Columns Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/ 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 Columns Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/ 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 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 You need to abandon God to find God https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/you-need-to-abandon-god-to-find-god/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/you-need-to-abandon-god-to-find-god/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:02:49 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164544 (RNS) — Our understanding of God has to mature as we do.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/you-need-to-abandon-god-to-find-god/feed/ 0 Trump’s Arlington affair harks back to Bill Clinton https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/trumps-arlington-affair-harks-back-to-bill-clinton/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/trumps-arlington-affair-harks-back-to-bill-clinton/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:31:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164492 (RNS) — Trump’s is not the first affront to the American civil religion.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/trumps-arlington-affair-harks-back-to-bill-clinton/feed/ 0 I weep for the hostages and their families. I weep for all of us. https://religionnews.com/2024/09/02/hostages-hersh/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/02/hostages-hersh/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:54:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164511 (RNS) — Our pain. Our rage. Our losses.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/02/hostages-hersh/feed/ 0 Why I’m voting third party https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/why-im-voting-third-party/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/why-im-voting-third-party/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:19:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164121 (RNS) — Voting is an investment in the long-term future of the nation, not only something that will benefit us in our own lifetimes.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/why-im-voting-third-party/feed/ 0 Why are Mormon lifestyle influencers so popular? https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:42:44 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163809 (RNS) — Lifestyle influencers with ties to the LDS church navigate a tightrope between traditional and modern. And America is eating it up.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/why-are-mormon-lifestyle-influencers-so-popular/feed/ 0 Platforming religion: The Dems’ and GOP’s official positions compared https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/platform-religion-gop-versus-dems/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/platform-religion-gop-versus-dems/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:46:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163539 (RNS) — What the parties have to say — and not say — on the subject as the 2024 campaign heads into the homestretch.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/platform-religion-gop-versus-dems/feed/ 0 Remembering the Peekskill riots, a caution for the right and left https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/peekskill-riots/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/peekskill-riots/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:28:42 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161076 (RNS) — Decades before Charlottesville, there was Peekskill. You can still hear its echoes.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/peekskill-riots/feed/ 0 Breathe your spirit into the dry bones of your church https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/breathe-your-spirit-into-the-dry-bones-of-your-church/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/breathe-your-spirit-into-the-dry-bones-of-your-church/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:27:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163595 (RNS) — People are leaving the church in droves. Seminaries and religious houses are closing or are half empty.

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