Posts Tagged ‘religion’
Christian Living
Do all religions teach the same thing?
In a word, no. Many religions have elements in common, such as a belief in a divine being, rules for living, a belief in an afterlife, and heroes from the past. It’s tempting to think all religions are essentially the s...
Causes
2 steps back for Vietnam
On Jan. 1, Vietnam updated its rules for enforcing its highest law regarding religion. Known as the Decree on Religion 92/2012 ND-CP, or simply ND-92, the new decree is meant to clarify rules written in 2005.
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News
Did gun control prevent Jews from stopping the Holocaust?
As gun control moved toward the top of the American agenda after the Dec. 14 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, gun rights activists began to invoke a curious analogy: the Holocaust.
Arts & Culture
Ravens or Niners? Christians face a ‘super’ dilemma
A survey released days before the big game shows that more than a quarter of Americans – and about four in 10 evangelicals – think God will help decide the winner of the Super Bowl.
News
White House expands religious exemptions to contraception mandate
The Obama administration on Friday (Feb. 1) sought to placate religious groups by broadening religious exemptions and giving faith-based organizations more room to maneuver around its controversial contraception mandate, but t...
Features
Catholic college engages atheism head-on
Talk about an unlikely course in an unlikely place. The main chapel at Jesuit-run Regis College at the University of Toronto is adorned with stained glass windows, icons of Mary and Joseph, and the Stations of the Cross. The ei...
News
‘So help me God’ isn’t in official presidential oath
When President Obama rests his hand on two historic Bibles to take his second-term oath of office Monday (Jan. 21), he’ll add a phrase not mentioned in the Constitution: “So help me God.”
Featured
Religious coalition takes on the gun lobby
Dozens of the nation’s faith leaders said Tuesday (Jan. 15) that they’re ready to take on the gun lobby and demanded that politicians take quick and concrete steps to stem gun violence. At a Capitol Hill press conference and in...
Causes
Africa rises on World Watch List of worst persecutors
Africa, where Christianity spread fastest during the past century, now is the region where oppression of Christians is spreading fastest, a new report says. The two-year-old Arab Spring has toppled autocrats across Northern A...
Featured
Unbelief is now the world’s third-largest ‘religion’
A new report on global religious identity shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation — including atheists and agnostics — are now the third-largest “religious” gr...