Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., hosted a virtual town hall this week aimed at young, religious Americans in support of 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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After China’s latest security law restricting several freedoms, Hong Kongers are increasingly drawing parallels between China’s treatment of the Uyghurs and themselves, while fears heighten in Hong Kong’s Muslim minority for speaking out against the government.
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The struggle for a just and equal society isn’t only about Black people and racism, said Rev. William Barber at the 16th Street Baptist Church 57 years after the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls. He called for communities of faith to unify around shared values and concern for the vulnerable, and to reject the divisiveness that leads to violence.
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(REVIEW) While 83-year-old Pope Francis is in good health, that hasn’t stopped speculation over who will come next. In his new book, author George Weigel examines the problems affecting the church and what the next pope will need to do in order to address them. Think of it like a very long to-do memo for the next head of the Catholic church.
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(OPINION) As Biden married two men in his own home, he was making a statement about his own Catholic beliefs. As we inch closer to election day, how are Catholics viewing Biden’s own take on Catholicism?
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The data reveals a surprisingly complex picture of a religious group that can feel pulled in opposite directions on issues of policy and partisanship, still seeking to find an identity in American politics. While American Muslims support the Democrats by a landslide, they don’t agree on many progressive policy priorities.
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In emails with Religion Unplugged, former editor of evangelical magazine Christianity Today Mark Galli explains the timeline of his recently announced conversion to Catholicism and how it overlapped with his last two years at the influential publication, including his viral 2019 editorial calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
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In 1977, an archbishop was shot dead for protesting human rights abuses. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, in power for 34 years, denounces clergy activism. But this year, several pastors have joined in political activism for an opposition party, with one even running for president. They say Uganda needs leaders who understand religious freedom and Christian values.
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(OPINION) As Liberty makes shifts in both leadership and academics, how will they save their community from the “impurities” thrust upon them recently? Will Liberty University’s values be changed after fitting under the shamed prosperity gospel under Jerry Falwell Jr.?
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(OPINION) In Columbus, Ohio, a network of churches and faith-based organizations is providing safe, supervised spaces for kids without the resources at home to log into online learning. The school district is not endorsing or sponsoring the learning centers but are making sure parents know about them.
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(OPINION) As Uighur Muslims and Turkish Muslims continue to be oppressed by the Northern Chinese through “re-education camps,” most of the world watches silently. Soon, though, there will be access to an assessment by an Independent Inquiry affiliated with the Uighur Tribunal.
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(OPINION) How is the religious left trying to promote religious liberty in a time when many Democrats classify as religious ‘nones’? Is it simply a tactic in an attempt to win over anti-Trump religious voters? Ostling discusses the steps prioritized at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
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(OPINION) What potential does Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene have in the race for the House of Representatives? If elected, will she treat the entire Jewish population the same as she’s treated George Soros?
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Best-selling author Eric Metaxas acknowledged to ReligionUnplugged.com that he hit a protester on Aug. 27 who was verbally harassing Trump supporters as they left President Donald Trump’s speech during the Republican National Convention at the White House.
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In a letter from prominent Orthodox Jews, leaders explain that their utmost law must be the Torah — not common law from partisan leaders today. As politics continue to become more partisan, how will Jews stay fixed on the ideals of the Torah, not certain political leaders?
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Prominent evangelicals Francis Chan, John MacArthur, Sam Rodriguez, Andy Stanley and religious freedom experts weighed in on how churches should navigate changing COVID-19 guidelines that some say unfairly target houses of worship.
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(OPINION) The Hagia Sophia, or Holy Wisdom, reverted back to a mosque after centuries of it being an interfaith museum. This begs the question, is it ethical under Islamic law to seize what once was a church in the 21st century?
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(OPINION) Governments have often overstepped their bounds in restricting religious gatherings more than other types of gatherings in restaurants, protests or casinos. Media has unfairly blamed churches for spreading COVID-19 cases when they make up a tiny portion of the overall case spread. But should churches defy orders and worship in-person?
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(OPINION) The House’s Freethought Caucus attracts more members from the rising number of religious ‘nones’ in U.S. politics. With the growth of groups like these that promote the representation of the ‘nones,’ what is the future of the U.S. House’s religious standpoints?
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Over the weekend Indian security forces fired iron pellets into a peaceful Muslim procession in Kashmir that included children, citing the pandemic restrictions on large gatherings even though several Hindu pilgrimages have been allowed to continue. Although pellet fire has been used to quell political protests, this is the first time the government has used the condemned use of pellet fire on the Shia Muslim Muharram procession.
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