs conflict with Israel and the U.S. may have pushed the regime to look for a âscapegoatâ to blame â and found it in religious and ethnic minorities.
Read More(ANALYSIS) President Trumpâs deportation drive is reshaping the 2026 battle for Congress, but celebrity protests and mass demonstrations show little evidence of moving voters. The real test may come in churches, especially among Catholics, whose leaders condemn mass deportations and whose increasingly fluid voting patterns could decide close races.
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