(OPINION) When Communists in the North banned Christianity, the faith surged in popularity in the South. Many South Koreans see parallels with Confucianism’s strong gender roles, support for traditional families and respect for authority and want what America has: wealth, freedom and “divine blessings.”
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(OPINION) Liberty University’s administrators should reevaluate their control over the campus newspaper. Their academic integrity and reputation, and their students, would be better for it.
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Paying for prayers, bishops with ties to the Kremlin and communist structures built around ancient churches — the society ruled by the Byzantines, then the Ottomans and then the Soviets is now reckoning with finding faith on its own.
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The anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center is always a busy time for Stanley Praimnath. He has found purpose in talking about his experience that day, and he wants to share it with anyone willing to listen.
Read MoreThousands of Kashmiri youth have been arrested on vague charges under a law that allows detentions up to two years before a trial. We spoke to their families.
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A study that found there’s no single gene linked to homosexual behavior has been largely met with praise by some Christian leaders and shrugs by others.
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(OPINION) Follow the New York Times’ “Sunday Routine” column for a few weeks and you might notice a conspicuous absence: going to church. More Americans are making choices that traditionally involved church, like weddings and Sunday mornings, without it.
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Her next book examines domestic violence in evangelicals’ marriages and how church leaders can respond better. Listen to our podcast for the full interview or read the text summary.
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(OPINION) Journalists should consult AP guidelines before using the term fundamentalist. Its meaning is often misunderstood and misused.
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(OPINION) Christian and former USA gymnast Rachael Denhollander has written a memoir of her sexual abuse and healing, including grappling with the reality of good and evil, and God.
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Umbrella City Cyberchurch leaders are not satisfied after Hong Kong’s chief executive announced this week that the extradition bill will be withdrawn. They are pushing for more democratic reform for security against China’s reach.
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(OPINION) It’s back to school time, but media coverage of Catholic schools — unless there’s a scandal — is lacking. Given that some Catholic schools in low-income neighborhoods outperforming public schools, private religious schools deserve more coverage.
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(OPINION) For a Christian satire publication, fact and fiction are getting harder to distinguish from one another and politics is harder to separate from religion.
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Locusts destroyed crops in Yemen this summer during a famine that’s already reaching biblical proportions. While some see the insects as a blessing to eat, others believe the pests are a punishment from Allah.
Read More(OPINION) The international community should brace for serious trouble if India continues to revoke citizenship of people who settled there after fleeing Bangladesh.
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Netanyahu has planned to visit the site of the bloody 1929 riots that killed nearly 70 Jews and has fueled tension with Palestine ever since.
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After prayers at their mosque, hundreds of Kashmiris shouted slogans for India to leave Kashmir and prevented security forces from entering the area. Security forces responded with tear gas, pellet fire and chili grenades.
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(OPINION) The number of religiously unaffiliated people has reached or surpassed some of the largest religious groups in the U.S. Researchers are puzzled about why left-leaning churches are losing so many young people while the country moves left on many moral issues. It may be due to what they think “religious” actually means.
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Risco Mention-Lewis is leading a community policing initiative in New York’s Suffolk County that heals trauma and invests in people. Her approach reflects her divine inspiration.
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(FILM REVIEW) These satanists may not constitute their own religion, but they want religious freedom laws to protect every faith equally and use the devil to push their message.
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