Where Trump succeeds is in presenting himself as a Christian nationalist, much as Putin and Modi style themselves as the stout defenders of their countries’ dominant religions. (Common Dreams) It was a striking moment: Donald ...
After Israel, the Islamic Republic is home to the largest population of Jews in the Middle East. On December 14, 2019, a white male entered the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills, vandalizing the sanctuary. He unrolled Torah ...
Rami Malek has agreed to portray a terrorist in the next Bond film but promised the villain will be “a very different kind.” Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek revealed that he would only play the new ...
The largest donor in the openDemocracy investigation on dark money groups is the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. A recent report from openDemocracy shows U.S.-based religious rights groups have spent at least $50 million on ‘dark ...
Director Garth Davis allegedly focuses on the feminine influences of Mary Magdalene, but the film has also been met with controversy because neither lead actors are of Middle Eastern descent. The new movie Mary Magdalene ...
As a religious ritual that goes back to the practice of the Prophet, Friday prayers hold a special place for Muslims. (By Rose S. Aslan, The Conversation) Following the terror attack on two New Zealand ...
A documentary looking back at Jim Jones and the massacre in Jonestown, Guyana warns of cult-like devotion to demagogues. Forty years ago, a self-styled holy man named Jim Jones oversaw the mass slaughter of nearly ...
Creators of the new faith-based show, God Friended Me, claim that they’re seeking to find the “middle ground between a believer and a nonbeliever.” Religion and mainstream television don’t often go hand in hand, but the ...
A Montana jury slapped the Jehovah’s Witnesses church with a $35 million penalty. Two women filed a lawsuit against Max Reyes, an elder of the church, for sex abuse but the financial compensation was awarded ...
South Korea’s foremost Buddhist leader, Seoljeong, has been implicated in a corruption scandal and ordered to quit after accusations that he lied about his academic credentials, accumulated excessive wealth and broke his vows of celibacy. ...
All Florida public schools are now required to exhibit the state motto phrase “In God We Trust” in a visible space, in accordance with a measure passed by Florida Governor Rick Scott. In March, Scott ...
After the 2010 reviews of allegations of historical sexual abuse, carried out by the Church of England, were called ‘incomplete’ and ‘botched’ a further independent report was commissioned and published last Friday. Campaigners criticized the ...
Dan Reynolds, frontman for the Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons, is on a mission to explore how the Mormon Church treats its LGBTQ members. The new documentary, Believer, which is also the name of ...
Whenever Rastafarians are mentioned, the image that comes to mind is Bob Marley, or some other reggae artist. After that, people conjure up images of dreadlocked persons smoking ganja. While those two things are part ...
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