Feature Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/feature/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:19:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Feature Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/feature/ 32 32 Carlos Whittaker spent seven weeks screen-free. Here’s how his idea of God changed. https://religionnews.com/2024/08/23/carlos-whittaker-spent-seven-screen-free-weeks-with-monks-and-amish-farmers-for-his-new-book/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/23/carlos-whittaker-spent-seven-screen-free-weeks-with-monks-and-amish-farmers-for-his-new-book/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:15:33 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163342 (RNS) — The former worship pastor emphasizes that ‘Reconnected’ isn’t another book about why phones are bad. Instead, it’s about the beautiful things on the other side of the phone.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/23/carlos-whittaker-spent-seven-screen-free-weeks-with-monks-and-amish-farmers-for-his-new-book/feed/ 0 Laughter yoga’s benefits are no laughing matter https://religionnews.com/2024/08/20/laughter-yogas-benefits-are-no-laughing-matter/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/20/laughter-yogas-benefits-are-no-laughing-matter/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:43:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162476 (RNS) — Laughter yoga combines breathwork and gentle movement from yoga with laughter therapy to energize and reduce stress.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/20/laughter-yogas-benefits-are-no-laughing-matter/feed/ 0 Spiritual directors meet spiritually curious people where they are https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/spiritual-direction-continues-to-grow-as-it-meets-spiritually-curious-people-where-they-are/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/spiritual-direction-continues-to-grow-as-it-meets-spiritually-curious-people-where-they-are/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:08:04 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159395 (RNS) — The popularity of spiritual direction can be attributed in part to its emphasis on facilitating instead of advice-giving and theology-spewing.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/spiritual-direction-continues-to-grow-as-it-meets-spiritually-curious-people-where-they-are/feed/ 0 Latino Episcopalians in the spotlight with Gutiérrez presiding bishop nomination https://religionnews.com/2024/05/31/latino-episcopalians-in-the-spotlight-with-gutierrez-presiding-bishop-nomination/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/31/latino-episcopalians-in-the-spotlight-with-gutierrez-presiding-bishop-nomination/#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 23:04:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4150953 HYATTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) — Latino Episcopal clergy say that their congregations are thriving. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/31/latino-episcopalians-in-the-spotlight-with-gutierrez-presiding-bishop-nomination/feed/ 0 Catholic bishops silent as Ascension hospital system shrinks maternity care https://religionnews.com/2024/04/08/catholic-bishops-silent-as-ascension-hospital-system-shrinks-maternity-care/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/08/catholic-bishops-silent-as-ascension-hospital-system-shrinks-maternity-care/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 22:35:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4136888 (RNS) — The bishops have urged more support for mothers and families, even as Ascension, one of the largest Catholic health care providers in the US, has been closing labor and delivery units at its hospitals.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/08/catholic-bishops-silent-as-ascension-hospital-system-shrinks-maternity-care/feed/ 0 The Bhagavad Gita, the bomb and the dharma of Robert Oppenheimer https://religionnews.com/2023/07/12/oppenheimer_gita/ https://religionnews.com/2023/07/12/oppenheimer_gita/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:42:24 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4101936 (RNS) — How did the atomic physicist’s fascination with the Gita influence his feelings about the making of the bomb? 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/07/12/oppenheimer_gita/feed/ 0 How women have cultivated religious authority at LA’s Women’s Mosque of America https://religionnews.com/2023/05/02/how-women-are-cultivating-religious-authority-at-las-women-mosque-of-america/ https://religionnews.com/2023/05/02/how-women-are-cultivating-religious-authority-at-las-women-mosque-of-america/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 19:24:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4091827 (RNS) — Author Tazeen M. Ali said the Women’s Mosque of America ‘has global implications for how we study Islam.’

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/05/02/how-women-are-cultivating-religious-authority-at-las-women-mosque-of-america/feed/ 0 Mormon TikTok star debunks Bible conspiracies, misinformation https://religionnews.com/2022/12/09/mormon-tiktok-star-debunks-bible-conspiracies-misinformation/ https://religionnews.com/2022/12/09/mormon-tiktok-star-debunks-bible-conspiracies-misinformation/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:58:49 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4033243 (RNS) — More than a quarter-million TikTok followers enjoy Dan McClellan's unusual combination of deadpan humor and solid biblical scholarship.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/12/09/mormon-tiktok-star-debunks-bible-conspiracies-misinformation/feed/ 0 When mixing faith with furries, things can get hairy https://religionnews.com/2022/08/02/mixing-faith-with-furries-things-can-get-hairy/ https://religionnews.com/2022/08/02/mixing-faith-with-furries-things-can-get-hairy/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:29:07 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3984428 (RNS) — A Christian movement has established itself inside the mostly religion resistant world of furry fandom.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/08/02/mixing-faith-with-furries-things-can-get-hairy/feed/ 0 Bart Barber wants the Southern Baptist Convention to regain its rural soul https://religionnews.com/2022/07/21/bart-barbers-quest-for-the-soul-of-the-southern-baptist-convention/ https://religionnews.com/2022/07/21/bart-barbers-quest-for-the-soul-of-the-southern-baptist-convention/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:07:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3982842 FARMERSVILLE, Texas (RNS) — The struggle to pull the SBC’s 13.7 million members ‘back from the brink’ has fallen squarely on the shoulders of Barber, a pastor from rural Texas.

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