Religious News From Around the Web August 9, 2021

Religious News From Around the Web August 9, 2021

Scientologist Wins Case Against Munich "Sect Filter;" Religious Restrictions Return with Rise of Delta Variant; Vatican Launches Global Compact on the Family; Problems With

L. Ron Hubbard and a Legacy for Southern Africa

L. Ron Hubbard and a Legacy for Southern Africa

June 16 marks the anniversary of the event that did more to draw world attention to the human and civil rights violations of apartheid

Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! by Charles Franklin

Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! by Charles Franklin

We have seen government abandon the First Amendment protections of religious liberty to tell people of faith they must toss out their long-held beliefs

Scientologists Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Dianetics, By Judy Williams

Scientologists Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Dianetics, By Judy Williams

Scientologists today celebrate Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, published on May 9, 1950. The book, by popular writer L. Ron Hubbard, was

Faith Moves More Than Mountains: How the Church of Latter-day Saints Inspired a Tech Revolution by T. Riggs Eckelberry

Faith Moves More Than Mountains: How the Church of Latter-day Saints Inspired a Tech Revolution by T. Riggs Eckelberry

In tech circles, we tend to hand out to others the books that impress us. I once did that with a book called Focus,

The Yearning for Something More

The Yearning for Something More

Recently, I listened to a streaming radio station dedicated to singer-songwriters. Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell -- all artists

If I Were the Devil: The Key to Resolving Religious Conflicts By Wayne Edward Hanson

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

Top Religious Stories? Is This the Best You Can Do?

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

WRN News From the Web: Mosque Shelters Students, Atheists Not Church, US Sanctions China over Uighurs, Rohingyas Denied Education, Dublin’s Covert Church, Iran Suppressing Bahá’ís, SMU Minus Methodist?, African Churches Use Scientology

WRN News From the Web: Mosque Shelters Students, Atheists Not Church, US Sanctions China over Uighurs, Rohingyas Denied Education, Dublin’s Covert Church, Iran Suppressing Bahá’ís, SMU Minus Methodist?, African Churches Use Scientology

Wisconsin Students Shelter in Mosque During School Attack About 100 high school students sheltered in a mosque across the street from their Oshkosh West

Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers

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,