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Bringing Life to Church Buildings
Church attendance is going down in the United States and elsewhere. Some churches are closing their doors, leaving their buildings uninhabited, their parishioners forced to find…
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Christianity
Reading the Word
A new study by Lifeway Research, a nonprofit that assists and equips church leaders with insights and advice to improve the health of their churches, shows…
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A Look Back at 2022
As the new year approaches, we look at the events of the past year—both in the world of religion and in World Religion News. What were…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 29, 2022
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As Belief in God and Church Membership Go Down, Spiritual Practices and Community Engagement Go Up—Does This Signal a New Chapter in the World’s Approach to Faith?
Belief in God has dipped again. In the latest Gallup Poll, the American belief in an omnipotent, omnipresent deity dipped to 81%, down six percentage points…
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A Talk on International Religious Freedom
On November 3, 2022, at Thomas More University (TMU), an event was held with past and present Ambassadors-at-Large for International Religious Freedom—Rashad Hussain and Rabbi David…
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Houses of Worship: Wilshire Boulevard Temple
It’s 1929 in Los Angeles. There are one million residents in the city. Miracle Mile is becoming the new commercial center, drawing people out of downtown.…
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Separation of Church and State In America? No Problem!—Unless…
At the Bangor Christian School in Maine ninth-graders are taught to “refute the teachings of the Islamic religion with the truth of God’s Word.” To work…
Christianity
Texas School District Enforces “In God We Trust” But <em>Whose</em> God, And Who’s <em>We</em>?
The spotlight never dims on Texas. Earlier this year a school district banned an Anne Frank adaptation, and now under a new state law, public schools…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 14, 2022
Anglicanism
Queen Elizabeth: A Friend To All Faiths
Of her rich and immense legacy, not the least of Queen Elizabeth’s sterling attributes was her tolerance, encouragement, and impassioned pleas on behalf of interfaith tolerance…
Buddhism
The Gifts of Buddhism
2,500 years ago, Gautama Sakyamuni—more familiar to us as the Buddha—was not handed wisdom by an angel and was not spoken to face to face by…
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The Gifts of Taoism
“Go with the flow.” “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” “By letting go all gets done.” “All things change.” “Let it be.”…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 1, 2022
Catholicism
<em>Syndrome K</em>: Ray Liotta Narrates Stephen Edwards’ Documentary About Three Doctors Whose Manufactured “Fatal Disease” Saved Jewish Lives
The best voice-over in film history is Ray Liotta’s 16-minute opening to Goodfellas. Understated, earnest, almost reassuring, it entices the viewer into a world of brute force,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 1, 2022