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Entertainment
A recently released online video series on YouTube is already gaining a lot of attention for how children are expressing their views on religion. What would a…
Entertainment
After his bill was shut down in the house 10-2, Bobby Jindal issued an executive order to instate his religious freedom bill. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal…
Agnosticism
Is everyone jumping to conclusions about Pew Research’s most recent Religious Landscape Study? When first reviewing the Religious Landscape Study (performed by the Pew Research Center),…
Entertainment
“My Government’s Only Religion is India First,” says PM Narendra Modi. Elected last year, Narendra Modi has done a ton of amazing things for the country…
Buddhism
The Simpsons has been a vehicle for social commentary since it began, and its religious episodes have had an exceptional impact on modern culture. For over…
Buddhism
Phra Subin Paneeto, a Buddhist monk in Thailand, has been heading his own highly successful micro lending organization since the early 1990s. It is not unusual…
Entertainment
British Indian author Salman Rushdie ended his tenure at Emory University in Atlanta with a commencement speech, in which he urged the 4,572 graduates “to be…
Bahá'í Faith
Declaration of The Báb is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Bahá’ís across the globe. In the Bahá’í faith, May 22, 1884 is commemorated…
Christianity
Continuing our #InTheirOwnWords series, today we have three new archived interviews available with Mahatma Gandhi, Min Zhiting, and Brian Houston. In a 1932 interview, Mahatma Gandhi…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 22, 2015
Atheism
Mahatma Gandhi’s interview with The Spectator covers topics from India’s independence, the nation’s relations with the UK, and his own struggles with faith. This interview originally…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 22, 2015
Features
Former China Taoist Association Chairman Min Zhiting discusses the Chinese Taoist population, how Taoists are helping improve literacy, Tao gods, and becoming a monk. This interview…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 22, 2015
Christianity
Brian Houston tells what it’s like to be the founder of the megachurch Hillsong in his experience so far. Christian Pentecostal leader Brian Houston tells of…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 22, 2015