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2024-01-22T12:10:39-04:00

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Latin America’s colonial period was less Catholic

Last updated on: January 22, 2024 at 12:10 pm By The Conversation

Conversion was often a violent affair, but that doesn’t mean it was 100% successful. Colonial Latin America was home to many different spiritual traditions from Indigenous, African and Asian cultures. Read more

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2024-01-10T20:59:53-04:00

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Pope Francis called surrogacy ‘deplorable’

Last updated on: January 10, 2024 at 8:59 pm By The Conversation

Surrogacy can exploit women, but others may choose to be involved for altruistic reasons. A scholar points out that surrogacy’s ethical value is dependent upon the people and systems who use it. Read more

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2024-01-05T13:52:57-04:00

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How religion and politics will mix in 2024

Last updated on: January 5, 2024 at 1:52 pm By The Conversation

The 2024 elections may see a more intense end-times rhetoric, claims of divine support and a failure to condemn the rise in Christian nationalism, writes a religion scholar. Read more

2024-01-03T13:56:10-04:00

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100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a US university

Last updated on: January 3, 2024 at 1:56 pm By The Conversation

Most of the Klan’s victims were African American, but many other groups have been targeted during the hate group’s century and a half of history. Read more

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2023-12-13T08:52:52-04:00

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Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court

Last updated on: December 13, 2023 at 8:52 am By The Conversation

A scholar of American evangelicalism explains House Speaker Mike Johnson’s connections with Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum. Read more

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2023-12-07T00:00:42-04:00

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Hanukkah Celebrations Have Changed Dramatically − But The Same Is True Of Christmas

Last updated on: December 7, 2023 at 12:00 am By The Conversation

Assimilation no doubt played a role in making Hanukkah the commercialized holiday it is today. But other factors shaped the modern festival, too, a scholar of Jewish studies and gender explains. Read more

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2023-11-28T12:11:59-04:00

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Latter-day Saints lawsuits raise questions over Mormon tithing – can churches just invest funds members believe are for charity?

Last updated on: November 28, 2023 at 12:11 pm By The Conversation

Like all charitable donors, church members – even those who make donations to remain in good standing with their religious institution – give up their legal right to control that money. Read more

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2023-10-04T09:10:57-04:00

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Birds, Worms, Rabbits: Francis of Assisi Was Said To Have Loved Them All – But Today’s Pet Blessings On His Feast Day Might Have Seemed Strange To The 13th Century Saint

Last updated on: October 4, 2023 at 9:10 am By The Conversation

Medieval monastics were often discouraged from owning companion animals, which were viewed as a distraction, a religion scholar explains. Read more

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2023-09-26T09:24:57-04:00

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AI Won’t Be Replacing Your Priest, Minister, Rabbi or Imam Any Time Soon

Last updated on: September 26, 2023 at 9:24 am By The Conversation

A scholar of digital religion explains why the use of AI isn’t necessarily displacing religious leadership: It is the clergy who are helping with the programming, critical for its deployment. Read more

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2023-09-22T11:30:26-04:00

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‘Journey to the West’: Why the Classic Chinese Novel’s Mischievous Monkey – and His Very Human Quest – Has Inspired Centuries of Adaptations

Last updated on: September 22, 2023 at 11:30 am By The Conversation

There is a long tradition in China of associating monkeys with the mind – symbolism that has helped the novel’s most memorable character, the Monkey King, find universal resonance. Read more

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