Changes in Religion and Family Life; What does Religion Have to Do with College Grades? Do Americans Support Religious Freedom? Religious freedom bill gains first-round approval in Missouri House; Russell Moore Interviews NYT Writer David Brooks on Evangelicalism; Hindu vs. Hindutva?
Changes in Religion and Family Life
What does Religion Have to Do with College Grades?
Do Americans Support Religious Freedom?
Are the rights of individuals to practice their faith inviolate? Legal battles such as the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, pit religious belief about marriage and family against LGBTQ protections. And a few weeks ago, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Brookings, Oregon, filed a lawsuit because the city passed an ordinance restricting the number of free meals each week that organizations in residential areas could give to people experiencing homelessness. A recent poll indicated that while Americans see value in religious liberty, they believe it has limits.
Religious Freedom Bill Gains First-Round Approval in Missouri House
Russell Moore Interviews NYT Writer David Brooks on Evangelicalism
Are the times we’re living in really as crazy as they seem?” This is the first question that Russell Moore has for David Brooks, a New York Times op-ed columnist, author, and commentator. Brooks’ recent column “The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism From Itself” details some of the unsettling events within evangelicalism over the past few years and highlights individuals who are trying to forge a different path.
Hindu vs. Hindutva?
Hinduism has traditionally been a very tolerant religion. Swami Vivekananda said: “I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.” But Hindutva is something different. “Savarkar and Golwalkar crystallized the identity of Hindutva while borrowing most of their political concepts from the West. They indeed internalized the Western – mainly German – notion of ethnic nationalism as a means of strengthening Hindus against their enemies.”