Religion studies

At buda.org.br While Buddhism has long been a subject of 'theological' study in academia, there is lingering doubt in Buddhist circles, including among academic and monastic authorities, as to the validity of the word 'theology'.…

A prominent German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, defined enlightenment as "the emergence of humanity from self-imposed immaturity". Enlightenment is the first step to emancipation, the highest human virtue and a promised status that…

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Alex Coles hugs a wooden pew at St James's Church in Northampton. He's a tight fit for his 6ft 8in frame but, as the son of two vicars, he's in familiar surroundings."This is the church where the Northampton Saints started," he explains.…

NB The following journal describes the theft of government funds by the leadership of the Central United Talmudic Academy (CUTA) in particular - and perhaps of the Hasidic Yeshivas in general. I offer no criticism of rank and…

In this excerpt from Dylan Reeve Fake Believe: Conspiracy Theories in Aotearoa, the author grapples with the questions of why some people come up with conspiracy theories – and why some believe them. MMore than almost any other question,…

Oberlin College's Jewish Studies program celebrates its 50th anniversary with two days of events on October…

Inequality is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for discrimination. Scandinavian countries have high income inequality with little discrimination. Conversely, a few countries in Eastern Europe have no gender pay gap, but…

ROSARY RALLY: The seventh annual Rosary Rally in the public square of Our Lady of Fatima is today with a mass at St. Columba's Cathedral at 10:30 a.m. and a Eucharistic…

Five new Fellows joined the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts this fall. The Society is an interdisciplinary community of postdoctoral fellows and Princeton faculty members which aims to bring innovative approaches to scholarship…

Tufts Chabad, a center for Jewish life on campus, is introducing new courses that cover a wide variety of topics, including Talmudic Perspectives on Today's Perspectives and Outsmarting Anti-Semitism. Chabad will offer these courses in…

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At her husband's private funeral, Queen Elizabeth II sat alone by the altar in St. George's Chapel, socially distant from her family and wearing a black pandemic mask.This searing portrait of grief moved viewers around the world. And as…

As abortion restrictions become law in states across the country, faculty and staff in some of those states face increasing limits on what they can say about reproductive health. In some cases, the vagueness of untested laws coupled with…

Matriprasad completed his studies at the Sri Aurobindo International Center for Education in 1975 and then joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. Currently, he assists the Ashram administrators in their administrative…

Eat cultured meat without killing. Part Three: Hindus? Jains? Hindu food. Will meat grown without killing be attractive to Hindus? Jains? In this series of Patheos articles on public theology, we began by asking ourselves in…

(Getty/Andrii Lutsyk/Ascent Xmedia) MMost progressive liberals are aware of the dangers of borrowing from racially marginalized communities. My students are no exception. They quickly identify and condemn forms of…

LGBTQ+ students at Yeshiva University (YU) wanted their own organization, the YU Pride Alliance. Like all bands with common interests, they wanted to celebrate their commonalities, offer each other support and encouragement,…

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By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - Yeshiva University cannot ban an LGBT student club after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block a judge's ruling ordering the New York Jewish school to officially recognize the group.The judges, in…

Mysore/Mysore: Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) Vice President of Educational Institutions D. Surendra Kumar said that a memorial for the Jain Queen Rani Chennabhairadevi will be built at the upcoming theme park near Karwar, the…

NEWARK — Dozens of flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed Sunday due to reports of a suspicious package, according to reports.Around 1 p.m., the official EWR Twitter account said Levels 1 and 2 of Terminal C had been…

MIDDLEBURG - The path to inspiration can often be as winding as the journey of a lifetime. For one local…

LAWRENCE - The importance of knowing what's going on in your neighborhood and defending its honor is at least as old as comparable societal expectations in the 17eof the Netherlands of the last century, according to a new book by a…

Celebrating the dragon boat festival at an intangible cultural heritage exhibition park in Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, June 25, 2020. /Xinhua…

When I bought the book, I had no intention of reading it. It was an act of solidarity, I said to myself at 18. Surely there was a bit of a challenge, a dig at my prep school, mixed up too.The Wheeler School used to encourage seniors to…

Christian nationalists scare me.Do they scare you?They should.Who are these people and what is their movement?Christian nationalism "is the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity and that the government should take…

