Christianity
Putin Jumps in Freezing Water to Mark Jesus Christ’s Baptism
He presumably took the dip to shore up his electoral prospects Russian President Vladimir Putin took a dip in the freezing waters of Lake Seliger to…
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Russian Human Rights Activist Asks Putin to Reverse Arrest of Scientologists
A Russian Human Rights Activist is calling on Putin to come to the aid of five Scientologists arrested in St. Petersburg. Russian headquarters for Scientologists were…
Christianity
Discrimination Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Worse After Ban Put in Place
Recent ban makes the Jehovah’s Witness religious group a soft target for discrimination. Ever since being tagged as “extremist” by the Russian Supreme Court Jehovah’s Witnesses…
Agnosticism
Smithsonian Gets First Religion Curator in Over 120 Years
Peter Manseau is the first religion curator of the Smithsonian Institution since the 1890s. Religion and museums have always had a rough relationship. In the 1930s…