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BBC New Show ‘Year of Beliefs’ Explores the Complexities of Religion in the UK

09 Feb 2019
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Nathan Glover

Examining faith and values in the UK The series will broadcast for a year and cover a society the corporation has described as increasingly diverse and complex. It is, as the program will discover,...

LA Faith Coalition to Hold Emergency Press Conference Demanding Disney CEO Bob Iger End Anti-Religious Hate on A&E Networks

29 Jan 2019
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Elisa Meyer

Religious leaders will gather in front of Disney offices to “end anti-religious hate.” World Religion News received an email overnight from Los Angeles Faith Coalition about an emergency...

Could ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Happen In The United States?

11 Jul 2018
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C Barnett

Hulu’s Explosive Show The Handmaid's Tale Could Be Giving Us A Checklist Of A Religious Takeover What would it take to make America a fascist state? One of the most popular scenarios explored is the theocratic...

Roseanne Tearfully Asks God For Forgiveness In Interview

25 Jun 2018
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Nathan Glover

TV Sitcom Celebrity Prays For Strength After Her Racist Tweets Roseanne Barr has been kicked out of show business. The actress/comedian's successful revival of her 90s sitcom Roseanne was pulled from...

CBS Has A New Show About God Friending An Atheist On Facebook

18 May 2018
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C Barnett

The show is the latest in a line of similar-themed shows CBS's line of offerings this fall includes the brand new show God Friended Me. It is from the Greg Berlanti and imagines what someone would...

Is House of Cards Critiquing Religion?

31 Jan 2018
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C Barnett

TV Show is as Much a Criticism of Unchecked Privilege in Religion as in Politics The recent news that Greg Kinnear and Diane Lane are joining the cast of House of Cards has viewers even more excited...

New CBS Show About An Atheist Who Finds God…on Facebook

25 Jan 2018
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C Barnett

God Friended Me Is Latest Faith Show on CBS If you got a friendly reply from God what would you message Him? Would the use of emoticons be inappropriate? CBS’s new show God Friended Me revolves...

TV Show ‘Young Sheldon’ Pokes Fun At Organized Religion

12 Jan 2018
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Derek Welch

TV Show Young Sheldon Pokes Fun At Organized Religion New Religion “Mathology” Is Created on the show. Benjamin Franklin, when picking which religious belief he would follow, decided to investigate...

Is The Marvel TV Show ‘Runaways’ Attacking Religion?

28 Nov 2017
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Gary Nguyen

The Church of Gibborim could be seen as an attack on different religions. Warning: Spoilers for Show The Marvel Universe continues to expand into television, with the recent addition of Hulu's Runaways,...

Fascinating Religious Background of ‘Death Note’ on Netflix

04 Sep 2017
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C Barnett

Netflix Movie based on Anime Blends Eastern and Western Religion Netflix released last Friday their live action adaption of Death Note, a hugely successful Japanese anime. The story is about a teenager...