Simran Jeet Singh, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:18:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Simran Jeet Singh, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s mission to heal our cities with compassion https://religionnews.com/2023/09/06/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenbergs-mission-to-heal-our-cities-with-compassion/ https://religionnews.com/2023/09/06/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenbergs-mission-to-heal-our-cities-with-compassion/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:17:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4109008 (RNS) — Good public policy, the mayor says, happens when we’re standing on compassion.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/09/06/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenbergs-mission-to-heal-our-cities-with-compassion/feed/ 0 To quell racism, tell more stories that welcome the stranger https://religionnews.com/2023/06/22/to-quell-racism-tell-more-stories-that-welcome-the-stranger/ https://religionnews.com/2023/06/22/to-quell-racism-tell-more-stories-that-welcome-the-stranger/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:44:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4099319 (RNS) — Next time you're channel surfing, stop to consider whether the stories about religion you see are doorways or weapons.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/06/22/to-quell-racism-tell-more-stories-that-welcome-the-stranger/feed/ 0 What Rainn Wilson learned in his last days of being Dwight Schrute https://religionnews.com/2023/04/27/what-rainn-wilson-learned-in-his-last-days-of-being-dwight-schrute/ https://religionnews.com/2023/04/27/what-rainn-wilson-learned-in-his-last-days-of-being-dwight-schrute/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:51:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4091254 (RNS) — You don’t have to be famous to know the basic key to satisfaction.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/04/27/what-rainn-wilson-learned-in-his-last-days-of-being-dwight-schrute/feed/ 0 In Sikh founder’s life, a model for letting justice guide our democracy https://religionnews.com/2022/11/08/in-sikh-founders-life-a-model-for-letting-justice-guide-our-democracy/ https://religionnews.com/2022/11/08/in-sikh-founders-life-a-model-for-letting-justice-guide-our-democracy/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:11:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4001305 (RNS) — How the life of my faith’s founder and the civic values of Election Day are connected.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/11/08/in-sikh-founders-life-a-model-for-letting-justice-guide-our-democracy/feed/ 0 American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance https://religionnews.com/2022/08/10/american-sikhs-are-targets-of-bigotry-often-due-to-cultural-ignorance/ https://religionnews.com/2022/08/10/american-sikhs-are-targets-of-bigotry-often-due-to-cultural-ignorance/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:49:32 +0000 http://religionnews.com/?p=3986894&preview=true&preview_id=3986894 (The Conversation) — On the 10th anniversary of the Oak Creek massacre, a Sikh scholar writes that there is little understanding of the Sikh faith in the U.S.

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