Charlie Kirk, the right-wing evangelical and political activist, was shot and killed. Almost everyone had something to say. For some, it was that he was a matryr.
Swaggart’s calls for a return to conservative Christian norms live on in today’s world of tradwives, limited access to abortion and calls to repeal gay marriage, writes a scholar of religion.
The new secretary of defense’s approach to Zionism has Christian supremacist roots.
Ms. Mason is a leader in these changes, adopting some practices common to Asian Buddhism and others that reflect her African heritage. Chief among the latter: prioritizing community, honoring ancestors, and embodying spiritual engagement by working for social and political change.
For Fouzia Azizi, long gone are the difficult days as a struggling refugee. But memories of hardship and discrimination remain, fueling a passion to help others.
During a time when morals have become a matter of individual preference rather than societal norm, the Christian Science Monitor wrote about how families are teaching their kids about how to live. The article quotes CRCC's Richard Flory and Diane Winston.
The Taliban’s takeover last August exacerbated the global refugee crisis: More than 700,000 Afghans were displaced from their homes, joining the more than 6 million who fled during the past 40 years of war. Almost 85,000 have come to the U.S. this past year, many of whom worked for U.S. companies, the American military and American agencies.
Edited by Richard Flory and Diane Winston
(Routledge, 2021)
On the morning of Feb. 6, President Donald Trump surprised listeners by eschewing traditional themes of unity, humility and reconciliation. Instead he called out “dishonest and corrupt people” who tried to “destroy” him and “hurt” the nation.
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