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iNews
April 20, 2018
“I don't really understand race in America and I don't really understand religion in America,” he says, warning, “and if you don't understand race and religion in America, don't be getting involved in arguments with people pretending you know anything about America.” I wonder, however, if evangelicalÃâà...
Norman Transcript
April 20, 2018
French political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States in 1831 and made this observation: “Religion in America takes no direct part in the government of society, but nevertheless it must be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions of that country; for if it does not impart a taste forÃâà...
America Magazine
April 20, 2018
Although outsiders to Philadelphia might be unfamiliar with it, Germantown Avenue is one of the birthplaces of American religious freedom. Founded by German immigrants in 1688 under a charter by William Penn, the neighborhood around the avenue has been a site of worship for wave after wave ofÃâà...
Vox
April 19, 2018
This week marks the 25th anniversary of one of the strangest and most tragic incidents in American religious history: the bloody ending of the siege between FBI agents and members of the Branch Davidian religious group in Waco, Texas. For many people, Waco is a lurid story about a cult — a story thatÃâà...
Indianapolis Recorder
April 19, 2018
Other African-American religious groups to various degrees made similar rejections in their development. These rejections of a negative past are no more than what the English done when pursuing the socio-religious freedom from the British Crown and the Church of England. Surely we, the descendantsÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
April 17, 2018
... of Mexico City; British Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister; Sister Maria Lopes Dos Santos, a member of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and delegate of the Confederation of Latin American Religious; and Mauricio Lopez, executive secretary of REPAM.
Catholic News Service
April 17, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Recorded history typically is the privilege of the famous, powerful and wealthy, and that's the same for institutions as for individuals. And for the Catholic Church, there's never been any shortage of preservation of theological documents. For American religious orderÃâà...
Columbus Parent
April 17, 2018
The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Hayden Auditorium in Bates Hall, 11715 Garfield Road in Hiram. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of African American Religious History at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Following Floyd-Thomas' lecture a reception and bookÃâà...
The Columbus Dispatch
April 16, 2018
The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Hayden Auditorium in Bates Hall, 11715 Garfield Road in Hiram. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of African American Religious History at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Following Floyd-Thomas' lecture a reception and bookÃâà...
Markets Insider
April 16, 2018
Deletion of a lesson reviewing a video documentary by Iranian-American religious studies scholar, author, producer and television host Reza Aslan. Deletion of an activity based on reading the biography and work of Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi. Substitution of an editorial cartoon titled "TheÃâà...
The Week Magazine
April 15, 2018
Bottum's 2014 book is a literary and ruminative treatment of perhaps the most important American religious development of the past 50 years: the sudden and unexpected collapse of mainline Protestantism — for 200 years our de facto national church. Bottum also examines how other churches have failedÃâà...
Kykernel.com
April 3, 2018
Far Cry 5 was released on March 27 and it is the first in this series of very popular open world shooter games to be placed in America. In the Far Cry series, there is always a big bad psychotic enemy that an everyday American, the player, fights and defeats. Far Cry 5's villain is a fanatic Christian cult leaderÃâà...
Cecil Daily
March 30, 2018
Manseau, who is also the curator of American religious history at the Smithsonian, explained that Mumler was a product of the American religious movement known as spiritualism. “This all took place under the context of spiritualism, which was a very large American religious movement during the post-CivilÃâà...
Today's News-Herald
March 29, 2018
The First Amendment makes it abundantly clear that there shall be no State Religion in the United States. Barber also contends that the concept of “Separation of Church and State” was started by “a few progressive professors in the 1960s.” No Fred, this concept was clearly enunciated by no less thanÃâà...
Global Sisters Report (blog)
March 29, 2018
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) was an Italian-American religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which provided support to Italian immigrants to the United States. She was the first naturalized American citizen to be canonized by the church, on July 7, 1946.
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
March 29, 2018
It is undeniable that religion provided the moral basis for our country to be founded on. When in Washington, I am often reminded of the religious symbolism built within the walls of various government buildings and monuments across the city.
Tulsa World
March 29, 2018
It is undeniable that religion provided the moral basis for our country to be founded on. When in Washington, I am often reminded of the religious symbolism built within the walls of various government buildings and monuments across the city. There are several examples of religion inside the U.S. Capitol.
World Religion News
March 27, 2018
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a controversial case centered on the rights of pro-life pregnancy clinics. The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a non-profit organization made of over 1,000 pro-life pregnancy resource centers, is challenging California over the state'sÃâà...
The Chattanoogan
March 21, 2018
He holds a doctorate in American religious history from Florida State University, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on Dreaming of a Hillbilly Heaven: Religion, Emotion, and American Country Music, 1925-1954. He earned a master of arts in religion and a bachelor of science in psychology, both fromÃâà...
Arlington Catholic Herald
March 21, 2018
The constant is ongoing cultural assimilation, and the accompanying loss of religious identity, that was and today continues to be a central part of the American religious experience, described by Herberg as “essentially the 'Americanization' of religion in America, and therefore also its thorough-goingÃâà...
Bemidji Pioneer
March 20, 2018
BEMIDJI -- BSU Professor John Ellis will give the presentation “Feminism and American Religion in the Revolution's Wake, 1780-1840s” on Monday, March 26, at the Bemidji Public Library, 509 America Ave. NW. The lecture will explore the relationship between American religious ideals and the start of theÃâà...
Angelus News
March 17, 2018
The constant is ongoing cultural assimilation, and the accompanying loss of religious identity, that was and today continues to be a central part of the American religious experience, described by Herberg as “essentially the 'Americanization' of religion in America, and therefore also its thorough-goingÃâà...