In the richest country in the world, millions of people still live in poverty. In 2020, according to usafacts.org, 11.4% of Americans live in poverty. And, as census.gov reports, that…

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By Michel Sincere 5 Tips from the “Financial Feminist”: “Stop spending money on things you don't care about. » By the age of 25, Tori Dunlap had saved $100,000 and used the money to start a business,…

THE number of pupils taking religious studies at GCSEs in England and Wales this year rose by 0.6% to 253,225 - in contrast to the decline in the number of people taking the subject at A level (News , August 18). But activists say the…

Next November, the Quebec Court of Appeal will hear the appeal of Hak v. Attorney General of Quebec on the constitutionality of Bill 21, which prohibits public service workers from wearing religious symbols.…

Top stories of the week on paganism and Shintoism: UK: Cornwall's Christian leaders oppose Earth Goddess statue 7,000-year-old 'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges as water levels drop Japan: Flaming figures of Kyoto bonfire ritual burn…

Over 16% of female Muslim students obtained their Transfer Certificate (TC) in the second, third, fourth and fifth semesters of government and aided colleges affiliated with Mangalore University in Karnataka, Deccan Herald reports. This…

On March 1, the Chinese government enacted sweeping restrictions on religious communication, teaching, and evangelistic efforts conducted online. Now, only religious groups with government approval can carry out such activities. Various…

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Guest columnist Elizabeth "Lizzy" Cole is student body president and a rising senior at Baldwin Wallace University, where she studies mild/moderate educational needs while pursuing a minor in psychology. Operating on a platform of…

The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China. Its members who are in South Korea should not be deported there.by Bitter WinterAn artistic depiction of the persecution of The Church of Almighty God in…

The mysterious death of a high school athlete who spent days helping fellow Eastern Kentucky people clean up historic flooding has added another layer of grief to the tragedy.On Wednesday, Aaron "Mick" Crawford was counted as the 38th…

Professor Ebenezer Obadare It is not uncommon for religion to receive all the attention in the run-up to next year's presidential election in Nigeria. For better or worse, Nigerians take religion very seriously, and the often…

The book in the Cambridge Elements series may one day be remembered as the first "Scientology Studies 2.0" textbook.by Massimo IntrovignéThe cover of Westbrook's new book.Cambridge Elements was launched by Cambridge University Press in 2019…

Kindy DeLong, Religion Professor and Associate Dean of Seaver College, poses on Pepperdine's main campus. De Long, who is a Seaver ('87) alumna, said God led her to teach Bible Scripture as a career. Photo courtesy of Pepperdine…

BRIDGEPORT — A California-based nonprofit that promotes civic engagement has awarded its first student award to a group of middle school students who successfully convinced the school district to recognize a Muslim holiday. The…

In April 1955, I sat in the back row of the fifth grade classroom in Flint, Michigan and watched my classmates walk forward, roll up their sleeves, and prepare for their shot. The Salk vaccine had been…

When we talk about religious beliefs, the language we use often sorts people into rigid, binary groups. You are either a theist or an atheist. A believer or a non-believer. But take a closer look at how people conceptualize God and the…

With hindsight, Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz doubts that his visit to Auschwitz at the age of 12 was appropriate for his age. On the other hand, his childhood visit to Poland, which included the stop in the extermination camp, set the…

Credit: flickr/suelenpessoa I remember sitting in my car one day, pondering the question, "Why do I keep struggling with lingering shame?" » I have read a lot about shame, whether from a psychological, social, theological or…

Eid al-Adha celebration a first for East End; "happiness has arrived", says the imam Imam Ahmed Essam Ibrahim traveled to the village of Southampton from St. James for a public Eid al-Adha celebration with the Islamic Center of the…

The Engi Shozan, literally "Mountain Stories of Origin" is a Shugendo document dating from the 12th century. This document forms the basis of a documentary film created by two sisters, Carina and Sandra Roth, one of the few documentaries…

Comment this storyCommentORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Central Florida has removed anti-racism statements from departmental websites, a move a professor has decried as an "attack on academic freedom" following the passage of legislation…

It should be noted that three justices of the Supreme Court of the United States appointed to this Court by Donald J. Trump prioritize the freedom of religion to discriminate against others on people's freedom not to be…

