Reviews | The right to abortion is religious freedom for progressive Jews
Just as some Orthodox Jews have aligned themselves to the right on other issues, from Israel to immigration, they have also turned to the anti-abortion stance. Yet even the strictest interpretation leaves room for the life of the mother.…
Buhari greets US Secretary of State, speaks out on Nigeria’s removal from religious watchlist
President Muhammadu Buhari called Nigeria's recent removal from the list of countries violating religious freedom by the United States of America a welcome development.
He also spoke about the Lagos…
Young Religious Teachers Return to Class – St. Louis Jewish Light
The madrichim program is implemented in many synagogues across America. Molly Levine, Junior, Marquette High SchoolNovember 18, 2021As students return to school in person, Sunday School classes are also back. For many, the shift from…
The ironies of the LDS Church militarizing religious freedom
The Conservatives lost the "culture war" a long time ago and religious freedom is a lost cause.(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency delivers the 2021 Joseph Smith Lecture in the Dome…
China rejects US claims of religious freedom violation
China on Thursday criticized the United States for naming it along with Pakistan and others as "countries of particular concern" for the violation of religious freedom and accused Washington of frequently using religious matters…
NOTICE | Say a Prayer for WVU Religious Studies Program | Letters to the Editor
Editor's Note: The letter below is a submitted letter and does not reflect the editorial position of The…
It’s hard to write rules about religion
Just a few years ago, a shadow Labor attorney general reportedly proclaimed loud and clear that the only rights the Coalition ever wants to protect are those of fanatics, that any form of 'discrimination' is wrong, and that everyone has the…
State Department excludes Nigeria from list of people violating religious freedom
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the US State Department has announced its list of designations for religious freedom violators, state and non-state, according to a press release from Secretary of State Antony…
“It’s a sin”: Ruhaan Arshad quits the music industry for religious reasons
In a major decision, Hyderabadi rapper Ruhaan Arshad, who rose to fame with his rap song Miya Bhai a few years ago, recently announced that he had quit music. He shared a video on YouTube and announced that he quit the music industry after…
Fact-checking on allegations of illegal religious conversion of extremists in India
11/17/2021 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - On Sunday morning, October 10, Vijendra Prasad played the Dolluck, an Indian leather instrument, as he joined 70 other Christians to sing songs of praise in the Indian state…
composer Conor Mitchell on the challenge of religious orthodoxy from a queer perspective in MASS
As a homosexual, finding myself and "reborn" as an authentic "me" has always been kept in a state of balance with religious origins embedded in society since childhood. I reacted against it. Then I kissed him. Then I challenged it.…
Lawmakers defend religious freedom | Local
Idaho lawmakers took a stand for religious freedom and against COVID-19 mandates during a long, busy day on…
How is Saudi Arabia monitoring the religious ball in the global talent competition?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has tamed his kingdom's ultra-conservative religious establishment and made hyper-nationalism rather than religion a pillar of a new 21st century Saudi identity. But the first beneficiaries of a…
Revision of the bill on religious discrimination | The rural
Schools would be given legal protection to hire staff on the basis of faith under a bill expected to be submitted to the federal parliament as early as next week.However, Education Minister Alan Tudge said the religious discrimination bill…
“Midnight Mass”: A High Tension Thriller Supported by Deep and Memorable Religious Commentary
Celebrity horror director Mike Flanagan returns to Netflix for his third limited series, “Midnight Mass,” a religion-driven show that offers a great combination of powerful messages and stressful tension that he rides until the last…
Activists slam religious groups who claim ban violates human rights
LGBT + activists have criticized suggestions that banning conversion therapy could violate people's rights to religious freedom.
In recent months, the Scottish Parliament's Equalities Committee has heard from people wanting to ban the…
Current Report Analysis of India Religious and Spiritual Market 2021-2026
India Religious and Spiritual Market Report
The Indian religious and spiritual market has been categorized based on industry, revenue source, distribution channel, and religion.…
Ramifications of lying on a religious exemption form for COVID-19 vaccinations
For most facilities, the deadline to be fully immunized against COVID-19 has passed or is fast approaching, leaving some nurses feeling more pressure than ever.Many hoped to call their healthcare organization's bluff, but are now scrambling…
There’s no genre called religious cinema, says religious studies professor
TEHRAN (IQNA) - Professor S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate believes that religion is not a separate genre in cinema, as it appears in other major genres such as science fiction, romance, comedy, fantasy.
