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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.”…
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Sep 1, 2022
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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
Bahá'í Faith
The Gifts of The Baháʼí Faith
In 1844, a 25-year-old Persian merchant named Sayyed ʿAlí Muḥammad Shírází had a realization. He took on the title of Báb, meaning gateway or door, and…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 29, 2022
Christianity
Is America a Christian Nation?
And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” – Mark 12:17 Just before…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 19, 2022
Catholicism
Houses of Worship: Saint Peter’s Basilica
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest and oldest Christian denomination in the world, with some 221,700 parishes, 467,000 clergy, and 1.3 billion members. The home…
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Faith-Based Answers to Substance Abuse and Addiction
Rehabilitation from the tyranny of drugs has a spiritual as well as a physical component, and many faiths, instead of turning their backs on the problem,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 10, 2022
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Houses of Worship: A Dream of Faith, Thailand’s White Temple—Wat Rong Khun
Thailand is home to the second largest population of Buddhists in the world, with some 64 millions Buddhists and 41,000 temples. Buddhism came to Thailand as…
Ethics
Sudan Sentences a Woman To Be Stoned to Death Based on Islamic Law
On June 26 in Sudan, Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab was convicted and sentenced to execution by stoning on a charge of adultery, a violation of Islamic law.…
Judaism
The Gifts of Judaism
Judaism’s great gift to the world, according to essayist John Evans, was the idea of a single, omnipotent, omniscient and righteous God, with whom one could…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 25, 2022
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Religion: The Lifeline of Humanity
Salvation, redemption, absolution, deliverance. Any religion focuses one way or another, through one path or another, on the liberation of the individual, and—since so much of…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 6, 2022
Islam
The Gifts of Islam
1.5 to 2 billion of the world’s people identify as Muslim. That means that nearly 1 out of 4 people in the world believe in the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 1, 2022
Buddhism
Muslim World League’s Historic Multifaith Forum in Saudi Arabia
The Muslim World League held the Forum on Common Values Among Religious Followers, a multifaith event with leaders from around the world in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.…