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Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church The church, at the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z, Phoenix, will hold Vespers services at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 9 and Tuesday, July!-->…

Rabbi Evan Susman Rabbi Susman to Host Alternative Shabbat Services, Offer Pastoral Care and More Boca Raton, FL – B'nai Torah Congregation, the largest conservative synagogue in Southeast Florida, today announced that Rabbi…

Taliban members attend the press conference on a new hijab command by Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada in Kabul, Afghanistan May 7, 2022. An assembly of religious leaders from…

Earlier this week, a police case was filed in Karnataka that an underage Muslim boy returning from the madrassa was assaulted by two men "of another religion" who abused him and ripped his clothes off. The allegation was reported in the…

As Virginians grapple with the implications of the repeal of Roe v. Wade by the United States Supreme Court, some local religious leaders affirm their personal positions on abortion, reflecting a diversity of views among…

The blood of Arab citizens has become cheap in the eyes of Arab leaders, and images of Palestinians murdered at the hands of the criminal Israeli occupation forces fill television screens, but we do nothing. This is why bloodshed across…

Photo courtesy www.naranggopichand.com He had an unshakeable belief in the trinity of “language, culture and literature”. True, he had inherited a belief system from his ancestors and, as his last rites showed, he was…

JOB SUMMARY: The Food Security and Livelihoods Advisor is an experienced Technical Specialist and part of the Technical Unit team within International Medical Corps. This position will provide technical leadership and support in the…

Mukti Patel first visited India during his gap year after high school. Born in Canada and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Patel was eager to see the country where her parents grew up. The trip included a visit to his parents' home…

As a society, we need a finer distinction between psychiatric illnesses and behavioral problems caused by trauma.While obviously not all traumatized people end up committing a crime, it is an underestimated fact that most ex-prisoners in…

Design and implementation of the studyThis study was based on a large community cross-sectional survey, Liberia Demographic Health Survey (LDHS), conducted from October 16, 2019 to February 12, 2020 in Liberia. The 2019-2020 EDD used a…

Hi. My name is Aisha and I'm a Disney adult. But I'm not like those other Disney adults - I'm a cool Disney Adult. I certainly never threw a wedding where I asked my guests to find their own way to eat during the reception, as my…

The leader of a Christian denomination has declared his intention to join the local political field ahead of this year's elections because he has overwhelming support from people who want change. Pastor Tuiloma Tawaivuna, head of the…

The United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Oman and Iraq are among at least 15 Muslim-majority nations have condemned the remarks as "Islamophobic", with several countries summoning Indian ambassadors. The incident sparked protests in neighboring…

Jodi I'll tell you what, as a professor of religious studies, you can tell me anything you'd like about Disney World and the research you do there - absolutely anything, anything, any topic of Disney-related research is prohibited. From…

Women online experience a disproportionate amount of harm and abuse, but it's not all based on their gender. This “cyberviolence” is also shaped by a range of other intersecting factors such as race, religion, social class, caste and…

Caroline McDonald, left, a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join an abortion rights rally outside the Supreme Court on…

The Logan Gathering will feature hundreds of presenters from around the world.(Tribune File Photo) Brigham Young, second President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | June 2, 2022, 12:35 p.m.With more than 200…

HWPL's 9th Annual Declaration of World Peace Commemoration Held Online May 25e, 2022, to face the current threats to life and stability due to wars and conflicts. With 3,000 attendees representing politics, religion, academia, media and…

(The Conversation) - The warm welcome Americans and Europeans extended to Ukrainians in 2022 stands in stark contrast to the uneven — and often hostile — policies toward Syrian refugees in the mid-2010s. Political scientist David Laitin has…

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It's afternoon during early voting and supporters of the two Democratic candidates vying for the seat of Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson are busy catching voters before they enter a polling station…

Photos by Argenis Apolinario, Bruce Gilbert and Dana Maxson“No one is an island. No one is alone. Everyone's joy is my joy,” Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, told the more than 16,000 people gathered at the Rose Hill…

Twenty-five years ago, when I was a young anthropologist working in northern Siberia, the native hunters, fishers, and trappers I lived with would often stop and solemnly offer something to the tundra. It was usually small in size,…