Religious cinema and the production…
Opinion: No matter your religion, everyone benefits from religious studies classes | Opinion
It was after registering for a course called "Magic and Religion" my first year that I decided to pursue a…
Levene named Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Religious Studies
Nancy LeveneNancy Levene, a philosopher whose research spans religious studies, political theory, literature and the arts, and has focused on the ethical implications of our notions of modernity, has been named the Brooks and Suzanne…
Albert J. Raboteau, who transformed black religious studies, dies at 78
When Albert was still a baby, his mother, Mabel (Ishem) Raboteau, a teacher and domestic worker, moved with him and his two sisters to Ann Arbor, Michigan, both to escape the horrors of the Jim Crow Deep era. South and to find new…
For the Getlin conference on religious studies, José Cabezón discusses “the Buddhist sexual…
The Department of Religious Studies at Trinity College hosted its annual Getlin Lecture, "The Buddhist Sexual Body," presented by José I. Cabezón, Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies at the!-->…
Religious Studies Specialist Anthea Butler Discusses Racism in American Evangelism at UNIV101…
Religious studies scholar Anthea Butler addressed racism in American evangelism, describing it as a feature, not a bug, during Tuesday's "UNIV101 Presents" webinar titled "Religion, Race, and the…
Public health should take precedence over religious views – The Daily Gazette
If you want to send your child to New York Public School, you cannot apply for a religious exemption from vaccination under a law passed in 2019 and upheld by a state appeals court earlier this year. .
The reason is that society's…
Albert J. Raboteau Changed Both American Religious Studies and African American Studies
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For those condemned to death in Louisiana, a judge orders common lunches, a religious service, a…
With dozens of Louisiana death row inmates awaiting executions that may never happen, the state's Department…
A Guide to Seminaries, Schools of Theology, Theology and Religious Studies | Best graduate schools
Anyone who finds religion fascinating and cares about the subject can pursue a university degree in this field. Enthusiastic followers of a well-known world religion like Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Taoism or of an…
Mount Union religious studies professor to lecture
ALLIANCE - Dr Susan Haddox, professor of religious studies at Mount Union University, will present the faculty lecture on October 12 at 7 p.m. at the Presser Recital Hall at Cope Music Hall on the Mount Union campus.Haddox will present…
Atheists want religious studies to be cut from Kenya’s school curriculum
Atheists in Kenya Society (AIK) called for the abolition of religious studies from the Kenyan education system.
AIK President Nyende Mumia said Christian, Islamic and Hindu religious education (CRE, IRE and HRE) should be removed from the…
COVID Faith: Are Your Religious Views “Sincere”?
Amid endless debates over masks, vaccine warrants and recalls, a particularly thorny COVID-19 question arises: How do we know whether a request for a religious exemption from the COVID vaccine is sincere?How could one even measure faithful…
Mythology scholar Robert Segal * 84 shapes religious studies
Courtesy of Robert Segal * 84Gnostic myths "postulate worlds and gods beyond our own," says Segal
Robert Segal * 84 is a mythical figure. He holds the Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen and is one of…
British Columbia “vaccination card” required for many indoor activities, but religious…
This story is in development and may be updated. Last updated August 25 with comments from the Civil Liberties Associations of Canada and British Columbia.
The vaccination cards the BC government announced today will…
The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies welcomes 2 post-docs
August 17, 2021
The American Political Science Association appointed Arizona State University Associate Professor Marc Ramirezthe most recent book in, the best book on race, ethnicity and politics…
2021 sees the number of entrants in religious studies at level A increase
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An increase in the number of religious studies students at A…
Increase in the number of candidates for religious studies Level A renews the request for additional…
A SIGNIFICANT increase in the number of religious studies (SR) students at level A - larger than for history or political studies - has led to new calls for greater protection of the subject and a national plan for the protection of the…
Gorski appointed Goff professor of sociology and religious studies
Philippe S. Gorski World-renowned sociologist and religious scholar Philip S. Gorski has been appointed Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Professor of Religious Studies, effective immediately.
He is a member of the…
Stanford religious studies professor Van A. Harvey has died
Van A. HarveyReligious studies professor George Edwin Burnell, emeritus, and a devoted leader and builder of the department, died in his Palo Alto home on July 11. He was 95 years old.
Harvey joined the Stanford School of Humanities and…
Haifa University’s Religious Studies Laboratory receives $ 50,000 donation from Wayfarer…
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The University of Haifa today announced that its religious studies laboratory has received a donation of $ 50,000 from the Illinois-based Wayfarer Foundation and board member Steve Sarowitz, a businessman.…
A scholar, teacher – and champion – of religious studies
Harry "Skip" Stout's enthusiasm for the study of religion in American life is contagious. Just ask one of its former graduate students.
Catherine Brekus '93 Ph.D. was a first year doctoral student at Yale in the fall of 1987 when she…
The Affair of the Apes in the Scriptures Classroom Archive, 1974 | Religious Studies and Theology
Over the past few months, with very little national attention, a controversy has developed over religious education in Birmingham, prompting local comparisons to Tennessee's famous "monkey trial" in 1925.It is at least from this perspective…
Rabbi declares science ‘nonsense’ and advocates religious studies instead
ISRAELL got it last month a new government - a "bad guy" meant to boost secular education and withhold money from schools that refuse to study subjects such as English, science and math.
