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Buddhism
India Joins 13 Other Violators of Religious Liberty The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on April 28th released its 2020 Annual Report, documenting significant…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 4, 2020
Books
A 25-year-old with thousands of students around the world, Avikrita Vajra Sakya is one of the highest-ranked lamas in Tibetan Buddhism. Born in the U.S. as…
Buddhism
Biblical Plague, Give up Phones for Lent?, Minister Farrakhan, Thich Quang Do, SCOTUS to hear Catholic Foster Case, Boko Haram, Coronavirus and Hajj Give up Phones…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 2, 2020
Anglicanism
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch,” said Benjamin Franklin. Democracies had failed in the past, blown to pieces…
Buddhism
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…
Buddhism
Giving Machines, Blaine Amendment, Religious Court Cases, Confessional Confidentiality, Taliban Destroyed now Repaired, Jewish and Muslim Women Meet, ERA is Dead Latter-day Saints Giving Machines Raise…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 13, 2020
Baptist
The top 10 religious stories of 2019 – as selected by members of the Religion News Association – included: The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the…
Agnosticism
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…
Buddhism
Kung Fu Buddhist Nuns The Druk Amitabha Mountain Monastery in Kathmandu has long promoted gender equality and the empowerment of women. Since 2008, Buddhist nuns have…
WRN Editorial Staff
Nov 11, 2019
Buddhism
While a religiously tolerant Europe slowly slips away from religious belief and observance, the government of China treats religion not as recognition of mankind’s spiritual nature,…
Buddhism
Hasidic Jews Find New “Shtetl Market” Shtetl – small Eastern European Jewish villages before the Holocaust – had busy local markets, which Hasidic Jews are recreating…
WRN Editorial Staff
Oct 21, 2019
Buddhism
These religious locations around the world cause tension and conflict. 1. Western Wall This wall, located near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, is historically part of…