Sunday marked the day of Visakha Bucha which is the commemoration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha. Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, but we cannot deny that faith in Buddhism has…

Eleven local singers have been named winners of the Marshall Symphony Orchestra's annual Voices 3.0…

More than 180 Hong Kongers have been arrested under the national security law so far. (Case)Hong Kong: China on Thursday defended the arrest of a 90-year-old Catholic cardinal under Hong Kong's national security law, a move…

The Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government (CCCG) congratulates nine Menard Tocqueville Family Scholars on their upcoming graduation from the University of Notre Dame. The Menard Family Tocqueville Fellowship Program…

Ithaca College's faculty council met May 3 for its final meeting of spring 2022 to discuss employee benefits, elect the executive committee for the 2022-23 academic year, award degrees, and meet with the President…

Reverend Phyllis Spiegel, who is set to replace Bishop Scott Hayashi, is eager to “meet and converse” with Latter-day Saint authorities. (Photo courtesy) Reverend Phyllis Spiegel is set to become the 12th Episcopal Bishop of Utah and the…

A church in Nashik, Maharashtra, held a multi-faith iftar celebration to spread a strong message of brotherhood and communal harmony. Namaz was offered in the church and its resident priest prayed alongside the Muslims.At Holy Cross Church…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Holocaust survivors around the world have united to deliver a message about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global anti-Semitism.In a video posted ThursdayTo mark Yom!-->!-->…

For anti-abortion believers, suicide prevention should be important. According to recent studies, children and adolescents who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community are at a higher risk of suicide. The Carroll County School Board of…

Sajeda Yagoub, a senior at Evanston Township High School, said she often doesn't feel represented in her history lessons. "When you hear about the history of the United States, it's usually like, 'Oh, this white guy did that,' and it's…

(April 20, 2022 / JNS) The following is an abridged version of the Distinguished Rennert Lecture, delivered on April 19 by Ambassador David Friedman after receiving the Guardian of Zion Award from the Ingeborg Rennert Center for…

(JTA) — I grew up with "Encyclopedia Brown", a series of books about an elementary school Sherlock Holmes who solves one-minute mysteries. You know the guy, "If you didn't steal the bike, how did you know it was blue?"!-->…

Studies on HIV-related stigma/discrimination have found that stigma tends to be higher among people with low media exposure than among those with high media exposure . In light of this, the present study investigated the association…

"The God of this grand universe is so wonderful. I read many of your books and followed you on this column for two years before contacting you about my issues. I trained my wife in college with my money and she graduated and…

Special Report with Bret Baier - Wednesday, April 6 In today's episode of "Special Report," Bret reports that violence continues across Ukraine as millions of Ukrainian civilians go hungry and stranded. Meanwhile, former President Obama…

The Center for Religion and Conflict has launched a new initiative to address how spirituality plays a role in daily public life. The Spirituality and Public Life initiative,…

A multidisciplinary team of national and international leaders, led by Sam ParniMD, PhD, Director of Critical Care and Resuscitation Research at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, published "Guidelines and Standards for the Study of Death…

The Policy Department organized a presentation on April 4 to raise awareness of the abuses seen in faith-based higher education in Africa. Lady Ajayi, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Politics…

Banner photo by Anders Krøgh Jørgensen on Unsplash Donick Cary wrote for David Letterman and helped produce the Emmy-winning film The simpsons and Parks and recreation. So how could a funny guy like him tackle the sensitive topics…

Montclair State University has announced that students with religious exemptions to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine will no longer be allowed to live on campus starting this summer. Students with religious exemptions are expressing…

Gloria Peacock of St. Joseph's Parish, Kilaben Bay, Toronto, was inspired by the words "Don't be afraid to speak the truth" by Sr. Joan Chittister and talks about how this value and an ecumenical perspective came to life in his own journey…

"As we are swept away by waves of grief or fires of rage, global pandemic, climate catastrophe and social injustice, can we channel our energies into strengths?" The University of Toronto Frances Garrett hope the answer will be "yes".…

Assistant Professor of Applied Microeconomics Jonathan Moreno-Medina studies the effect of church attendance on crime and how weather conditions can affect the relationship between the two. His research stemmed from archaic assumptions…