Quartz
March 16, 2018
But the doctrines of the religion failed to mesh with American religious culture, being portrayed as a pessimistic tradition of annihilation. Buddhist leaders looked for ways to adapt their presentation and create ways of explaining the religion that were more amenable to American sensibilities. Part of this taskÃâà...
Kentucky Today
March 14, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 1961 file photo, Evangelist Billy Graham, left, talks with President John F. Kennedy during a call at the the White House in Washington. Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heardÃâà...
KING5.com
March 14, 2018
As guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, the United States government was founded on the principle of separation of church and state. The First Amendment also protects the individual's right to practice the religion of their choice. Partially because of that guarantee, organized religion is anÃâà...
The Presbyterian Outlook
March 12, 2018
LOUISVILLE – A group of American religious leaders consisting of priests, rabbis, imams and other clergy, have joined forces to seek a preliminary injunction to stop the deportation of immigrants currently residing in the U.S. The so-called Amici, which include the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated ClerkÃâà...
Austin American-Statesman
March 11, 2018
Participants in a four-day Native American religious ceremony have accused Travis County sheriff's deputies of violating their civil rights in a December raid in which the officers “sprung from the dark, shined their lights on the sacred ceremony, pointed their guns at the participants and began screamingÃâà...
AlterNet
March 10, 2018
America may be sinking ever deeper into the moral morass of the Trump era, but if you think the malevolence of this period began with him, think again. The moment I still dwell on, the moment I believe ignited the vast public disorder that is now our all-American world, has been almost completely forgottenÃâà...
Valley News Live
March 8, 2018
"This disturbing display of violent bigotry targeting an American religious minority should be investigated by state and federal law enforcement authorities, and must be repudiated by public officials and religious leaders of all faiths," said CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein. Hussein also noted thatÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
March 8, 2018
... of Mexico City; British Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister; Sister Maria Lopes Dos Santos, a member of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and delegate of the Confederation of Latin American Religious; and Mauricio Lopez, executive secretary of REPAM.
Stowe Today
March 8, 2018
The new date is Wednesday, March 14, for Linda Bryant's talk, "Bridging the Digital Divide," the fifth lecture in the Lamoille Valley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's winter series at the Town and Country Resort, 876 Mountain Road, Stowe. Doors open at 1 p.m. and the lecture begins at 1:30 p.m..
Malay Mail
February 28, 2018
“There are some pretty significant changes underway in the American religious landscape,” said Greg Smith, associate director of research at the ... Christianity is the most popular religion in the United States by a large margin with 70.6 per cent of Americans identifying as Christian, according to a 2014Ãâà...
Washington Examiner
February 24, 2018
022518 SUNDAY Graham Editorial pic The late evangelist Billy Graham transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history. (AP Photo, File). Werner KreuschÃâà...
Omaha World-Herald
February 21, 2018
MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99. Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumoniaÃâà...
Voice of America
February 21, 2018
The Reverend Billy Graham died Wednesday at his home in the American state of North Carolina, a spokesman said. Graham had long suffered from health problems, including cancer. He was 99 years old. Graham influenced American religious life for generations. He offered spiritual advice to manyÃâà...
The Columbian
February 17, 2018
His lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration was settled last month, with neither side acknowledging fault and the agency agreeing to better educate its employees about Native American religious items at more than a dozen airports nationwide. “There was a policy in place designed toÃâà...
Sumter Item
February 16, 2018
(AP) - A wooden box carried an eagle feather and bone whistle, a gourd rattle and a feather fan - items that carry spiritual energy and are used in Native American religious ceremonies. The man holding the box asked security agents at the San Antonio International Airport to allow him to display the itemsÃâà...
Stowe Today
February 16, 2018
Balmer, a prize-winning historian and Emmy Award nominee, earned his doctorate from Princeton University in 1985 and was a professor of American religious history at Columbia University for 27 years before becoming the Mandel Family Professor in the Arts & Sciences at Dartmouth College in 2012.
World Religion News
February 11, 2018
They are major components of any Native American religious ceremony. The man, identified as Iron Rope, was traveling back to South Dakota after attending a conference in south Texas. As this wasn't the first time the Transportation Security Administration officers have mistreated and mishandled objectsÃâà...
Spectrum News
February 8, 2018
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A wooden box carried an eagle feather and bone whistle, a gourd rattle and a feather fan — items that carry spiritual energy and are used in Native American religious ceremonies. The man holding the box asked security agents at the San Antonio International Airport to allow him toÃâà...
Pew Research Center
February 7, 2018
Attendees at the annual session of the National Baptist Convention in 2016. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images). Religion, particularly Christianity, has played an outsize role in African American history. While most Africans brought to the New World to be slaves were not Christians when they arrived,Ãâà...
Pew Research Center
January 23, 2018
More than four decades after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide, most Americans (57%) are supportive of legal abortion, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey. But a substantial minority (40%) says abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, and within some U.S. denominations andÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
December 31, 1999
Critics can get a bit huffy about “Revelations,” which concluded Tuesday's show. But this recollection of African American religious customs in Ailey's Texas boyhood always tells you a lot about the current state of the company. Aside from one dancer slipping in the “Sinner Man” trio, there was much to savor.
The Pilot
December 31, 1999
The constant is ongoing cultural assimilation, and the accompanying loss of religious identity, that was and today continues to be a central part of the American religious experience, described by Herberg as "essentially the 'Americanization' of religion in America, and therefore also its thorough-goingÃâà...