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This, along with the fact that…
UVa President Ryan on UVa Religious Studies Professors Attacking Evangelicals
UVa President James Ryan
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University of Virginia President Jim Ryan was kind enough to read my column detailing the unacceptable behavior of two professors in the Department of Religious Studies.
There are two…
Legislation proposed to end compulsory religious worship in schools
A new bill proposing to replace compulsory religious worship in English schools with "inclusive assemblies" will be considered in Parliament.
The Education (Assemblies) Bill, if it were to become law, would mean that schools would no…
Cassie Ball – Religious Studies – Old Gold and Black
Elder Cassie Ball did not come to Wake Forest thinking she was majoring in religious studies. If anything, the major found it.
A native of Beckley, Virginia, Ball said she initially discovered Wake Forest through a recommendation from a…
Retired religious studies faculty member, minister who will host ALR’s May programs
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New Mexico State University's Academy for Retired Learning (ALR) has announced that a retired clergyman and university faculty member in religious studies will lead the series Zoom from…
Christine Hayes appointed Sterling Professor of Religious Studies
Christine hayesChristine Hayes, a specialist in classical rabbinic Judaism specializing in Talmudic-Midrashic studies and Jewish law in Late Antiquity, has been appointed Sterling Professor of Religious Studies, effective February 20.…
NOTICE | The university should expand the offer of religious studies
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New Orleans is intimately linked to religion. Take Jackson Square, a nationally recognized city landmark. Its emblematic decor is the Saint-Louis Cathedral. Louisiana, as a state, ranks third nationally…
A big change for religious studies | Information Center
The department has changed its name to better reflect its broad academic scope and mission.…
Supreme Court of the United States grants another victory to religious worship in California |…
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court has once again sided with California houses of worship in their…
Religious studies in danger of becoming “invisible”
A new report questions the "institutional dominance of theology" and warns that the discipline of religious studies "is in danger of becoming institutionally invisible".
The report, recently published by the British Association for the…
Know the religious songs and other works of a veteran singer
Veteran Punjabi Folk singer Sardool Sikander passed away at the age of 60 on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Sikander made his first radio and television appearances in the early 1980s with his intro album. The roads made Laari. His…
Religious studies strike back
In his response to my "controversy", Caleb Smith presents himself as a "critic of secularism". This is, I think, an accurate description. It might surprise him to learn that I too am critical. This remark of The Oxford Handbook on…
Christmas Music Playlist: Favorite Folk and Religious Songs and Carols
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A collection of my favorite folk and religious songs and songs.
Bbefore Spotify, CDs, tape recorders, radios and gramophones, to…
Supreme Court orders revision of NJ COVID rules on religious worship
The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Catholic priest from North Caldwell and a rabbi from Lakewood who sued Governor Phil Murphy over coronavirus restrictions on religious services as the court overturned a lower…
University Subject Profile: Religious Studies and Theology | Religious Studies and Theology
What you will learnDepending on the course, you will learn about the traditions of the major world religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. You will study their historical, theological, anthropological and…
Why do people suffer? – KS3 Religious Studies – BBC Bitesize
Why do people suffer? This is a difficult question to answer, especially for religious people. Because if God is omniscient, which means he knows everything, and omnipotent, he is all powerful and benevolent, he is kind, then why does he…
What happens when you die? – KS3 Religious Studies – BBC Bitesize
What happens when you die? No one really knows this, but some people believe that when their body dies, their spirit or soul continues to live elsewhere. The soul, some say, is a spark of life. The real you. Your mind, your personality,…
Is the Earth sacred? – KS3 Religious Studies – BBC Bitesize
Is the Earth sacred? Or to put it another way, is it sacred? Is it special? Is it worth our respect? What if this is the case, and if not, who is responsible for taking care of it?Most religions believe the Earth is sacred because God…
Does the way we treat animals matter? – KS3 Religious Studies – BBC Bitesize
We use animals in all kinds of ways: for food, work, sport and entertainment. But does it matter how we treat animals?Hindus and Sikhs believe that the life of God lives in all things and that animals should be treated kindly. And in…
Call to include atheism in religious education | Religious Studies and Theology
Religious education in schools needs a major overhaul to reflect an increasingly diverse world and should include the study of atheism, agnosticism and secularism, a two-year survey concluded. .The topic should be renamed Religion and…
Seven Simple Steps to Including Religious Studies in a Lesson (Reviews)
Today, Benjamin Pietro Marcus, specialist in religious literacy at the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, shares concrete strategies to build a lesson enriched by religious studies. This article is based on that of…
Parents will take government over GCSE religious studies | GCSE
A group of parents and their children are to go to court to challenge the Government's decision to exclude non-religious worldviews from the new GCSE in Religious Studies.Under the revised curriculum, which will be taught in schools from…
Stanford professor emeritus of religious studies Edwin Good dies at 86
Stanford Report, November 17, 2014
Hebrew Bible scholar and piano historian, Edwin Good was known for his literary approach to ancient Hebrew texts and his passion for ancient pianos.
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