Buddhism
Identity and Religion: The War Against the Spirit
Who are you? What is your identity? Are you your name, your family, your car, your bank account, the language you speak or the accent with…
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Category: Opinion
Buddhism
In Their Own Words
If I Were the Devil: The Key to Resolving Religious Conflicts By Wayne Edward Hanson
“If I were the devil,” said newscaster Paul Harvey in a 1965 radio broadcast, “I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with…
Baptist
Top Religious Stories? Is This the Best You Can Do?
The top 10 religious stories of 2019 – as selected by members of the Religion News Association – included: The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the…
Opinion
If the World’s Great Religions Pass Away
A few years ago, a number of people noted that psychiatry was becoming somewhat of a state-sponsored religion. In this new religion, science was God, psychiatrists…
Featured Contributors
Happy Holidays: The Real War on Christmas by Dr. Arik Greenberg
Over the last couple of years, I’ve heard the phrase “The war on Christmas” invoked more and more frequently. Often, it comes from the mouths of…
Agnosticism
Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers
There is much to dislike about the secular holiday season. In many cases, gifting now has the burden of obligation, of a required ritual, a duty…
Featured Contributors
An Angry Kurdish Voice by Ceko Kurd
Editor’s Note: Most Americans know little or nothing about the Kurds, except perhaps that recently, the United States and Kurds were allied in the fight against…
Opinion
The Price of Religious Liberty
Some people have taken religious liberty for granted. After all, it’s protected in the First Amendment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and legislation such as…
Featured Contributors
Falun Gong: A Reply to Chinese Oppression (Interview)
The Communist regime in China has a long history of religious suppression which began in the 1950s when Mao Zedong drove missionaries out of China, and…
Christianity
Faith-Based Adoptions Help Knit Up the Threads of Broken Families
While sexual attraction may be nature’s way of ensuring the continuation of the race, marriage is created to establish stability in relationships and enhance the raising…
Books
I didn’t get it for a long time by Judy Knotts
It makes perfect sense. Still, I didn’t get it for a long time. Eventually, I learned that homeless people—at least the many, many I have come…
Bahá'í Faith
Marching for Religious Interfaith
On September 22nd, as part of a celebration of International Peace Day, marches were held around the world to celebrate Religious Peace and Justice. In a…