Opinion Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:38:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Opinion Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/ 32 32 Rabbi Irving Greenberg’s life work celebrating Judaism summed up in new book https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/greenberg-triumph-life/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/greenberg-triumph-life/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:20:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164114 (RNS) — It is the book that you need to read right now. It will change your view of Judaism and of the world itself.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/greenberg-triumph-life/feed/ 0 Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:25:10 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165176&preview=true&preview_id=4165176 (The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/feed/ 0 Can the Catholic Church save US health care? https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/can-the-catholic-church-save-u-s-health-care/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/can-the-catholic-church-save-u-s-health-care/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:59:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165043 (RNS) — Catholics are wonderfully suited to be the agent of change.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/can-the-catholic-church-save-u-s-health-care/feed/ 0 It’s time for Christians on all sides to talk — even debate — about what divides us https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:44:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165067 (RNS) — We need a conversation about how our faith will factor in this election.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/feed/ 0 As Russell M. Nelson turns 100, a look back at one of the words that will define his legacy – and the controversial term’s 200-year history https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:36:03 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164970&preview=true&preview_id=4164970 (The Conversation) — Latter-day Saints’ attitudes toward the word ‘Mormon,’ often used to describe the church, have had highs and lows − like other Americans’ often-tense relationship with the faith.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/feed/ 0 Trump’s die-hard support may be explained by one of his most misunderstood character traits – ‘charisma’ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/trumps-die-hard-support-may-be-explained-by-one-of-his-most-misunderstood-traits-charisma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/trumps-die-hard-support-may-be-explained-by-one-of-his-most-misunderstood-traits-charisma/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:32:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164915&preview=true&preview_id=4164915 (The Conversation) — Throughout modern history, charismatic leaders have shown their extraordinary ability to elicit devotion to themselves and their causes.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/trumps-die-hard-support-may-be-explained-by-one-of-his-most-misunderstood-traits-charisma/feed/ 0 7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/7-years-after-genocide-plight-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-is-exacerbated-by-camp-violence/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/7-years-after-genocide-plight-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-is-exacerbated-by-camp-violence/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:26:07 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164705&preview=true&preview_id=4164705 (The Conversation) — Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/7-years-after-genocide-plight-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-is-exacerbated-by-camp-violence/feed/ 0 At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:25:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164830 (RNS) — An informal survey showed how U.S. policy impacts communities around the globe.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/feed/ 0 What is the Shroud of Turin and why is there so much controversy around it? https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/what-is-the-shroud-of-turin-and-why-is-there-so-much-controversy-around-it/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/what-is-the-shroud-of-turin-and-why-is-there-so-much-controversy-around-it/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:00:15 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164703&preview=true&preview_id=4164703 (The Conversation) — Many believe the Shroud of Turin to be the cloth used to bury Jesus after his crucifixion. Scientists have investigated the claim and here’s what they found.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/what-is-the-shroud-of-turin-and-why-is-there-so-much-controversy-around-it/feed/ 0 How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used for the crisis were steeped in science, stigma and religious language https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/how-hiv-aids-got-its-name-%e2%88%92-words-americans-used-for-the-crisis-were-steeped-in-science-and-stigma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/how-hiv-aids-got-its-name-%e2%88%92-words-americans-used-for-the-crisis-were-steeped-in-science-and-stigma/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:41:39 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164788&preview=true&preview_id=4164788 (The Conversation) — The nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement and the Christian right each strongly shaped the early years of HIV/AIDS, a historian explains.

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