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Catholicism
Religious Significance of the Transfiguration. Catholics and the majority of other Christian churches celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration every year on August 6. The Transfiguration…
Agnosticism
Author Katherine Ozment’s Grace without God is an exploration of secular America. “Nothing.” That was the answer Katherine Ozment gave her eight-year-old son when he asked…
Christianity
NPR story counters claims made by Ark Encounter theme park focused on the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark. Answers in Genesis, a Christian ministry that advocates…
Christianity
Celebrating Lammas/Lughnasadh, the year’s grain harvest and the cycle of life and death. One of the few holidays or festivals that is celebrated across cultures and…
Islam
Muslim teenagers are hoping to reduce racial abuse with poems addressing Islamophobia. Islamophobia has been on a massive rise in the U.S ever since the 9/11…
Issues
Religious people believe genetic manipulation is “crossing the line.” Scientific technology has made incredible leaps in changing the face of the earth as we know it.…
Buddhism
Panchen Lama holds Kalachakra ritual after 50 year ban in China. Having ousted the Dalai Lama from power during the occupation of Tibet, China decided to…
Islam
Muslim women are breaking through in the world of sports. In the Muslim world, particularly in the Middle East there is a very strict code of…
Islam
Saudi Arabia rejects ‘deviant’ Pokémon Go game. Pokémon Go the newly introduced game version of Pokémon has created a heated debate in Saudi Arabia. The game…
Atheism
Al Jazeera interviews Karen Armstrong on religion and violence. Karen Armstrong is a British author, scholar, and former nun. She is the acclaimed author of the…
Judaism
History of the six-pointed star and it’s connection to Judaism. From synagogues, clothes, temples, buildings and even flags like the flag of Israel, the six-pointed star…
Issues
First Amendment Defense Act triggers a new battle over same-sex marriage. The First Amendment Defense Act is a bill that would protect those people who believe…