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August 2020

August 12, 2020

Freedom of religion doesn’t mean freedom from mask mandates

A Florida minister and a conservative lawmaker filed suit against a county law mandating mask...

August 04, 2020

75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons

As Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff in the nuclear era to call for total...

July 2020

July 14, 2020

Why we knock on wood for luck

The curious history of a ritual meant to ward off bad luck, and why it...

July 13, 2020

What Buddhism and science can teach each other – and us – about the universe

During this trying pandemic, the collaboration between Western science and Eastern philosophy points the way...

July 10, 2020

Islam’s anti-racist message from the 7th century still resonates today

The Quran recognizes 'no superiority of a white person over a black person.' That notion,...

June 2020

June 25, 2020

Muslim Americans assert solidarity with Black Lives Matter, finding unity within a diverse faith group

Race, class and national identity mean that views within the American Muslim community vary when...

June 24, 2020

Lynching preachers: How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence

Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the...

June 12, 2020

Churchgoers aren’t able to lift every voice and sing during the pandemic – here’s why that matters

A choral conductor and scholar of sacred music explains what's missing from church worship with...

June 11, 2020

Are religious communities reviving the revival? In the US, outdoor worship has a long tradition

A pastor leads a prayer at an outdoor Easter service (Photo: AP/Chris O'Meara) Religious communities...

June 05, 2020

How to be as safe as possible in your house of worship

To keep congregations safe during the pandemic, religious services must take a different approach. It's...

June 03, 2020

Trump, the politics of fear and racism: How our brains can be manipulated to tribalism

Fear is very much a part of humans' survival, dating back millions of years. Demagogues...

June 02, 2020

Different faiths, same pain: How to grieve a death in the coronavirus pandemic

A rabbi, a minister, and a Catholic theology professor reflect on how social distancing is...

May 2020

May 30, 2020

Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs

There's a long history in America of staring at the brutalization of black men. We...

May 21, 2020

How do Buddhists handle coronavirus? The answer is not just meditation

Many in the West may see Buddhism as more of a philosophy than a religion,...

May 21, 2020

Drive-thru iftars and coronavirus task forces: How Muslims are observing obligations to the poor this Ramadan

By Shariq Siddiqui, IUPUI Many of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims are experiencing the holy...