RELIGION

As AI enters Sikh life, old debates on technology and tradition continue

(RNS) — More than a century before Sikhs debated artificial intelligence, they debated another new technology: electric lights in the…

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As ICE closes in, Ohio churches line up families to care for Haitian kids left behind

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — On Friday evening (Aug. 14), Philomene Philostin, a local youth pastor, business owner and nonprofit leader,…

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Texas barbecue is getting a halal makeover

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — At 9 a.m. on a scorching Saturday in June, nearly 100 people were already lined…

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After cuts, Trump administration gives $2B to Christian groups for global aid

(RNS) — The Trump administration announced plans to provide close to $2 billion in funding to faith-based and community groups…

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Abdul El-Sayed’s primary win proves the power of many over the power of money

(RNS) — Eight years ago, Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and public health official, announced his run for governor in Michigan…

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Abdul El-Sayed could be the first Muslim senator. Here are 5 religion takeaways from his campaign.

(RNS) — Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive former public health official, who won the Michigan Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate,…

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Houston mothers challenge Texas Ten Commandments law under state religious freedom protections

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — Three Houston mothers are suing to stop displaying the Ten Commandments in Texas public school classrooms,…

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Brian Doerksen gave evangelicalism its soundtrack but not its current theology

(RNS) — When Canadian worship leader Brian Doerksen, writer of some of the most iconic worship songs of the 1990s,…

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New York rabbi: Why I lied to my mom when she asked if I felt safe

(RNS) — I lied to my mother yesterday. She asked if I felt safe after yet another attack last week…

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Long overlooked and newly energized, Black Buddhist studies challenges US Buddhist history

(RNS) — When Pamela Ayo Yetunde began hospice volunteering with an organization that utilizes mindfulness to help patients confront their…

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